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News Release Archives |
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News Releases by Geography—North America |
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| October 29, 2009 |
| Air Products to Build New World-Scale Air Separation Unit in Texas |
| Air Products today announced plans to build a new world-scale air separation unit (ASU) at its La Porte, Texas industrial gases facility. |
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| October 22, 2009 |
| Air Products Building World-Scale Hydrogen Plant at Monsanto in Louisiana |
| Air Products, the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced the signing of a long-term supply contract with Monsanto Company to build a new world-scale hydrogen production plant to be located at Monsanto’s Luling, Louisiana Roundup® facility. |
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| October 21, 2009 |
| Air Products’ Hydrogen Fueling Technology Now Available on Long Island |
| Long Island, New York now boasts hydrogen vehicle fueling capability. Air Products’ hydrogen fueling technology was formally dedicated at a ceremony today as part of an alternative fuel, green energy initiative led by the Town of Hempstead. |
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| October 21, 2009 |
| Air Products’ Hydrogen Fueling Technology Now Available on Long Island |
| Long Island, New York now boasts hydrogen vehicle fueling capability. Air Products’ hydrogen fueling technology was formally dedicated at a ceremony today as part of an alternative fuel, green energy initiative led by the Town of Hempstead. |
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| October 19, 2009 |
| Air Products Sells Polyurethane Pre-Polymers Business to COIM USA |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today signed an agreement to sell its polyurethane pre-polymers business, marketed under the Airthane® and Versathane® tradenames, to COIM USA Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of global polyurethane chemicals producerCOIM SpA. |
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| October 16, 2009 |
| Air Products Food Industry Specialist Discusses Benefits of Nitrogen for Variety of Food Processing Applications |
| Food processors who are looking to improve product quality, lower costs and increase output may want to consider adding nitrogen to their operation. |
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| October 16, 2009 |
| Air Products Food Industry Specialist Discusses Benefits of Nitrogen for Variety of Food Processing Applications |
| Food processors who are looking to improve product quality, lower costs and increase output may want to consider adding nitrogen to their operation. |
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| September 15, 2009 |
| Air Products Announces North American Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Industrial Gas Products |
| Effective October 1, 2009, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE:APD) will increase pricing and monthly service charges for merchant customers in North America. |
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| September 14, 2009 |
| Goar, Allison & Associates Highlights Benefits of Key Sulfur Recovery Technologies |
| During current economic times, and as refiners globally face the challenge of the world’s crude oil and gas supplies becoming increasingly more sour, the significance of capital costs, reliability, and environmental performance of Sulfur Recovery Units (SRU) at new and existing refineries and gas processing plants grows in importance. |
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| September 14, 2009 |
| Air Products Celebrates Career Development Program’s 50th Year |
| Flashback: It was a year when the average price of a new home was $12,400, a new car cost $2,200, and a gallon of gas was 25 cents. |
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| September 1, 2009 |
| Air Products Acquires New Texas Hydrogen Production Facility from MarkWest Energy Partners |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced it has purchased a new steam methane reformer (SMR) hydrogen facility under construction in Corpus Christi, Texas, from MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE:MWE). |
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| August 26, 2009 |
| Air Products Hosts Florida Water Reuse Seminar |
| Rising populations coupled with limited water resources have driven communities around to the world to begin reusing their wastewater streams. |
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| August 4, 2009 |
| Air Products Selected for Department of Energy Research Grant |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) has been selected to receive more than $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under DOE’s Solar Energy Technology Program. |
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| July 16, 2009 |
| Air Products and Tesoro Sign Hydrogen Supply Agreements Reaching Beyond 2020 |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced the renewal of three separate long-term supply agreements with Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) to provide Tesoro’s refineries in California with the continued supply of hydrogen for the production of cleaner burning transportation fuels. |
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| June 22, 2009 |
| Air Products Offers Complimentary Webinar on Furnace Atmospheres for Metals Processing Applications |
| Recognizing the impact of the economy on companies, Air Products is using digital technology to deliver the first in a series of webinars designed to help metals processors find gas-based solutions that can save money, improve product quality and increase throughput—all while operating safely. |
