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Air Products to Sell Performance Materials Division of its Materials Technologies Segment to Evonik for $3.8 Billion; Intends to Spin-Off the Electronic Materials Division of its Materials Technologies Segment to Shareholders as Versum Materials

Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD), a world-leading industrial gases company, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement today to sell the Performance Materials Division (PMD) of its Materials Technologies segment to Evonik Industries AG (EVK.DE), a world leader in specialty chemicals and materials, for $3.8 billion in cash.

The sale of PMD is expected to close before the end of 2016, and is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Under the terms of the agreement, operational facilities, supplier contracts, labs, contracts, customers, and employees and certain legal entities associated with PMD would transfer to Evonik. Evonik intends to continue to run PMD from Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Air Products also intends to spin-off its Electronic Materials Division (EMD) to shareholders as a separate public company, called Versum Materials. Air Products is on track to separate EMD by the end of September 2016 and will continue to evaluate whether debt and equity market conditions are favorable for a tax-free spin-off.

Air Products has been consistently executing against its strategic, Five-Point Plan, which includes focusing on industrial gases and taking actions on non-core businesses. In September 2015, the Company announced plans to separate Materials Technologies, which includes PMD and EMD.

“The sale of PMD is consistent with the long-term strategy for Air Products that we announced in September 2014,” said Air Products’ Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Seifi Ghasemi. “I am very pleased that PMD has a great future ahead of it as a core business of a company which is even larger than Air Products.

“As for the balance of our Materials Technologies segment, I am also very excited about the future of EMD, which we currently intend to spin-off as a new, world-class public company named Versum Materials. Guillermo Novo will be the CEO of the new company, and I will be non-executive chairman of Versum Materials while maintaining my current roles at Air Products.

“As a result of these moves, Air Products will be in an even stronger position to take advantage of the exciting investment opportunities to grow our core Industrial Gases business,” Ghasemi said.

About PMD
PMD generated $1.04 billion in revenue and $241 million of Adjusted EBITDA over the last twelve months ending March 31, 2016*. PMD had $244 million of Adjusted EBITDA in fiscal 2015*. PMD consists of epoxy curing agents (40 percent of revenues), polyurethane additives (32 percent) and specialty additives businesses (28 percent). PMD has approximately 1,100 employees and includes major production facilities in the U.S., Germany, the United Kingdom, China and Japan. PMD products provide distinct, performance-enhancing benefits in use across the construction, marine, automotive, industrial cleaning, and other markets.

About EMD
EMD generated $974 million in revenue and $351 million of adjusted EBITDA over the last twelve months ending March 31, 2016*. EMD consists of advanced materials (35 percent of revenues), process materials (39 percent) and delivery systems (26 percent). EMD has approximately 1,900 employees and includes major production facilities in the U.S., Korea and Taiwan. EMD’s focus is to be the materials partner of choice for the semiconductor industry, providing low cost/high value in use products for next generation chips used in mobile devices, Internet of Things, and PCs.

*Financial information for divisions that comprise the Materials Technologies segment reported within Air Products; no allocated corporate costs. Based on non-GAAP measures.

Conference Call Details:
The teleconference on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. USET will be open to the public and the media in listen-only mode by telephone and Internet broadcast.

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Advisors
Lazard acted as sole financial advisor to Air Products. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP acted as lead counsel for Air Products.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company celebrating 75 years of operation. The company’s core Industrial Gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the world’s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The company’s Materials Technologies business serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries.

The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9 billion and was ranked number 284 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. Approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries strive to make Air Products the world’s safest and best performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

About Evonik
Evonik, the creative industrial group from Germany, is one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals. Profitable growth and a sustained increase in the value of the company form the heart of Evonik’s corporate strategy. Its activities focus on the key megatrends health, nutrition, resource efficiency and globalization. Evonik benefits specifically from its innovative prowess and integrated technology platforms. Evonik is active in over 100 countries around the world. In fiscal 2015 more than 33,500 employees generated sales of around €13.5 billion and an operating profit (adjusted EBITDA) of about €2.47 billion.

NOTE: This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including statements regarding the expected timetable for completing the sale of PMD to Evonik, benefits and synergies of the proposed transaction, future opportunities for the combined company and products, future financial performance and any other statements regarding the Company’s and Evonik’s future expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, financial conditions, or performance that are not historical facts; statements about the Company’s plans for completion of the EMD spin-off, the expected benefits of the spin-off, the tax free nature of the spin-off, the prospects for the independent companies following the spin-off and the timing of the transaction. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release. Actual results may differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including, without limitation, additional timing required to consummate the proposed sale of PMD; inability to satisfy the conditions to closing of the proposed sale of PMD; the risk that a regulatory approval that may be required for the proposed sale of PMD is not obtained or is obtained subject to conditions that are not anticipated or other events that prevent the closing of the proposed transaction from occurring; the ultimate timing, outcome and results of integrating the operations of Air Products’ and Evonik’s Performance Materials divisions; the effects of the business combination, including the combined company’s future financial condition, results of operations, strategy and plans; expected synergies and other benefits from the proposed transaction and the ability of Evonik to realize such synergies and other benefits; the Company’s ability to obtain regulatory approvals necessary to effect the spin-off of EMD, our ability to fully realize the anticipated benefits of the spin-off, negative effects of the announcement or the consummation of the proposed spin-off on the market price of the Company’s common stock, significant transaction costs and or unknown liabilities, general economic and business conditions that affect the companies in connection with the proposed spin-off, changes in capital market conditions, future opportunities that the Company’s board may determine present greater potential to increase shareholder value than spin-off, the ability of our companies to operate independently following the spin-off; the impact of credit rating agencies or tax authority actions or other factors on the cash proceeds the Company expects to derive from the transactions; and other risk factors described in the Company's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2015. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this document to reflect any change in assumptions, beliefs or expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances upon which any such forward-looking statements are based.

RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
(Millions of dollars unless otherwise indicated)

The news release includes discussion of non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA. The presentation of non-GAAP measures is intended to enhance the usefulness of financial information by providing measures which management uses internally to evaluate our operating performance.

We use non-GAAP measures to assess our operating performance by excluding certain disclosed items that we believe are not representative of our underlying business. We believe non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with meaningful information to understand our underlying operating results and to analyze financial and business trends. Non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA, should not be viewed in isolation, are not a substitute for GAAP measures, and have limitations which include but are not limited to:

Depreciation and amortization represent the wear and tear and/or reduction in value of the plant, equipment, and intangible assets which permit us to manufacture and/or market our products.
Other companies may define non-GAAP measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

A reader may find any one or all of these items important in evaluating our performance. Management compensates for the limitations of using non-GAAP financial measures by using them only to supplement our GAAP results to provide a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting our business. In evaluating these financial measures, the reader should be aware that we may incur expenses similar to those eliminated in this presentation in the future.

Presented below are reconciliations of the GAAP results to the non-GAAP measures:

			Quarter Ended
Materials Technologies Segment	FY 2015		Jun-15		Sep-15		Dec-15		Mar-16		Mar-16 LTM
Operating Income
Performance Materials	$	213.9	$	57.8	$	50.3	$	44.1	$	59.5	$	211.7
Electronics Materials		265.8		76.9		63.0		83.3		70.3		293.5
Non Divisional		(3.0)		(3.2)		3.1		(.2)		(.5)		(.8)
Total Operating Income	$	476.7	$	131.5	$	116.4	$	127.2	$	129.3	$	504.4
Add: Depreciation and amortization		92.8		22.7		22.8		19.6		20.0		85.1
Add: Equity Affiliates' Income		2.2		.3		.6		.4		.2		1.5
Adjusted EBITDA	$	571.7	$	154.5	$	139.8	$	147.2	$	149.5	$	591.0

			Quarter Ended
Performance Materials	FY 2015		Jun-15		Sep-15		Dec-15		Mar-16		Mar-16 LTM
Adjusted EBITDA
GAAP Operating Income	$	213.9	$	57.8	$	50.3	$	44.1	$	59.5	$	211.7
Add: Depreciation and amortization		29.0		7.3		6.9		6.9		7.5		28.6
Add: Equity Affiliates' Income		1.2		.3		.3		.2		.2		1.0
Adjusted EBITDA	$	244.1	$	65.4	$	57.5	$	51.2	$	67.2	$	241.3

