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News Release Archives |
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News Releases by Geography—North America |
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| July 1, 2008 |
| Air Products Completes Sale of Non-Pressure Emulsions Business to Ashland |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) has completed the previously announced sale of its non-pressure emulsions business and related production facilities in Elkton, Md., and Piedmont, S.C., to Ashland Inc. for $92 million. |
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| June 23, 2008 |
| Air Products To Update Product and Energy Surcharges for Liquid and Bulk Industrial Gas Products in North America |
| Effective July 1, 2008, Air Products (NYSE:APD) will update product and energy surcharges for all of its liquid and bulk products in North America. |
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| June 17, 2008 |
| Air Products Awarded Two Key Patents for Lithium Ion Batteries |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has received two United States patents covering usage of its Stabilife™ fluorinated electrolyte saltsin lithium ion batteries. |
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| June 16, 2008 |
| Air Products Increases Prices for Polyurethane Prepolymers and Curatives |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that effective July 15, 2008, or as contracts allow, it will increase prices in North America on all Airthane® and Versathane® polyurethane prepolymers, and Versalink® polyurethane curatives. |
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| June 2, 2008 |
| Air Products’ West Gulf Coast Hydrogen Pipeline Network to Supply Total’s Deep Conversion Expansion Project in Texas |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced the signing of an agreement for long-term hydrogen supply with Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. to support Total’s new deep conversion expansion project at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery. |
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| May 29, 2008 |
| Air Products Teams Up with Progressive Technologies to Demonstrate the Benefits of Its New Thermal Spray Cooling System Using Cryogenic Nitrogen |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) has installed its new cryogenic nitrogen-based thermal spray cooling system at Progressive Technologies, Inc.’s (PTI) Grand Rapids, Mich. facility. The two companies are teaming up to allow potential customers to see first-hand how the new system maintains desired part temperature using cryogenic nitrogen vapor (-320°F) during the thermal spray coating application process. |
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| May 20, 2008 |
| Air Products to Build New ASU and Liquefier at Nanticoke in Canada |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced the signing of a new long-term supply contract between its subsidiary, Air Products Canada, Ltd., and U. S. Steel Canada, Inc., in Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada. |
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| May 20, 2008 |
| Air Products and Linde Expand Production at Bethlehem, Pa. JV |
| East Coast Oxygen, a 50/50 production joint venture between Air Products (NYSE:APD) and Linde North America, has expanded the production capacity of its facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. |
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| May 19, 2008 |
| Air Products Complements Refinery Offerings with Goar, Allison Acquisition |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has acquired Goar, Allison & Associates (GAA), Inc., a process engineering company and leader in the development and promotion of improved sulfur recovery technologies for the energy industry. |
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| May 2, 2008 |
| Air Products’ Electronics and Performance Materials VP to Address Bank of America BASics/Industrials Conference on May 7 |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) announced today that Michael Hilton, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Electronics and Performance Materials, will be presenting at the Bank of America BASics/Industrials Conference on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at 1:40 p.m. EDT in New York City. |
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| April 21, 2008 |
| Air Products Commercializes Second Hydrogen Plant in Alberta, Canada |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD), and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., today announced the commercialization of its new hydrogen plant producing in excess of 100 million standard-cubic-feet-per-day (MMSCFD) to serve the Petro-Canada refinery near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and other customers in the Alberta Heartlands industrial corridor. |
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| April 14, 2008 |
| Air Products’ New Thermal Spray Cooling Technology Takes Off with Delta Air Lines |
| Air Products’ (NYSE:APD) new Thermal Spray Cooling Technology ― which uses cryogenic nitrogen vapor (-320°F) to maintain part temperature during thermal spray coating applications ― is enabling Delta Air Lines, Inc. to apply quality coatings on critical aircraft parts more effectively and economically than with traditional methods. |
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| March 24, 2008 |
| Air Products’ Hydrogen Technology Fuels South Carolina Demonstration Project |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) mobile hydrogen fueling technology has been placed into service for a hydrogen fuel demonstration project in Aiken County, South Carolina. |
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| March 3, 2008 |
| Air Products Announces North American Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Helium Products |
| Effective April 1, 2008, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE:APD) will increase prices on liquid and bulk helium by a minimum of 20 percent for merchant customers in North America. |