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| June 17, 2009 |
| Air Products’ Paul Huck Named SFO of the Year by Chemical Week |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Paul Huck was named Senior Financial Officer (SFO) of the Year by Chemical Week Magazine at their 14th Annual SFO Conference held last evening in New York City. |
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| May 26, 2009 |
| Air Products’ Hydrogen Technology Fuels 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour |
| The 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour begins today, and Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) hydrogen fueling technology will be key to making possible the 1,700-mile start-to-finish hydrogen powered vehicle trek from California to Vancouver, British Columbia. |
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| May 21, 2009 |
| Air Products and EPRI Working Together on ITM Oxygen Technology for Use in Advanced Clean Power Generation Systems |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) and the ElectricPower Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI) today announced the signing of an agreement which will support Air Products’ ion transport membrane (ITM) development for use in integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), oxyfuel combustion, and other advanced power generation systems. |
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| May 18, 2009 |
| Air Products Sells Three U.S. Healthcare Businesses to Landauer-Metropolitan |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has sold three of its U.S. healthcare businesses to Landauer-Metropolitan, Inc. (LMI), the largest provider of durable medical equipment, respiratory and infusion services in the northeast, based in Mount Vernon, N.Y. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. |
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| May 5, 2009 |
| Air Products Sells Major Portion of U.S. Healthcare Operations to Walgreens |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has sold all of its U.S. home infusion therapy services business and some elements of its respiratory and home medical equipment business to OptionCare Enterprises, Inc., a subsidiary of Walgreen Co. |
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| April 21, 2009 |
| Air Products to Build Michigan Hydrogen Plant to Supply Marathon’s Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced the signing of an agreement to construct a hydrogen production facility in Detroit, Mich., for Marathon Petroleum Company LLC, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO). |
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| April 14, 2009 |
| Air Products to Supply CHINT Solar With Bulk and Specialty Gases |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has signed a gas supply contract to provide bulk and specialty gases to CHINT Solar (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. (CHINT Solar) at its new thin-film photovoltaic (PV) facility in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, China. |
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| April 9, 2009 |
| Air Products’ Hydrogen Fueling Technology to Power Nestlé Waters’ Warehouse Forklift Conversion |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD), a global leader in hydrogen fueling and infrastructure, today announced the signing of a long-term agreement with NestléWaters North America, Inc. to supply hydrogen and hydrogen fueling station technology for Nestlé’s Dallas, Tex. facility, where it will be used to fuel a fleet of approximately 32 Class I hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts to be used in daily operations. |
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| April 1, 2009 |
| Air Products’ Hydrogen Fueling Technology Powering Forklifts at Defense Distribution Depot in Pennsylvania |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD), a global leader in hydrogen fueling and infrastructure, has installed its hydrogen fueling station technology at the Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna Pennsylvania (DDSP) in New Cumberland, Pa. and today is powering an overall fleet of 40 hydrogen fuel cell powered forklifts being used in daily warehouse operations. |
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| March 30, 2009 |
| Air Products’ Technology Key to Long Island’s First Hydrogen Fueling Station in Town of Hempstead Green Energy Initiative |
| Ground is broken, construction work on Long Island’s first hydrogen fueling station has begun, and this spring Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) fueling technology is scheduled to begin providing three alternative fuels to a fleet of vehicles operated by the Town of Hempstead, New York. |
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| March 9, 2009 |
| Air Products to Site CO2 Purification System at Connecticut Test Facility for Oxyfuel Technology Development Testing |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced the signing of a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to design and construct a carbon dioxide (CO2) purification system in support of an oxyfuel technology development project. |
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| March 2, 2009 |
| Air Products’ Hydrogen Pipeline Extension Strengthens Gulf Coast Network |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced it has strengthened its U.S. Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network in Louisiana with the successful completion of a 37-mile extension to the system. |