			Quarter Ended
Electronic Materials	FY 2015		Jun-15		Sep-15		Dec-15		Mar-16		Mar-16 LTM
Adjusted EBITDA
GAAP Operating Income	$	265.8	$	76.9	$	63.0	$	83.3	$	70.3	$	293.5
Add: Depreciation and amortization		63.8		15.4		15.9		12.7		12.5		56.5
Add: Equity Affiliates' Income		1.0		-		.3		.2		-		.5
Adjusted EBITDA	$	330.6	$	92.3	$	79.2	$	96.2	$	82.8	$	350.5

空气产品公司将以38亿美元向赢创出售材料技术板块的功能材料业务

Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400

全球领先的工业气体公司空气产品公司 (Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)今天宣布其已与世界领先的特种化工和材料公司赢创工业集团签署了最终协议，将以38亿美元现金出售其材料技术板块下的功能材料业务。

功能材料业务的出售有望在2016年底前完成，具体时间将以监管部门批准和惯例下成交条件的达成为准。根据协议条款，功能材料业务下属的运营工厂、供应商合同、实验室、合同、客户、员工及相关的法人实体全部将转到赢创。而赢创打算继续在美国宾夕法尼亚州的阿伦敦运营该业务。

空气产品公司同时计划以名字为“Versum Materials”的独立上市公司的方式，向股东拆分其电子材料业务。该公司将继续评估债券和股票的市场条件是否对于免税分拆有利，按照目前的进度，拆分将于2016年9月底前完成。

空气产品公司一直以来坚持按照其战略性的“五大要点计划”行事，其中包括以工业气体业务为主并对非核心业务采取行动。该公司在去年9月就宣布计划分拆材料技术业务板块，其中包括功能材料和电子材料业务分支。

空气产品公司董事会主席、总裁兼首席执行官Seifi Ghasemi指出： “出售功能材料的决策和空气产品公司于2014年9月宣布的长期战略是相一致的。功能材料业务将成为一家甚至比空气产品公司还大的公司的一项核心业务，其前途广阔。对此我感到非常高兴。”

同时，Ghasemi 也非常激动地谈及了公司材料技术业务板块下的另一业务分支——电子材料的未来，他说道：“空气产品公司目前计划将该业务分拆成一家新的、世界级的名为“Versum Materials”的上市公司。这家新公司的首席执行官是Guillermo Novo，而我将在担任空气产品公司现有职务的同时任该公司的非执行董事会主席。”

“这些举措的结果会让空气产品公司处于更有利的地位。我们可充分利用市场上令人兴奋的投资机会，来发展我们的核心工业气体业务。”Ghasemi 强调道。

关于功能材料业务
空气产品公司的功能材料业务属于该公司材料技术业务板块下属的功能材料部门。这项业务在截至2016年3月31日前的十二个月内，实现了10.4亿美元的营业额，调整后的税息折旧及摊销前利润为2.41亿美元。该业务包括环氧树脂固化剂（占营业额的40%）、聚氨酯添加剂（32%）、特种添加剂（28%），在全球拥有1100名员工，主要生产工厂遍布美国、德国、英国、中国和日本。该业务下的产品应用在建筑，船舶，汽车，工业清洗等行业，可以带来显著的功能提升。

关于电子材料业务
空气产品公司的电子材料业务属于该公司材料技术业务板块下属的电子材料部门。这项业务在截至2016年3月31日前的十二个月内，实现了9.74亿美元的营业额，调整后的税息折旧及摊销前利润为3.51亿美元。该业务包括先进材料（占营业额的35%）, 工艺材料（39%) 以及材料传输系统 (26%)，在全球拥有1900名员工，主要生产工厂在美国、韩国和台湾。该业务主要为移动设备、物联网和个人电脑用的下一代芯片提供低成本高价值的电子材料，旨在成为半导体行业的首选材料伙伴。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）是一家世界领先的工业气体公司。今年正值其运营75周年。工业气体是公司的核心业务，提供空分和工艺气体、以及相关的设备，主要为炼油石化、金属、电子和食品饮料等制造产业服务。空气产品公司同时也是一家全球领先的液化天然气工艺技术和设备供应商。公司的另一项业务——材料技术服务于半导体、聚氨酯、清洁剂与涂料和粘合剂等行业。

2015财年，公司的销售额为99亿美金，在美国上市公司财富500强中排名第284位。其遍布全球50多个国家和地区的约2万名员工，为所有客户提供可持续性的产品和解决方案，以及卓越的服务，致力于将空气产品公司打造成世界最安全和最佳的工业气体公司。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司中文网站：www.airproducts.com.cn。

关于赢创
赢创是一家来自德国的创新型工业集团，该公司的核心业务——特种化工在全球处于领先地位。提升业务盈利、保持企业价值的持续增长是赢创的核心战略。赢创将业务与全球大趋势相结合，即健康、营养、资源效率与全球化。赢创的发展得益于其创新实力和一体化技术平台。赢创的业务遍及全球100 多个国家。2015财年，赢创的33,500 多名员工创造了约135亿欧元的销售额，营业利润（税息折旧及摊销前利润）达24.7亿欧元。

注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2015年9月30日结束。

Air Products plant den Verkauf der Performance Materials Division aus seinem Materials Technologies Segment an Evonik für 3,8 Mrd. USD

Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD), eines der weltweit führenden Industriegasunternehmen, verkündet, dass es heute eine endgültige Vereinbarung unterzeichnet hat, mit der die Performance Materials Division (PMD) seines Segments Materials Technologies für 3,8 Mrd. USD an Evonik Industries AG (EVK.DE), ein weltweit führendes Unternehmen mit Schwerpunkt auf Chemikalien und Materialien, veräußert werden soll.

Der Verkauf von PMD wird voraussichtlich vor Ende 2016 abgeschlossen, vorbehaltlich behördlicher Genehmigungen und der üblichen Abschlussbedingungen. Laut den Vertragsbestimmungen werden betriebliche Einrichtungen, Lieferantenverträge, Labors, Verträge, Kunden, Mitarbeiter sowie bestimmte mit PMD verbundene Rechtspersonen an Evonik übertragen. PMD soll jedoch weiterhin von Evonik in Allentown, Pennsylvania, betrieben werden.

Zudem plant Air Products auch die Ausgliederung seiner Electronic Materials Division (EMD) als eigenständige Aktiengesellschaft mit dem Namen Versum Materials an Aktionäre. Air Products plant die Ausgliederung von EMD bis Ende September 2016. Derzeit wird noch evaluiert, ob die Bedingungen des Fremd- und Eigenkapitalmarkts für eine steuerfreie Ausgliederung günstig sind.

Air Products führt damit kontinuierlich seinen strategischen Fünf-Punkte-Plan fort, der einen Schwerpunkt auf Industriegasen, aber auch Tätigkeiten hinsichtlich Nicht-Kerngeschäften beinhaltet. Schon im September 2015 kündigte das Unternehmen Pläne zur Ausgliederung von Materials Technologies an, wozu auch PMD und EMD gehören.
„Der Verkauf von PMD steht im Einklang mit der langfristigen Strategie von Air Products, die wir bereits im September 2014 bekannt gegeben haben“, erklärt Seifi Ghasemi, Vorsitzender, Präsident und CEO von Air Products. „Ich freue mich sehr, dass PMD als Kerngeschäft eines Unternehmens mit noch größerem Umfang als Air Products einer großen Zukunft entgegensehen kann.

Was die Ausgewogenheit unseres Segments Material Technologies betrifft, freue ich mich auch auf die Zukunft von EMD, für das derzeit Pläne für ein Spin-Off als neue Aktiengesellschaft von Weltklasse mit dem Namen Versum Materials bestehen. CEO des neuen Unternehmens wird Guillermo Novo sein. Ich selbst werde als nicht-geschäftsführender Vorsitzender von Versum Materials agieren, wobei ich meine aktuellen Positionen bei Air Products beibehalte.

Ergebnis dieser Verschiebungen wird eine gestärkte Position für Air Products sein, mit der es die großen Investitionsmöglichkeiten nutzen und das Wachstum unseres Kerngeschäfts Industriegase fördern kann“, sagt Ghasemi.

