Alan Draper Named Chief Executive Officer of Nippon Sanso Matheson

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nippon Sanso Matheson, Inc. announced that Alan Draper assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer effective April 1, 2026. A thirty-year industry veteran, Draper will lead Nippon Sanso Matheson’s U.S.-based business, which includes more than 300 locations nationwide and over 40 air separation units serving customers coast to coast.

Draper assumes this role following a distinguished global career spanning nearly three decades in the industrial gases industry. He brings deep experience in executive leadership, operational stewardship, and financial discipline, with a strong track record of leading complex organizations across the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Most recently, Draper served in senior leadership roles within Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation, including Senior Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, where he worked closely with operating companies worldwide to strengthen performance, governance, and strategic alignment. Earlier in his career, he spent more than two decades at Praxair, including serving as CFO of the formerly named Praxair Europe.

“Alan brings a clear strategic vision and a strong leadership mindset rooted in deep industrial gas experience,” said Nippon Sanso Holding Corp’s President CEO Hamada. “His ability to identify growth opportunities, translate regional success into global success, and lead organizations through change will allow the U.S. business to fully benefit from Nippon Sanso’s worldwide capabilities. His strong focus on innovation, customer partnership, and organizational excellence is well aligned with our commitment to creating social value through increased industrial productivity, enhanced human well-being, and a more sustainable future.”

As Chief Executive Officer, Alan will focus on reinforcing safety and reliability, strengthening operational execution, and advancing long-term growth in support of customers across electronics, industrial, medical and specialty gas markets, in addition to the carbonic products, HYCO and the over the fence supply of the On-Site businesses. He will also work closely with Nippon Sanso Holdings to further align Nippon Sanso Matheson’s strategy with the group’s global objectives.

“I am honored to lead a company with such a long history as an innovator and specialty gas leader in the United States, dating back to 1927,” said Draper. “Today, we are uniquely positioned to offer customers an exceptional breadth of engineered solutions, from food freezing technologies supported by our two in-house cryogenic freezer manufacturing facilities, to advanced solutions for semiconductor manufacturers through our advanced gas manufacturing capability, proprietary purification technologies and unique UHP gas conditioning equipment. Our reliable supply network has repeatedly demonstrated its value to our customers, even during times of economic disruption. We will continue to put safety and quality first in everything we do.”

About Nippon Sanso Matheson, Inc.
Nippon Sanso Matheson, Inc. is a single source for industrial, medical, specialty and electronic gases, gas delivery, gas conditioning and gas regulation equipment, carbonic products, and welding and safety supplies. Additionally, Nippon Sanso Matheson, Inc. provides proprietary purification systems including NANOCHEM® which can purify various specialty gases to 99.99999999% levels, cryogenic food freezers which are engineered, designed and manufactured in-house to customer specific needs, inventory management systems, engineering and gas management services, and on-site gas generation with a mission to deliver innovative solutions for global customer requirements. For customers in need of large-scale supply of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, or both (HyCO or syngas), Nippon Sanso Matheson, Inc. produces and supplies these gases Over-The-Fence (OTF) from on-site plants and/or via pipeline. Nippon Sanso Matheson, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation, a global industrial gas leader operating in more than 30 countries.