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| February 19, 2008 |
| Air Products Increases Prices for Airthane® and Versathane® Products |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that, effective March 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, it will be increasing prices on all Airthane® and Versathane® polyurethane prepolymers in North America by 12 cents per pound. |
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| February 13, 2008 |
| Air Products Signs License Agreement with Applied Process Technology, Inc. for HiPOx™ Technology |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) and Applied Process Technology, Inc. today announced the signing of a license agreement for Applied’s patented HiPOx™ technology. |
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| 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. |
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| November 26, 2007 |
| Air Products Polymers Announces Surcharge and Price Increase for Vinyl Acetate Based Emulsion Products |
| Effective 15 December 2007, Air Products Polymers, L.P. will implement a temporary methanol surcharge of $0.03 per wet pound on all prices for vinyl acetate homopolymer and copolymer, vinyl acetate ethylene copolymer, vinyl acetate vinyl chloride copolymer and vinyl acrylic based emulsions sold in the Americas region. |
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| November 26, 2007 |
| Air Products’ Energy Businesses VP To Address Citi Chemicals For The Non-Chemist Conference on 3 December |
| LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (November 26, 2007) – Air Products (NYSE:APD) announced today that David J. Taylor, Vice President, Energy Businesses, will be presenting at the Citi Chemicals for the Non-Chemist Conference in New York City on Monday, December 3, 2007 at 2:45 p.m. ET. |
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| November 21, 2007 |
| Air Products Honors CAI with IT Partnership Award for Superior Supplier Performance |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) recently honored CAI (Computer Aid, Inc.) with a Global IT Partnership Award in recognition of CAI’s superior performance in supporting Air Products’ global information technology needs, resulting in cost savings, quality improvements and productivity gains. |
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| November 20, 2007 |
| Air Products’ Technology Inside Shell’s New York Hydrogen Fueling Station |
| Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) hydrogen storage, compression and vehicle dispensing technology was formally placed into service at a hydrogen fueling station as Shell Hydrogen LLC, part of Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS.A NYSE: RDS.B), cut the ribbon on its new location in White Plains, New York last week. |
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| November 15, 2007 |
| Air Products’ Hydrogen Technology Now Operating in Chevron Hydrogen Company’s Michigan Demonstration Fueling Station |
| Air Products’ (NYSE:APD) hydrogen technology was officially put into operation recently at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, in a hydrogen fueling station designed and constructed by Chevron Hydrogen Company, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. |
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| 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. |
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| November 8, 2007 |
| Specialized Air Products Delivery Trucks Target Laser Cutting Industry |
| Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) new fleet of Microbulk Solutions delivery trucks are equipped with upgraded supply capabilities intended to decrease production downtime and improve operational efficiencies for the growing laser cutting industry. |
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| November 8, 2007 |
| New Technology from Air Products Takes the Heat Off During Thermal Spray Coating Applications |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) has introduced a new thermal spray cooling technology to the North American market that uses cryogenic nitrogen vapor (-320°F) to maintain part temperature during thermal spray coating applications. |
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| November 1, 2007 |
| Kaeser Compressors to Market Air Products’ UltraFill® 99+ High-Purity Nitrogen Tire Inflation System |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD), a global leader in nitrogen technology, and Kaeser Compressors, Inc., a leading innovator of air system technology, announced an agreement for Kaeser to be an authorized reseller of its UltraFill® 99+ High-Purity Nitrogen Tire Inflation System to tire and auto service centers across the country. |
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| October 17, 2007 |
| Air Products and Matheson Tri-Gas to Form Joint Venture to Build and Operate New Wyoming Helium Plant |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) and Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., a member of the Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) group, today announced their intention to jointly build and operate a liquid helium production plant near Big Piney, Wyoming. |
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| October 4, 2007 |
| Air Products to Design and Build NASA's New $16.8 Million Liquid Nitrogen Plant |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) today joined NASA at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $16.8 million liquid nitrogen plant for NASA’s National Transonic Facility (NTF). |
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| October 2, 2007 |
| Air Products’ Mobile Fueler Technology Up to the Challenge in South Carolina |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) mobile hydrogen fueler technology is proving to be up to the challenge in Columbia, S.C. where it is participating in a six-location Fuel Cell Lift Truck Demonstration Project in the Greater Columbia Fuel Cell Challenge. |