Über PMD
PMD generierte 1,04 Milliarden USD Umsatz und 241 Mrd. USD bereinigtes EBITDA im Zeitraum der letzten 12 Monate mit Ende am 31. März 2016*. Im Geschäftsjahr 2015 wies PMD 244 Mio. USD bereinigtes EBITDA vor*. Der Geschäftszweig PMD setzt sich aus den Geschäftszweigen Epoxidharz-Härter (40 % des Umsatzes), Polyurethan-Additive (32 %) und Spezial-Additiven (28 %) zusammen. PMD hat rund 1.100 Mitarbeiter und verfügt über größere Produktionsstätten in den USA, Deutschland, Großbritannien, China und Japan. Die PMD Produkte bieten deutlich leistungssteigernden Nutzen beim Einsatz in den Branchen Bau, Schiffsbau, Automobil, Industriereinigung und weiteren Branchen.

Über EMD
EMD generierte 974 Mio. USD Umsatz und 351 Mio. USD bereinigtes EBITDA im Zeitraum der letzten 12 Monate mit Ende am 31. März 2016*. Das Segment EMD setzt sich aus den Geschäftsbereichen Neuartige Materialien (35 % des Umsatzes), Prozessstoffe (39 %) und Abfüllsysteme (26 %) zusammen. EMD hat rund 1.900 Mitarbeiter und verfügt über größere Produktionsstätten in den USA, Korea und Taiwan. Der Schwerpunkt von EMD liegt darin, als bevorzugter Partner der Halbleiterindustrie kostengünstige Produkte mit hohem Nutzungswert für Mobilgeräte-Chips der nächsten Generation, das Internet der Dinge sowie PCs zu liefern.

*Finanzinformationen für die Bereiche, aus denen sich das Segment Materials Technologies zusammensetzt, entsprechend internen Angaben von Air Products, ohne Verrechnung von Unternehmenskosten. Zahlen basieren auf non-GAAP-Werten.

Details zur Telefonkonferenz: Telekonferenz am Freitag, 6. Mai 2016 um 12:00 Uhr. USET ist für die Öffentlichkeit und die Medien im Zuhörermodus über Telefon und Internet zugänglich.
Live-Telekonferenz: 913-312-0699 Zugangscode: 9240687 Internet: Verfügbar über die Seite „Event Details“ (Informationen zu Veranstaltungen) auf der Air Products Website „Investor Relations“ (Anlegerbeziehungen).
Telefonische Wiedergabe: 888-203-1112 oder 719-457-0820 (international)
Zugangscode: 9240687, verfügbar ab 16:00 Uhr. USET am 6. Mai bis 16:00 Uhr. ET am 13. Mai.
Internet-Wiedergabe: Verfügbar über die Seite „Event Details“ (Informationen zu Veranstaltungen) auf der Air Products Website „Investor Relations“ (Anlegerbeziehungen).
Berater: Lazard war alleiniger Finanzberater für Air Products. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP fungierten als Hauptanwälte für Air Products.

Über Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) ist ein weltweit führendes Industriegasunternehmen, das bereits sein 75-jähriges Bestehen feiert. Das Kerngeschäft Industriegase des Unternehmens bietet Luft- und Prozessgase und zugehörige Anlagen für die verarbeitende Industrie, darunter Raffination und Petrochemie, Metall, Elektronik, Lebensmittel und Getränke. Air Products ist zudem der weltweit führende Anbieter von Prozesstechnologien und Anlagen für Flüssigerdgas. Der Geschäftszweig Materials Technologies beliefert die Märkte für Halbleiter, Polyurethane, Reinigung und Beschichtungen sowie für Klebstoffe.

Das Unternehmen erreichte im Geschäftsjahr 2015 einen Umsatz von $9,9 Mrd. und landete damit auf Platz 284 der jährlichen erscheinenden Fortune 500-Liste börsennotierter Unternehmen. Etwa 20.000 Mitarbeiter in 50 Ländern arbeiten daran, Air Products zum weltweit sichersten und leistungsstärksten Anbieter von Industriegasen zu machen, der allen Kunden nachhaltige Angebote und einen hervorragenden Service bietet. Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie auf unserer Website unter www.airproducts.com .

Über Evonik
Evonik, der kreative Industriekonzern aus Deutschland, ist eines der weltweit führenden Unternehmen für Spezialchemikalien. Profitables Wachstum und eine nachhaltige Steigerung der Wertschöpfung des Unternehmens bilden das Herzstück der Evonik Unternehmensstrategie. Seine Aktivitäten konzentrieren sich auf die wichtigsten Megatrends Gesundheit, Ernährung, Ressourceneffizienz und Globalisierung. Evonik profitiert besonders von seiner Innovationskraft und seinen integrierten Technologieplattformen. Evonik ist in mehr als 100 Ländern der Welt tätig. Im Geschäftsjahr 2015 erwirtschafteten über 33.500 Mitarbeiter einen Umsatz von rund 13,5 Mrd. EUR.

Versum Materials is the Selected Name for the Materials Technologies Business Spin-off of Air Products

Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500

Versum Materials has been selected as the new company name for the Materials Technologies business of Air Products (NYSE: APD). Air Products announced plans in September for a tax-free spin-off of this business to U.S. shareholders on or before September 2016.

Derived from the Latin word for “toward,” the name “Versum” communicates the new company’s ability to continuously move toward materials, which is core to its own business, and provide cutting-edge solutions and innovation. The name also communicates the company’s critical role in helping customers advance their products and businesses by providing market-leading technology, innovation and valuable, reliable service.

“This is an exciting time as these Materials Technologies market-leading businesses move closer to becoming a separate publicly-owned and traded company with a distinct identity, brand and purpose. Once complete, this separation will provide our new shareholders with ownership in two leading and focused companies while offering the opportunity to value our Industrial Gases and Materials Technologies businesses independently,” said Seifi Ghasemi, chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) at Air Products. Upon completion of the separation, Ghasemi will continue his role with Air Products and also become the non-executive chairman of Versum Materials.

As previously announced, Guillermo Novo, currently the executive vice president of Materials Technologies, will become Versum Materials’ CEO at the completion of the spin-off. “We look forward to the opportunity to operate as an independent, specialty materials company under the name of Versum Materials. We will take some of the culture of our heritage with Air Products and build on it in our own core marketplace. As we move forward, we aim to deliver profitable growth to Versum Materials’ shareholders by innovating for our customers, maximizing our profitability and driving to realize our strong growth prospects, while continuing to rapidly respond to changing market dynamics,” said Novo.

“As our new name suggests, we will help our customers and employees move ‘toward’ their goals with confidence and purpose. From the electronics industry to the performance materials end markets we serve, we’re passionate about working closely with customers to help advance their products and technologies around the world,” added Novo.

Additional details about Versum Materials’ progress toward becoming a new company will become available at airproducts.com while the new company’s website is developed.

Air Products’ Materials Technologies business is global, delivering specialty solutions focused within niche markets, holding leading positions in most of its end-markets and focused on innovation-driven solutions. For fiscal year 2015, Materials Technologies had sales of approximately $2.1 billion and EBITDA margins in excess of 27%.

The business employs approximately 3,300 employees and operates in more than 12 countries across the globe. Its Electronic Materials Division provides tailored solutions and materials to customers in the semiconductor industry, while the Performance Materials Division provides epoxy additives, polyurethane additives and specialty additives to the construction, composites, adhesives, coatings and other industries.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company celebrating 75 years of operation. The company’s core Industrial Gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the world’s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The company’s Materials Technologies business, which Air Products intends to spin-off by September 2016, serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries.

The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9 billion and was ranked number 284 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. Approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries strive to make Air Products the world’s safest and best performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about Air Products’ plans for completion of the spin-off, the expected benefits of the spin-off, the tax-free nature of the spin-off, the prospects for the Materials Technologies business following the spin-off and the timing of the transaction. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release. Actual results may differ materially from the expectations expressed herein because of many factors not anticipated by management, including, without limitation, Air Products’ ability to obtain regulatory approvals necessary for the spin-off, Materials Technologies’ ability to fully realize the anticipated benefits of the spin-off, transaction costs, unknown liabilities, general economic and business conditions that may affect the proposed spin-off and the execution thereof, changes in capital market conditions, Air Products’ decision not to consummate the spin-off due to market, economic or other events, unfavorable economic conditions affecting the markets served by and/or the continuing profitability of the Materials Technologies business and other risk factors described in Air Products' Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. Air Products disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this news release to reflect any change in assumptions, beliefs or expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances upon which any such forward-looking statements are based.

