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January 14, 2008
Air Products Signs Supply Deal with Signet Solar
Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has signed an agreement with Signet Solar Inc. to supply turnkey installation of gas delivery systems and services and related gas needs for a new, thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module production facility in Mochau, Germany.
 
January 2, 2008
Air Products Completes Sale of High Purity Process Chemicals to KMG Chemicals
Air Products (NYSE:APD) today said it has completed the previously announced sale of its high purity process chemicals (HPPC) business for approximately $75 million to KMG Chemicals (NASDAQ: KMGB), a producer and distributor of mature specialty chemicals for carefully focused global markets. 
 
December 5, 2007
Air Products Continues to Advance Its PDEMS™ ILD Process
Air Products (NYSE:APD), the leading worldwide supplier of low k materials, announced today it continues to further develop and extend its PDEMS™ interlayer dielectric (ILD) process. 
 
November 27, 2007
Air Products Boosts NF3 Capacity in US and Asia

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced a substantial increase to its global nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) capacity with a significant boost to US capacity and a doubling of its Asian production. 

 
November 14, 2007

Air Products’ WF6 Expansion On-Stream and Supplying Customers

Air Products’ (NYSE:APD) expansion of its tungsten hexafluoride (WF6) capacity at its electronic specialty materials manufacturing facility in Hometown, Pa., is on-stream and supplying customers in the semiconductor manufacturing sector.
 
October 29, 2007
Air Products Signs Long-Term Contract with Taiwan’s Largest DRAM Manufacturer’s Joint Venture Company
Air Products (NYSE: APD), through its subsidiary Air Products San Fu Co Ltd in Taiwan, has signed a long-term contract with Rexchip Semiconductor Corporation, a joint venture company between Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation and Elpida Memory Inc., for the supply of nitrogen and bulk gases. 
 
October 24, 2007
Air Products Sells High-Purity Process Chemicals Line to KMG Chemicals
Air Products (NYSE:APD) has signed a definitive agreement to sell its high-purity process chemicals (HPPC) business to KMG Chemicals (NASDAQ: KMGB) of Houston, Tex.
 
September 17, 2007
Air Products Announces Price Increase for High-Purity Process Chemicals Used in Electronics Applications
Effective October 1, Air Products (NYSE:APD) will increase the price of certain high-purity process chemicals in North America
 
September 11, 2007
Air Products Signs Long-Term Contract to Supply Nitrogen to Hynix, World’s Leading Memory Chip Manufacturer in Korea
Air Products (NYSE: APD), through its subsidiary in Korea, has signed a long-term contract to supply nitrogen to Hynix Semiconductor Inc., a leading memorychip manufacturer.
 
July 17, 2007
Air Products Signs Sole License Agreement with Fujifilm Electronic Materials USA for PDEMS™ ILD Process
Air Products (NYSE:APD) and Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc. today announced that they have signed a sole licensing agreement for the Air Products’ patented PDEMS™ interlayer dielectric (ILD) Process. 
 
July 17, 2007
Air Products Focused on What Matters Most at SEMICON® West 2007
The global electronics industry continues to evolve as semiconductor and thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) manufacturers work to supply consumers with the smaller, faster and more powerful electronics devices they demand.  At Air Products (NYSE:APD), we  recognize these demands on the electronics industry and that is why the company focuses on what matters most to our customers, namely: value, reliability and innovation.
 
May 2, 2007
Air Products Expands N2O Production Capacity in Taiwan
Air Products, (NYSE: APD) through its subsidiary of Air Products San Fu, has recently expanded nitrous oxide (N20) capacity at its Nanke plant in Taiwan to support the fast growing semiconductor and thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) markets in Asia.