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| October 2, 2007 |
| Air Products Polymers Announces Price Increases for Several Polymer Emulsions Products |
| Air Products Polymers, L.P. today announced that, effective November 1, 2007, it would implement a $0.04 per wet pound price increase for all vinyl acetate homopolymer and copolymer, vinyl acetate ethylene copolymer, vinyl acetate vinyl chloride copolymer, and vinyl acrylic based emulsions. |
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| September 19, 2007 |
| Air Products’ Mobile Fueler Technology Showing Hydrogen’s Capabilities in the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Shuttle Bus Demonstration Program |
| University of Missouri-Rolla students returning to fall classes were presented with the opportunity to participate in the state’s first-ever demonstration program featuring hydrogen as an alternative fuel to power campus shuttle bus services. |
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| September 18, 2007 |
| Air Products, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Drexel University Sign Joint Cooperation Agreement and Launch Integrated "3-2 Program" |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD), Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and Drexel University today signed a landmark Joint Cooperation Agreement and launched an integrated "3-2 Program" that will offer outstanding Chinese students the opportunity to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees and a corporate work assignment. |
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| 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. |
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| September 17, 2007 |
| Air Products Announces North American Price Increase For Several Liquid and Bulk Industrial Gas Products |
| Effective October 1, 2007, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE:APD) will increase schedule pricing on bulk helium by 30 percent, liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen by eight percent, liquid and bulk hydrogen by 12 percent, and liquid argon by 12 percent for merchant and government customers in North America. |
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| September 12, 2007 |
| Air Products' Mobile Fueler Powers World's First and Fastest 200 MPH Fuel Cell Race Car at Bonneville Salt Flats |
| Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) mobile hydrogen fueler technology was part of an historic event on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah recently when it provided Ford Motor Company the hydrogen to power the Ford Fusion Hydrogen 999 as it raced to a record 207.297 miles per hour (MPH) to make it the world’s first and fastest production-based fuel cell vehicle race car. |
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| September 12, 2007 |
| Air Products’ Electronics and Performance Materials VP to Address Bank of America Conference on 18 September |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) announced today that Michael Hilton, Vice President and General Manager, Electronics and Performance Materials, will be presenting at the Bank of America 37th Annual Investment Conference on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. PT in San Francisco. |
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| September 5, 2007 |
| Air Products Joins with Carson Hydrogen Power in California to Develop a Hydrogen Fired Power Plant |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has been selected by Carson Hydrogen Power LLC (CHP), a joint venture between subsidiaries of BP and Edison Mission Energy, and has signed a preliminary agreement to work with CHP as it develops a hydrogen fired power plant. |
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| August 29, 2007 |
| Air Products to Lead DLA Hydrogen Powered Forklift Demonstration Program |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has signed an agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency’s (DLA) Research and Development Program as lead contractor for a two-year demonstration program to develop an indoor hydrogen fueling station technology infrastructure to fuel 20 hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts for daily warehouse operations at the Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna Pennsylvania (DDSP). |
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| August 2, 2007 |
| Air Products’ Mobile Fueler Powers New York Conference Hydrogen Vehicle Public Ride and Drive Event |
| Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) mobile hydrogen fueler pulled double duty and showed its versatility in making the short trek from its current base fueling State of New York fuel cell automobiles in Albany, N.Y. to another location in the state’s capital city. |
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| July 31, 2007 |
| Air Products and ITT-WEDECO to Jointly Market Combined Capabilities to the Water and Wastewater Industries |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) and ITT-WEDECO today announced the signing of a Joint Marketing Agreement (JMA) to promote the companies’ complementary ozone related products and expertise for use in the water and wastewater industries in North America and Brazil. |
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| July 27, 2007 |
| Air Products to Participate with Eastman Chemical in Gulf Coast Gasification Project |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced the signing of a Letter of Intent withEastman Chemical, Inc. (NYSE: EMN) to be a significant participant in a petroleum coke fed gasification project planned by Eastman in the Gulf Coast. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| February 27, 2007 |
| Air Products Newest Fueling Station at University of California, Irvine Features Industry Advancements and Capabilities to Meet Evolving Hydrogen Vehicle Fueling Needs |
| LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (February 27, 2007) — Featuring advancements in hydrogen fueling technology, Air Products (NYSE: APD) and the University of California, Irvine (UCI) today held a dedication ceremony unveiling a new 700 and 350 bar (10,000/5,000 psi) pressure capable vehicle fueling station on the UCI campus in front of invited government officials, university and fuel cell industry media and guests, and several automobile manufacturers. |
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| September 19, 2006 |
| Air Products Announces North America Price Increase for Liquid-Bulk Oxygen, Nitrogen, Argon, Helium and Hydrogen |
| Effective October 1, 2006, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE:APD) will increase schedule pricing on liquid-bulk oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen by 10 percent, and argon and helium by 20 percent for merchant and government customers in North America. |
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| June 10, 2003 |
| AIR PRODUCTS BRINGS A 'FRESH' APPROACH TO ITS FOOD AND BEVERAGE OFFERINGS |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced the launch of the FreshlineTM trademark, the cornerstone of a new worldwide naming strategy aimed at making it easier for customers to grasp the company's comprehensive range of products and services for the food and beverages industry. |
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| May 6, 2003 |
| AIR PRODUCTS ANNOUNCES 10-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH BOEING TO PROVIDE HELIUM AND SERVICES FOR DELTA IV ROCKET SYSTEM |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) has powered NASA missions to space for over 35 years. Now its aerospace efforts for the next decade with The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) will help to propel satellites into low-earth space orbit, a service increasing in demand for the commercial and military sectors. |
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| May 1, 2003 |
| "AIR PRODUCTS HEALTHCARE" IS NEW NAME FOR AMERICAN HOMECARE SUPPLY |
| AHS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air Products headquartered in Conshohocken, Pa., will become known as Air Products Healthcare, effective today. The family of companies under the AHS umbrella will retain for now their current names, maintaining their strong, individual identities while carrying the endorsement as an Air Products company. |
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| February 12, 2003 |
| AIR PRODUCTS POLYMERS ANNOUNCES PRICE INCREASES FOR AIRFLEX®, FLEXBOND® AND VINAC® EMULSION PRODUCTS |
| Air Products Polymers, L.P. today announced that effective, March 17, 2003, it will implement a two-and-one-half-cent ($0.025) per wet pound price increase for vinyl acetate homopolymer and copolymer emulsions, and all ethylene, vinyl chloride-based emulsions sold in the United States and Canada. |
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| February 12, 2003 |
| AIR PRODUCTS ANNOUNCES PRICE INCREASES FOR ALL METHYLAMINES AND DIMETHYLUREA |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) announced today that, effective March 17, 2003, it will increase prices for all methylamines and dimethylurea sold in North America by six cents per pound. |
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| February 11, 2003 |
| AIR PRODUCTS' CEO TO ADDRESS MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL CHEMICAL CONFERENCE ON FEBRUARY 13th |
| On February 13th, Air Products' (NYSE:APD) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, John Jones, will address Morgan Stanley's Global Chemical Conference in New York City. |
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| February 4, 2003 |
| AIR PRODUCTS' CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES/ENERGY SYSTEMS VP ADDRESSES 20TH ANNUAL LEHMAN BROTHERS INDUSTRIAL SELECT CONFERENCE |
| Speaking yesterday at the Lehman Brothers Industrial Select Conference (South Beach, Fla.) about growth opportunities in refinery hydrogen and energy solutions, Scott Sherman, vice president and general manager, Chemical and Process Industries and Energy Systems for Air Products (NYSE:APD), said that three major trends in the energy sector are presenting significant opportunities for the company. |
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| January 31, 2003 |
| AIR PRODUCTS APPLAUDS PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS FOR INCREASED RESEARCH FUNDING AND PUSH FOR CLEAN HYDROGEN ENERGY |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD), the world's largest supplier of merchant hydrogen, said today it accepts the challenge President George W. Bush advanced in his State of the Union Address calling for clean, hydrogen-powered automobiles. |
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| January 14, 2003 |
| AIR PRODUCTS TO DIVEST GRAPHIC ARTS BUSINESS AND LANGLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA PRODUCTION FACILITY |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced its plans for sale of its graphics arts business and Langley, South Carolina production facility to UCB Chemicals Corporation (Brussels: UCBBt.BR) of Brussels, Belgium.. |
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| December 19, 2002 |
| AIR PRODUCTS TO BROADCAST FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS TELECONFERENCE |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD) will release first quarter (fiscal 2003) financial results on January 22, 2003 before the stock market opens. |
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| December 30, 2002 |
| AIR PRODUCTS POLYMERS ANNOUNCES PRICE INCREASES FOR AIRFLEX®, FLEXBOND® AND VINAC® EMULSION PRODUCTS |
| Air Products Polymers, L.P. today announced that, effective January 15, 2003, it will implement a two-and-one-half-cent ($0.025) per wet pound price increase for vinyl acetate homopolymer and copolymer emulsions, and all ethylene, vinyl chloride-based emulsions sold in North America |
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