Air Products to Launch New Molecular Defoamer and Wetting Agent at ABRAFATI 2015

Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) Materials Technologies segment will introduce the latest addition to its innovative portfolio of molecular defoamers and dynamic wetting agents—Surfynol® 107L—at the Associação Brasileira dos Fabricantes de Tintas in São Paulo, Brazil, from October 13-15.

Air Products’ Surfynol 107L surfactant is a liquid, nonionic wetting agent and molecular defoamer based on a proprietary high-performance Gemini chemistry. Surfynol 107L surfactant contains no added alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs), silicones, or fluorosurfactants, and is suitable for low- and zero-VOC formulations. This unique chemistry offers a range of surface active performance benefits, is nonfoaming, and will disrupt the foam stabilization properties of other formulation components, providing defect-free defoaming and deaerating benefits.

“With the launch of Surfynol 107L, we continue to expand our molecular defoamer product line so that we are able to offer formulators a wide variety of options to address their foam control and surface wetting needs,” said Debbie Anderson, Americas business manager, Additives, for Air Products. “This new product provides zero-foam dynamic wetting and defect-free foam control in low-VOC coating, ink and adhesive formulations,” added Anderson.

Air Products’ Jim Reader, lead chemist in Additives Americas, will present a paper discussing new superwetting surfactants for coatings applications at ABRAFATI. His paper will be presented from 2:30-3:10 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, in the ABRAFATI Auditorium 4. Marcelo Rufo, Additives business manager, will give a presentation titled “Global Environmental Regulations Drive New Technologies in Epoxy Coatings” on Wednesday, October 14, at 1:45 p.m. in Auditorium 6.

For more information on these and other surfactant products, please visit Air Products at booth B/6 or visit www.abrafati2015.com.br.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world’s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

Air Products Announces Intent to Spin-Off Materials Technologies Business

Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400

Board of Directors Approves Move Consistent With Strategic Five-Point Plan
Enables leading and focused Industrial Gas and Materials Technologies companies to leverage critical competencies
Seifi Ghasemi to be non-executive chairman and Guillermo Novo to be CEO of the new company
Conference call on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. ET

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the intention to fully separate its Materials Technologies business via a tax-free spin-off to its shareholders. The targeted completion of the Materials Technologies spin-off is before September 2016, subject to typical regulatory approvals. Air Products will hold a conference call on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. ET to discuss the spin-off (details below).

“I am very pleased that our Board of Directors has approved this strategic move. This separation will provide shareholders ownership in two leading and focused companies while providing the opportunity to value our Industrial Gases and Materials Technologies businesses independently. We believe a tax-free spin-off of the Materials Technologies business will create significant shareholder value,” said Seifi Ghasemi, chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) at Air Products.

This strategic decision will allow Air Products’ Industrial Gases and the Materials Technologies businesses to leverage their respective critical competencies and enhance their competitive positions. The Company believes the result of the spin-off will be two best-in-class public companies with distinct business models, capital requirements and growth profiles. The spin-off decision was made after an extensive review examining the strategic options for the Materials Technologies business by Air Products’ Board of Directors and management.

“The intent to separate is consistent with our management philosophy and the five-point plan we have discussed on many occasions over the past year and emphasized at our Investor Conference. It will allow us to take another step in pursuit of our ultimate goal, to become the safest and most profitable industrial gas company in the world, providing excellent service to our customers,” said Ghasemi.

“The timing for this action is excellent and we look forward to the opportunity to operate as a stand-alone company focused on specialty materials. We already have a portfolio of world-class businesses with leading positions and sustainable competitive advantages in attractive niche markets. Our management team has demonstrated the ability to innovate, improve our underlying performance and rapidly respond to changing market dynamics to deliver profitable growth,” said Guillermo Novo, executive vice president – Materials Technologies.

Novo will be CEO of the yet-to-be-named company at the completion of the spin-off. Ghasemi will be the non-executive chairman of the new company, while maintaining his current roles as chairman, president and CEO of Air Products.

Conference Call Details:
The teleconference on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. ET will be open to the public and the media in listen-only mode by telephone and Internet broadcast.

Live teleconference: 719-325-4751
Passcode: 4483419
Internet broadcast: Available on the Event Details page on Air Products’ Investor Relations web site.

Telephone replay: 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820 (international)
Passcode: 4483419
This will be available from 1:00 p.m. ET on September 17 through 12:00 p.m. ET on September 24.
Internet replay: Available on the Event Details page on Air Products’ Investor Relations web site.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products’ materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world’s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 including statements about the Company’s plans for completion of the spin-off, the expected benefits of the spin-off, the tax free nature of the spin off, the prospects for the independent companies following the spin-off and the timing of the transaction. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release. Actual results may differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including, without limitation, our ability to obtain regulatory approvals, our ability to fully realize the anticipated benefits of the spin-off, negative effects of the announcement or the consummation of the proposed spin-off on the market price of the company’s common stock, significant transaction costs and or unknown liabilities, general economic and business conditions that affect the companies in connection with the proposed spin-off, changes in capital market conditions, future opportunities that the company’s board may determine present greater potential to increase shareholder value, the ability of our companies to operate independently following the spin-off; and other risk factors described in the Company's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this document to reflect any change in assumptions, beliefs or expectations or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances upon which any such forward-looking statements are based.

Air Products Carbowet® GA Series Grind Aids Receive 2015 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products’ (NYSE: APD) Materials Technologies segment has recently won the 2015 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the Coating Industry in China for its Carbowet GA-series grind aids. This is the fifth consecutive year Air Products as a global specialty additives leader for water-based formulations has received this prestigious recognition.

The award-winning Carbowet GA-series grind aids are designed for a variety of coatings and inks applications involving a time-consuming pigment milling process. Offering an ideal balance of both wetting and stabilizing characteristics for milling and dispersion performance, these surfactants can help formulators improve both the dispersion milling process efficiency and formulation performance. Functioning through dynamic wetting and a form of dynamic stabilization, these products are used to overcome deficiencies in the dispersant or grind resin and can improve hiding power, as well as providing higher gloss, greater color and faster color development. The Carbowet GA-series grind aids have superior performance in many dispersion formulations such as TiO2, inorganic pigments, organic pigments and carbon black, among others.

“We are honored to have again received this prestigious award in recognition of our continuous contributions to the growth of China’s coatings market through innovation and high performance solutions,’’ said Solomon Lemma, global general manager of Air Products Additives, who received the award on behalf of the company in Shanghai. “Carbowet GA-series grind aids are a great example of our long-standing commitment to developing new and innovative surfactant technology that helps formulators address ongoing formulating challenges. Going forward, we will continue to drive innovative and valuable solutions by leveraging over 40 years of experience in material science and surface chemistry, helping customers succeed in the fast growing coatings market.”

Organized by Ringier Trade Media since 2006, the Ringier Technology Innovation Awards is regarded as one of the most influential industry awards in China. It recognizes key contributors to industry advancements through technological innovation, efficiency improvements or creating a new marketing opportunity.

This year, 50 products for the coating industry from 39 companies entered for the awards. The independent panel of judges comprising experts from China's authoritative associations, universities and research institutes eventually selected 24 innovative products across six categories: resins, pigments, additives, emulsions, machinery and equipments, and other innovative products/technologies. Air Products’ Carbowet GA-series grind aids were among the winning additives.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the Company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products’ Materials Technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world’s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014.