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| February 25, 2009 |
| Air Products Strikes Gold with Equipment Sale to Lihir |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced today that it signed a contract to build an air separation unit (ASU) for Lihir Gold Ltd, in Papua New Guinea. |
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| February 24, 2009 |
| Air Products Initiates Gas Supply Contract With Taiwan’s Green Energy Technology |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has begun supplying bulk and specialty gases to Taiwan-based solar energy company Green Energy Technology’s (GET, TWSE: 3519TT) new thin-film photovoltaic (PV) production facility in Kuanyin Industrial Park, Taoyuan, Taiwan. |
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| February 11, 2009 |
| Air Products’ CFO to Address Morgan Stanley Global Basic Materials Conference on 18 February |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) announced today that Paul Huck, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the Morgan Stanley Global Basic Materials Conference in New York City on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 11:20 a.m. ET. |
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| February 4, 2009 |
| Air Products and Alter NRG Sign JDA on Renewable Energy Projects |
| LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (February 4, 2009) – Air Products (NYSE: APD) and Alter NRG Corp. (TSX: NRG) today announced the signing of a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to pursue renewable energy opportunities in North America and Europe. |
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| February 2, 2009 |
| Air Products’ CFO to Address Barclays Capital Industrial Select Conference on 9 February |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) announced today that Paul Huck, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at Barclays Capital Industrial Select Conference in Miami on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 2:25 p.m. ET. |
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| January 26, 2009 |
| Air Products to Supply Gadir Solar With Turnkey Contract |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has signed a turnkey gas supply contract to provide liquid bulk and specialty gases, related gas distribution equipment, and engineering services to Gadir Solar at its new silicon thin-film photovoltaic (PV) facility in Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain. |
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| December 11, 2008 |
| Air Products to Supply Hydrogen and Infrastructure to Fuel Fleet of Fuel Cell Lift Trucks at New Illinois Grocery Distribution Center |
| Environmentally cleaner, more energy efficient, and providing enhanced operational performance on the job 24/7 is how users of hydrogen powered forklifts and materials handling equipment describe the new warehouse workhorse. |
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| December 4, 2008 |
| Air Products’ Exclusively Licensed HiPOx® Water Treatment Technology Gets Boost with Title 22 Conditional Acceptance for Water Reuse in California |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that HiPOx® technology, an ozone-based advanced oxidation process (AOP) water treatment technology, has been granted conditional acceptance by the California Department of Public Health for unrestricted water reuse under Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations. |
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| November 19, 2008 |
| Oxyfuel Technology Solutions for Carbon Capture Presented by Air Products at Greenhouse Gas International Conference |
| Carbon dioxide (CO2) compression is a necessary part of any carbon capture process and Air Products’ oxyfuel technology has optimized the compression process to remove impurities to an acceptable purity level in the gas to make carbon sequestration possible, |
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| October 29, 2008 |
| Air Products to Build New Production Facility for Industry-Leading PRISM® Membrane Products |
| Air Products (NYSE: APD), the worldwide leader in production of gas separation and purification membranes, today announced plans to construct a new production facility in St. Charles, Missouri to increase manufacturing capacity of its full line of PRISM® membrane products. |
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| August 20, 2008 |
| Air Products Acquires Harvest Energy Technology to Enhance Global Hydrogen Product Offerings |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has acquired Harvest Energy Technology, Inc., a leader in the development of hydrogen generation technology for industrial and energy applications, to enhance its overall global hydrogen product offerings. |
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| July 15 2008 |
| Air Products Introduces GASGUARD® Very High Flow System (VHF) for Specialty Gas Delivery |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) is pleased to introduce its new GASGUARD® Very High Flow System (VHF) for bulk specialty gas delivery. |
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| July 15, 2008 |
| Air Products Introduces XeCoverysm On-site Xenon Recovery System |
| Air Products (NYSE:APD) today introduced its new XeCoverysm on-site xenon recovery service for the semiconductor and MEMS industries. |
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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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| 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 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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