Air Products awarded second long-term oxygen, nitrogen supply contract in China

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. — Air Products, an industrial gases company serving Guangdong in South China for 30 yr, announced that it has signed a second long-term oxygen and nitrogen supply contract with a leading global materials supplier in the province. The latest supply contract will further strengthen Air Products' strong position in this strategic industrial base, as well as the relationship with this global customer.

Under the new contract, Air Products will build two sets of state-of-the-art cryogenic air separation plants in Guangdong to produce both gaseous oxygen and nitrogen. The new plants are scheduled to come on-stream in 2018. Together with an existing plant, which started-up earlier this year and was the company's first of its kind built in China, Air Products will significantly increase gas supply capacity for the customer.

Air Products was one of the first multinational industrial gas companies to enter the China market when it set up its first plant in Shenzhen in 1987. Following 30 yr of continuous growth and investment, it today has around 2,500 employees, over 60 entities, and more than 140 production facilities in the country. In Guangdong province, the company operates a strong and reliable supply network across the Pearl River Delta to support the growing demand from over 30 industries.

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