空气产品公司Carbowet® GA系列研磨助剂荣获2015年度荣格技术创新奖

Mon, 08 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400

空气产品公司 (纽约证券交易所代码：APD)宣布其材料技术部研发的Carbowet GA系列研磨助剂于近日荣膺2015年度中国涂料行业荣格技术创新奖。空气产品公司是全球水性特种添加剂行业的领导者之一，这是公司连续第五年荣获此项殊荣。

此次获奖的Carbowet GA系列研磨助剂专为需要经过长时间颜料研磨过程的涂料和油墨应用而设计。这些表面活性剂可使研磨和分散过程中的润湿性和稳定性达到理想的平衡状态，从而帮助配方师提升研磨和分散效率并改善配方的性能。该系列产品具有动态润湿和动态稳定的特点，可以改善分散剂或研磨树脂性能，提升遮盖力，获得更好的光泽度、色彩鲜艳度以及更快的展色速度。Carbowet GA系列研磨助剂可用于诸如TiO2、无机颜料、有机颜料、碳黑等众多颜料色浆配方，均能取得卓越的性能。

空气产品公司全球添加剂业务总经理Solomon Lemma代表公司在上海接受颁奖时表示：“我们很荣幸再次获得这一殊荣。这是对我们通过创新和研发高性能解决方案，以持续推动中国涂料市场发展所作出的贡献的肯定。Carbowet GA系列研磨助剂是我们长期致力于开发创新性表面活性剂技术，帮助配方师应对持续挑战的一个例证。今后，我们将运用公司在材料科学和表面化学领域40多年的丰富经验，继续推动创新性、具有价值的涂料解决方案的开发，帮助客户在快速发展的涂料市场中取得成功。”

荣格技术创新奖是荣格工业传媒自2006年以来组织设立的奖项，现已成为中国最具影响力的工业大奖之一。该奖项旨在表彰通过技术创新、提升效率或创造新的市场机遇而在业界具有突出贡献的创新产品和技术。

今年，共有来自39家公司的50种产品角逐涂料行业奖项。由国内权威协会、大学和研究机构专家组成的独立评审委员会最终在树脂、颜料、添加剂、乳液、机器及设备，以及其它创新产品/技术这六个大类中评选出了24种创新型产品。空气产品公司的Carbowet GA系列研磨助剂获得了添加剂类的奖项。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）是一家领先的工业气体公司。近75年来，该公司为金属、食品与饮料、炼油与石化和天然气液化等制造产业提供空分、工艺和特种气体，以及相关的设备。空气产品公司的材料技术业务板块服务于半导体、聚氨酯、清洁剂与涂料和粘合剂行业。其遍布全球50多个国家和地区的逾2万名员工为所有客户提供可持续性的产品和解决方案，以及卓越的服务，致力于将空气产品公司打造成世界最安全和业绩最佳的工业气体公司。2014财年度，空气产品公司的销售额为104亿美元，在美国上市公司财富500强中排名第276位。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司中文网站：www.airproducts.com.cn。

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Air Products to Launch New Oil-Based Defoamers at Eastern Coatings Show 2015

Wed, 27 May 2015 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) will introduce the latest additions to its innovative portfolio of defoamers—Airase® 4750V and 4800 defoamers—at the Eastern Coatings Show in Atlantic City, N.J., from June 1-4.

Air Products’ Airase 4750V and 4800 oil-based defoamers are effective foam control additives for use in a wide variety of applications, including architectural and industrial coatings, inks, and adhesives. Airase 4750V is a proprietary vegetable oil-based defoamer, whereas Airase 4800 is a 100% active, mineral oil-based defoamer. Both defoamers are designed for excellent film compatibility with sustained, long-term defoaming performance and are currently available in North America.

“With the launch of these new Airase defoamers, we continue to expand our defoamer offering so that we are able to offer formulators a wide variety of options to address their foam control needs,” said Chris Henkee, global marketing manager, Additives, for Air Products. “With defoamers based on mineral oils, organic oils, siloxanes, and Air Products’ own unique Gemini molecules, we are able to offer the formulator a means to quickly optimize formulation performance, minimize reformulation time and effort, keep formulation costs under control, or simply use products with specific qualities that can limit certain environmental effects.”

Air Products will also highlight its portfolio of Dynol^TM superwetting surfactants, which provide both low equilibrium and dynamic wetting and are engineered for system compatibility as well as contributing little or no foam. Uniquely, Air Products is proud to offer four different classes of superwetters, each class with different attributes based on the nature of the superwetting surfactant molecules employed. The Dynol superwetting surfactants are particularly useful in formulations designed to be used in high speed applications or to wet difficult-to-wet surfaces such as plastics, wood, or even oil-contaminated metals.

Air Products also offers a complete line of high performance ZetaSperse® dispersants for resin-free and resin-containing systems as well as a variety of performance enhancing additives for dispersion formulation. To better enable formulators in choosing the right dispersant, Air Products has developed the Formulators Assistant ZetaSperse Tool (FAZT), which sets forth product recommendations and dispersion starting point formulations. Visit www.FAZT.com today to access this tool online or from your mobile platform.

For more information on these and other surfactant products, please visit Air Products’ booth 308 at the Eastern Coatings Show or visit www.airproducts.com/coatings.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products’ materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world’s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

Air Products to Introduce New Range of Superwetters and New Defoamer at European Coatings Show

Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products’ (NYSE:APD) Additives team will introduce its new developments at the European Coatings Show (ECS) 2015 in Nuremberg, Germany, from April 21-23. Featured products showcased at stand #4-339 will include the company’s innovative Dynol™ 960 and Dynol™ 980 superwetting surfactants, and Airase® 4500 defoamer for indirect food contact compliance.

Air Products’ Dynol 960 and 980 surfactants have been specifically designed to meet the growing need for high-performance waterborne coatings, inks, and adhesives for low energy surfaces. These new, low-foaming optimized siloxane superwetting surfactants can provide premium equilibrium and dynamic surface tension reduction as well as improved flow and levelling for difficult to wet surfaces like wood, plastics, and dirty or nonferrous metal.

Roger Reinartz, technical manager Specialty Additives Europe at Air Products, will present a paper that discusses the importance of wetting, flow, and levelling, and focuses on the superior performance of superwetting surfactants breaking the vicious circle. The paper will be presented from 10:00-10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 20, as part of the European Coatings Congress.

Air Products also will highlight at ECS its Airase 4500 defoamer for indirect food contact compliance. As a proprietary organic oil defoamer, Airase 4500 defoamer does not contain added mineral oils, hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), or alkyl phenol ethoxylates (APEs), making it suitable for a broad range of applications and useful for European food contact regulation compliance. In addition, Airase 4500 defoamer is designed to eliminate foam, pinholes, and entrapped air in water-based inks, adhesives, and coatings, without generating surface defects.

ECS attendees are invited to stop by Air Products stand #4-339 in Hall 4 to learn how the company’s experienced technical team can identify valuable formulation development solutions to help them optimise formulation performance, minimise reformulation time and effort, keep formulation costs under control, and find products less impactful to the environment.

Air Products’ Additives range of solutions includes multifunctional surfactants, defoamers, and pigment dispersing additives for waterborne coatings, inks, adhesives, and construction chemicals. For more information, visit our ECS15 page.

EDITOR’S NOTE:
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products’ materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning, coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world’s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

Air Products Launches New Superwetting Surfactants at ACS 2014

Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today introduced the latest additions to its innovative portfolio of superwetting surfactants—Dynol™ 960 and 980 superwetting surfactants—at the American Coatings Show in Atlanta, Ga.

Dynol 960 and 980 superwetting surfactants are designed to have a superior balance of properties, including both equilibrium and dynamic wetting, system compatibility, and low foam, compared to traditional siloxane surfactants. These two new siloxane-based superwetters complement Air Products’ existing non-silicone superwetter surfactants, enabling the company to offer a complete portfolio of superwetting surfactants so that customers can quickly solve the problems associated with coating hard-to-wet substrates.
“With the launch of these new Dynol superwetters, we are now able to offer formulators an innovative portfolio of superwetting solutions, including products that are slioxane-based or siloxane-free, that can aid in film coalescence and provide flow and leveling,” said Solomon Lemma, global business manager, Specialty Additives, for Air Products. “Whether your goal is to optimize formulation performance, minimize reformulation time and effort, keep your formulation costs under control, or find products less impactful to the environment, Air Products’ technologies can provide the answers to your formulation needs.“

Air Products will also highlight its Airase® 4500 defoamer, a new non-mineral oil based defoamer, designed to eliminate foam, pinholes and entrapped air in water-based inks, adhesives, and coatings without generating surface defects. Airase 4500 defoamer, along with the company’s other oil defoamer offerings, supplement both Air Products’ Airase SSDLTM siloxane defoamer line and its unique Surfynol® molecular defoamers to provide a complete set of defoaming solutions for formulators to meet their process and performance needs.

Air Products now also offers a complete line of high performance ZetaSperse® dispersants for resin-free and resin-containing systems, as well as a variety of performance enhancing additives for dispersion formulation. To better enable formulators in choosing the right dispersant, Air Products has developed the Formulators Assistant ZetaSperse Tool (FAZT), which allows formulators to quickly find the proper dispersant product recommendation and dispersion starting point formulation. Visit www.FAZT.com today to access this tool online or from your mobile platform.

For more information on these and other surfactant products, please visit Air Products at booth 1115 or visit www.airproducts.com/acs.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world’s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.

Air Products Introduces High-performance Surfactants and Defoamer for Waterborne Formulations at China Coat 2013

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0500

With consumer awareness of environmental protection on the rise, the demands for eco-friendly coatings, inks and adhesives are increasing.
Air Products (NYSE:APD), a global supplier of high-performance specialty additives for waterborne systems, recently launched two new premium siloxane superwetting surfactants and a new defoamer at the China Coat Show 2013 held on November 20-22 in Shanghai, China to help formulators meet increasingly stringent environmental standards and improve product performance in waterborne formulations.

Designed to maximize wetting of difficult-to-wet substrates for a wide range of aqueous formulations, DynolTM 960 and Dynol 980 superwetting surfactants provide a superior balance of properties including both equilibrium and dynamic wetting, system compatibility and low foam, compared to traditional siloxane surfactants. While bringing the advantages of containing no added hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs) or volatile organic compounds (VOCs), Dynol 960 and Dynol 980 surfactants provide exceptional performance in high-quality waterborne wood coatings, plastic coatings, metal coatings and printing inks.

Air Products also launched its Airase® 4500 defoamer which is a proprietary organic oil-based defoamer designed to eliminate foam and reduce pinholes and entrapped air in waterborne formulations. As it contains no added HAPs, APEs, VOCs, or mineral oils, the new defoamer is ideal for formulators seeking to minimize surface defects and achieve high performance in a wide range of waterborne applications such as inks, overprint varnishes, adhesives, pigment grinds, coatings, and industrial and architectural paints.

“We are excited to launch these new high performance products to help formulators address increasingly stringent environmental standards and meet consumers’ needs,” said Michael Zhou, Asia marketing manager of Air Products Specialty Additives. “As a pioneer in water-based technology, Air Products continues to drive innovative and sustainable solutions with our extensive experience in surface science and global capabilities to help our customers address challenges in waterborne applications.”

Air Products has more than 40 years’ experience in materials science and surface chemistry and is a pioneer in the shift from solvent to water-based technology in addressing customers’ performance and environmental needs. Air Products’ Specialty Additives Division is dedicated to waterborne development in automotive, inks, wood coatings, adhesives and specialty coatings among other applications.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world’s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 20,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.

空气产品公司在第十八届中国国际涂料展上推出用于水性配方的高性能润湿剂及消泡剂

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0500

随着消费者环保意识的增强，环境友好型涂料、油墨和胶粘剂的需求日益增加。空气产品公司（纽约证券交易所代码：APD），作为水性体系高性能特种添加剂的全球供应商，近期在第十八届中国国际涂料展（11月20-22日，上海）上推出两款全新的有机硅高效润湿剂和一款全新的消泡剂，以帮助配方师适应日益严格的环境标准，改善水性配方中的产品性能。

Dynol™ 960和Dynol 980 高效润湿剂可应用于各种水性配方体系，能显著地提高难润湿基材的润湿效果，相比于传统的有机硅润湿剂，Dynol™ 960和Dynol 980 高效润湿剂拥有卓越的性能，同时提供出色的静态及动态润湿、与体系的较好的相容性及低泡的特性。另外，Dynol 960和Dynol 980高效润湿剂均未添加任何有害污染物、烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚或挥发性有机化合物。这些优越的特点使得Dynol 960和Dynol 980高效润湿剂应用于对表观要求较高的水性木器漆、塑胶漆、金属涂料及油墨印刷等行业时能发挥出色的性能。

空气产品公司同时也推出了Airase® 4500消泡剂。这是其专有的有机油类消泡剂，设计用于水性配方体系的消泡并减少针孔和滞留空气。由于其未添加任何有害污染物、烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚、挥发性有机化合物、或矿物油，这款新型消泡剂可广泛用于油墨、光油、胶粘剂、颜料研磨、涂料、工业及建筑用涂料等各种水性配方，能够最大程度地减少表面缺陷，并获得卓越性能，是配方师的理想选择。

空气产品公司功能材料部亚洲区特种添加剂业务市场部经理周军表示：“我们非常高兴推出这些全新的高性能产品，以帮助配方师应对日益严格的环境标准并满足客户的需求。作为水性技术的开拓者，空气产品公司仍将不断推动创新，提供各种可持续的解决方案，凭借我们在表面科学方面广泛的经验和全球化能力，帮助客户应对水性应用方面的挑战。”

空气产品公司在材料科学和表面化学领域拥有40多年的经验，为满足客户在性能和环境保护方面的双重需求，率先推动从溶剂体系向水性体系的转变。空气产品公司的特种添加剂业务部致力于汽车、油墨、木器漆、胶粘剂和特种涂料等领域的水性技术推广应用。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）提供空分、工艺和特种气体，功能材料，相关设备及技术。70多年来，公司一直帮助客户提高生产效率和能源效益，以实现可持续性发展。空气产品公司同时被汤森路透和福布斯杂志评为全球最具创新力企业之一，其遍布全球50多个国家和地区的 20000多名员工为能源、环境和新兴市场提供有效的解决方案，包括半导体材料、加氢炼化、煤气化、天然气液化以及先进的涂料和粘合剂等。2013财年度，空气产品公司的销售额为102亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司中文网站：www.airproducts.com.cn。

注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2013年9月30日结束。

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Air Products Airase™ SSDL™ Defoamer Line Receives 2013 Ringier Coatings Technology Innovation Awards

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), a leading global supplier of performance materials, has won the 2013 Ringier Coatings Technology Innovation Awards for its new Airase™ Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line (SSDL™ Defoamers). As a global leader of water-based technology for specialty additives, Air Products has received this prestigious award for the third consecutive year.

The award-winning Airase SSDL Defoamers are a line of formulated, siloxane-based defoamers consisting of seven siloxane defoamers for applications such as paints and coatings, inks, adhesives and other industrial applications. Each Airase SSDL defoamer in the line has a different balance of defoaming strength and formulation compatibility, as well as predictable performance relative to each other, allowing formulators to take a systematic approach to defoamer selection. In addition, the Airase SSDL defoamers are free of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) and alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) and do not contribute volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to formulations (EPA Method 24). These products also have improved pH stability compared to conventional silicone defoamers and can provide excellent stability and persistency for coatings and ink formulations.

“We are honored to have won the Technology Innovation Award for the third year in a row. It demonstrates Air Products’ leading global role in technology innovation and new products development,” said Min Chong, vice president and general manager of Performance Materials Asia for Air Products, at the awards ceremony. “Air Products has more than 40 years’ experience in materials science and surface chemistry. As a pioneer in the shift from solvent to water-based technology, we will continue to develop innovative solutions to help our customers address challenges of waterborne coatings in water-based applications.”

About Ringier Technology Innovation Awards
Launched in 2006, the Ringier Technology Innovation Awards recognize those who have made the most significant contributions for the advancement of industry through technological innovation, increasing productivity, boosting economic efficiency and creating market opportunities. The awards for the coatings industry were set up in 2011. To qualify for the Awards, products must be relevant to China and in the forefront of the international coatings industry, and be judged to have helped take China's coatings industry to new levels.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. More than 20,000 employees in over 50 countries supply innovative solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2012, Air Products had sales of approaching $10 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.

空气产品公司Airase™ SSDL™系列消泡剂荣获“2013年涂料工业-荣格技术创新奖”

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

空气产品公司（纽约证券交易所代码：APD），全球领先的功能材料供应商，近日宣布其新型的AiraseTM SSDLTM系列有机硅消泡剂荣获“2013年涂料工业－荣格技术创新奖”。作为全球水性特种添加剂行业的技术领导者之一，空气产品公司已连续三年获得这一奖项。

此次获奖产品Airase SSDL消泡剂由七款有机硅消泡剂组成，是一系列基于硅氧烷的复配型消泡剂，适用于涂料、油墨、胶粘剂以及其他工业应用。该系列消泡剂中的每款产品在消泡性和相容性之间都有着各自的平衡，而且相互之间拥有可预测的性能，可帮助涂料配方师对消泡剂进行系统地、快速地筛选。同时，该系列产品不含有害空气污染物和烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚，不含挥发性有机化合物 (美国环保署EPA Method 24)。与常规的有机硅消泡剂相比，这些产品拥有更好的pH稳定性，在不同配方体系中特别是水性涂料和油墨应用中有着优异的稳定性和持久性，可达到卓越的消泡性能。

空气产品公司功能材料业务部亚洲区副总裁兼总经理 Min Chong代表公司参加颁奖典礼并表示：“连续三年获得这一殊荣，我们深感荣幸。这一奖项充分肯定了空气产品公司功能材料业务在技术创新以及新产品研发的全球领先地位。空气产品公司在材料科学和表面化学领域拥有40多年的经验，作为推动涂料行业从溶剂体系向水性体系转变的领先者，我们将继续与客户携手，不断开发创新的产品解决方案，帮助客户应对不断提升的环保要求以及水性体系配方中的各类挑战。”

关于荣格技术创新奖
“荣格技术创新奖”于2006年启动，旨在表彰那些通过技术创新在促进行业发展、提高生产力、提高经济效率并创造市场机会方面作出重大贡献的创新产品和技术。荣格工业传媒及旗下《涂料与油墨－中国版》杂志于2011年始设立涂料行业奖项“涂料工业－荣格技术创新奖”。该奖项的评判标准包括：参评产品必须适用于中国市场，同时达到国际涂料行业领先水平，并被判定为可引领中国涂料行业的发展到新的高度。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）提供空分、工艺和特种气体，功能材料，相关设备及技术。70多年来，空气产品公司一直帮助客户提高生产效率和能源效益，以实现可持续性发展。拥有20000多名员工的空气产品公司，在全球50多个国家和地区开展业务，为能源、环境和新兴市场，包括半导体材料、加氢炼化、煤气化、天然气液化以及先进的涂料和粘合剂等，提供创新型的解决方案。2012财年度，空气产品公司的销售额将近100亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站：www.airproducts.com.cn。

注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2012年9月30日结束。

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Neue Epoxidhärter von Air Products auf der ECS 2013

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products, Hersteller von Industriegasen und Hochleistungsmaterialen, präsentiert auf der European Coatings Show vom 19. bis 21. März (Nürnberg, Stand 4-358, www.airproducts.com/ecs) zahlreiche neue wässrige und lösungsmittelfreie Epoxidhärter sowie die neuen Isocyanathärter bzw. die Polycarbamid-Technologie, die bei unterschiedlichsten Beschichtungen zum Einsatz kommen.

Zu den neuen Produkten gehört Amicure® IC-321, ein aminbasierter Härter, der speziell zur Verwendung mit Standard HDI-Trimer-Isocyanaten entwickelt wurde und Polycarbamid- und aliphatische Harnstoff-Harz-Beschichtungen ermöglicht, die für industrielle und gewerbliche Bodenbeläge geeignet sind. Amicure® IC-321 vereint dabei zwei wichtige Eigenschaften. Die Formulierung ermöglicht eine ausreichend lange Verarbeitungszeit beispielsweise mit Streichen, Rollen oder einem Airless-Spritzverfahren bei gleichzeitig kürzester Wiederfreigabe der bearbeiteten Fläche. Zu den besonderen Leistungsmerkmalen gehören eine gute Härtung bei niedrigen Temperaturen, hohe Chemikalien-und Abriebbeständigkeit, geringe Eigenfarbe, gute UV-Beständigkeit, kein VOC sowie eine ausgezeichnete Oberfläche. Ein weiteres Highlight von Air Products ist die Total Reactive Technology mit den Produkten Ancamine® 2712M und Ancamine® 2739, die für eine neue Generation von Epoxidhärtern stehen. Es handelt sich dabei um modifizierte Polyamin-Härter, die 100 Prozent reaktiv sind und Weichmacher überflüssig machen. Die beiden Härter sind besonders geeignet für Polymer-Bodenbeläge.

Zu den auf der ECS präsentierten wasserbasierten Epoxidhärten gehören Anquamine® 721 und Anquamine®735, die für kostengünstige leistungsfähige wässrige Epoxidbeschichtungen entwickelt wurden. Anquamine® 721 und Anquamine® 735 ermöglichen Formulierungen mit niedrigen VOC Gehalten bzw. komplett VOC-frei, die bezüglich der Kosten als auch der Leistung mit herkömmlichen Systemen vergleichbar sind. „Bei diesen neuen Epoxidhärtern handelt es sich um echte Innovationen in der Beschichtungs-industrie. Wir arbeiten kontinuierlich daran, unseren Kunden kostengünstige und hocheffektive Lösungen anzubieten, die auch den Umweltanforderungen vollständig Rechnung tragen und nachhaltig sind“, kommentiert Cees Bartels, europäischer Marketing Manager für Epoxy-Additive.

Mit Ancamine® 2719 und Ancamine® 2734 bietet Air Products Härter mit hoher Chemiekalienbeständigkeit und schneller Gebrauchsfähigkeit der Arbeitsflächen an, die vor allem bei Industrie-und Korrosionsschutzanstrichen zum Einsatz kommen. Für den Bereich Schiffsfarben stellt Air Products Ancamide® 2652 als Härter für Korrosionsschutzbeschichtungen vor, bei denen es auf lange Überbeschichtbarkeit und gleichzeitig schneller Trocknung bzw. Aushärtung ankommt.

Weitere Informationen zu diesen und anderen Produkten erhalten Sie an unserem ECS-Stand
(Stand 4-358) sowie auf unserer Website unter www.airproducts.com/ecs.

Über Air Products
Air Products (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.) ist einer der führenden Anbieter von Industrie-, Prozess- und Spezialgasen, Hochleistungsmaterialien sowie Anlagen, Technologien und dazugehörigen Dienstleistungen. Seit über 70 Jahren ermöglicht Air Products seinen Kunden, Produkte und Prozesse produktiver, energieeffizienter und nachhaltiger zu gestalten. Mehr als 20.000 Mitarbeiter in über 50 Ländern entwickeln innovative Lösungen in den Bereichen ‚Energie' und ‚Umwelt' sowie für Wachstumsmärkte wie die Halbleiterindustrie, Wasserstofferzeugung, Kohlevergasung, Erdgasverflüssigung und moderne Schicht- und Klebstoffe. Air Products erzielte im Geschäftsjahr 2011 einen Umsatz von rund 10 Milliarden US-Dollar. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.airproducts.de.

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Alexander Hirsch
Script Corporate+Public Communication
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Tel.: +49 (0)69/92020 - 875

Air Products stellt auf der ECS 2013 hochwirksame und zugleich umweltfreundliche oberflächenaktive Produkte vor

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products, Hersteller von Industriegasen und chemischen Produkten (Performance Materials), präsentiert auf der European Coatings Show vom 19. bis 21. März (Nürnberg, Stand 4-358, www.airproducts.com/ecs) zahlreiche Spezialadditive, darunter Netzmittel, Dispergiermittel und eine neue Produktreihe von Entschäumern.

Schadstofffreie Entschäumer
Zu den Highlights gehört die neue, strukturierte Airase™ Entschäumerproduktlinie auf der Basis von Siloxanen (SSDL™ = Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line), die insgesamt sieben Siloxan-Entschäumer umfasst, welche für optimale Wirkung in wasserbasierten Formulierungen entwickelt wurden. Das Besondere dieser Entschäumer ist die aufeinander abgestimmte Konzeption, die es Formulierern ermöglicht, die Wirkungsweise der Entschäumer relativ zueinander vorherzusagen und so ein strukturiertes Vorgehen bei der Auswahl des geeigneten Entschäumers ermöglicht. Die Airase SSDL Entschäumer sind frei von HAP´s und Alkyphenolethoxylaten und setzen keine flüchtigen Kohlenwasserstoffe innerhalb der Formulierungen frei. Mit diesen Eigenschaften sind sie bestens geeignet für Farben, Lacke, Beschichtungen, Druckfarben, Klebstoffe und andere industrielle Anwendungen.

Hochleistungstenside
Zu den weiteren Produktneuheiten gehören die Tenside Dynol™ 800 und 810, die speziell für die Verminderung von Benetzungsfehlern bei schwer zu beschichtenden Untergründen entwickelt wurden. Sie sind in ihrer Leistungsfähigkeit Silikonen und Fluortensiden überlegen. Gleichzeitig zeigen Sie beste Umwelteigenschaften, da sie weder Lösungsmittel oder Alkyphenolethoxylate enthalten, noch flüchtige Kohlenwasserstoffe oder andere gefährliche Luftschadstoffe freisetzen. Dynol 800 eignet sich speziell für Holz- und Plastikbeschichtungen, Dynol 810 wiederum ist ideal beim Einsatz von Druckfarben und Überdrucklacken. Beide Produkte ermöglichen eine hochwirksame Reduktion der Oberflächenspannung bei gleichzeitiger Schaumkontrolle. Sie sind einfach zu handhaben und zu formulieren. „Die neuen Produkte bieten Formulierern unkomplizierte Optimierungsmöglichkeiten für ihre Rezepturen bei gleichzeitiger Reduktion von Schadstofffreisetzungen. „Das sind die Produkte, die unsere Kunden interessieren und deren Entwicklung wir uns seit Jahrzehnten widmen“, kommentiert Nuria Vallespi, Marketing Manager für Spezialadditive, die neuen Produktreihen.

Optimierte Dispergiermittel
Air Products ZetaSperse 3600 wurde entwickelt für einen universellen Einsatz im Bereich von handelsüblichen carbon black und organischen Pigmenten. Es zeigt robuste Performance mit Pigmenten aus globalen Produktionen. Als multifunktionales Dispergiermittel sorgt es nicht nur für eine außergewöhnliche Pigmentdispergierung und -stabilisierung, sondern kann auch als Mahlhilfsmittel bei der Pigmentanreibung von wasserbasierten Bautenlacken, Farbstoffen und Druckfarben eingesetzt werden. Zetasperse 3600 ist damit ein kostengünstiges und effektives Dispergiermittel, das der Vereinfachung von Formulierungen dient und damit Hersteller von komplexen Optimierungsprozessen ihrer Formulierungen befreit. Air Products präsentiert auf der ECS außerdem erstmals Surfynol® MD-610S, einen hochwirksamen Pulverentschäumer, der den Luftporengehalt in zement- und gipsgebundenen Trockenmörtelsystemen optimiert und Lufteinschlüsse eliminiert.

Weitere Informationen zu diesen und anderen Produkten erhalten Sie an unserem ECS-Stand
(Stand 4-358) sowie auf unserer Website unter > www.airproducts.com/ecs.

Über Air Products
Air Products (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.) ist einer der führenden Anbieter von Industrie-, Prozess- und Spezialgasen, Hochleistungsmaterialien sowie Anlagen, Technologien und dazugehörigen Dienstleistungen. Seit über 70 Jahren ermöglicht Air Products seinen Kunden, Produkte und Prozesse produktiver, energieeffizienter und nachhaltiger zu gestalten. Mehr als 20.000 Mitarbeiter in über 50 Ländern entwickeln innovative Lösungen in den Bereichen ‚Energie' und ‚Umwelt' sowie für Wachstumsmärkte wie die Halbleiterindustrie, Wasserstofferzeugung, Kohlevergasung, Erdgasverflüssigung und moderne Schicht- und Klebstoffe. Air Products erzielte im Geschäftsjahr 2011 einen Umsatz von rund 10 Milliarden US-Dollar. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.airproducts.de.

Pressekontakt:
Alexander Hirsch
Script Corporate+Public Communication
Feuerbachstr. 26-32
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: +49 (0)69/92020 - 875

Air Products to Feature Epoxy Curing Agents at ECS 2013

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) will feature a number of waterborne and solvent-free epoxy curing agents as well as its new isocyanate curing agents, or polycarbamide technology, for use in a variety of coatings applications at next week’s European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany.

Air Products’ Amicure® IC-321 curative is an amine curing agent specifically engineered for use with standard HDI trimer isocyanates, resulting in polycarbamide or aliphatic polyurea coatings designed for industrial, commercial and institutional flooring systems. It is designed to deliver sufficient working time for squeegee application while providing very rapid return to service. Performance features include low-temperature cure, good abrasion/chemical resistance, low color, excellent UV durability and surface appearance and zero VOC. Amicure IC-321 curative allows for rapid hardness development with an extended working time.

At ECS, Air Products will also highlight its Total Reactive Technology with Ancamine® 2712M and 2739, which represents the next generation of epoxy curing agents. They are modified polyamine curing agents that eliminate the need for a plasticizer without performance compromise. They are designed for use in polymer-based flooring systems.

Air Products will also feature its Anquamine® 721 and 735 waterborne epoxy curing agents, which are designed for use in waterborne epoxy coatings where cost-effectiveness and high performance are key. Anquamine 721 and 735 curing agents offer cost-in-use approaching conventional solvent formulations with low to zero VOC.

“These game changing epoxy curing agents provide innovative solutions for the coatings industry,” said Cees Bartels, Europe epoxy marketing manager for Air Products. “Air Products continues to deliver the cost and performance solutions our customers demand with environmentally beneficial and sustainable new products.”

Additionally, Air Products will feature its Ancamine® 2719 and 2734 curing agents, which offer chemical resistance and fast-return-to-service for industrial maintenance and protective coatings. The company is also introducing its Ancamide® 2652 curing agent for marine coatings that require corrosion resistance and a long overcoat window associated with a fast dry/cure.

To learn more about these epoxy curing agents, please stop by Air Products’ Stand 4-358 at ECS from March 19 to 21 or visit www.airproducts.com/ecs.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. More than 20,000 employees in over 50 countries supply innovative solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2012, Air Products had sales approaching $10 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.

Air Products to Highlight Surface Science Expertise at ECS 2013

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) will highlight a number of specialty additives at next week’s European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany, including surfactants, dispersants and a new line of defoamers.

At ECS, Air Products will feature its recently introduced Airase™ Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line (SSDL™ Defoamers) comprising seven siloxane defoamers specifically designed for optimal performance in water-based formulations. These new defoamers have been designed to exhibit predictable performance relative to each other to provide formulators with a structured approach to defoamer selection. The Airase SSDL defoamers are free of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) and alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) and do not contribute VOCs to formulations, making them ideal for applications such as paints and coatings, colorants, inks, adhesives and other industrial applications.

Air Products will also feature its Dynol™ 800 and 810 surfactants at ECS. Both Dynol 800 and 810 were engineered to eliminate defects on difficult-to-coat substrates. They can offer superior performance versus silicones and fluorosurfactants with the environmental benefit of zero APEs, VOCs, HAPs or solvents. Dynol 800 surfactant offers especially improved performance in wood and plastic coatings, while Dynol 810 surfactant enables exceptional performance in printing inks and overprint varnishes. Both products can provide premium surface tension reduction while helping to control foam and are easy to handle and formulate.

“These new products provide coatings formulators with an easy way to improve performance while significantly lowering the levels of pollutants such as HAPs and APE,” said Nuria Vallespi, Specialty Additives marketing manager. “Air Products’ many years of surface science expertise enable us to offer the innovative and environmentally sustainable solutions our customers look for.”

Air Products’ Zetasperse® 3600 dispersing additive was developed for broad utility across typical organic and carbon black pigments and has shown robust performance with globally sourced pigment grades. Designed as a multifunctional dispersant, it can not only provide exceptional pigment dispersion and stabilization, but can also be used as a grind aid for aqueous architectural coatings, colorants and inks. Zetsperse 3600 dispersing additive is an effective and cost-efficient dispersant designed to simplify formulations while reducing manufacturers’ need for complex formulation optimization.

Air Products is also debuting its Surfynol® MD-610S defoamer, which is a highly effective powder defoamer designed to eliminate air entrapment in cementitious-based products for the construction industry.

To learn more about these and other products, please stop by Air Products’ Stand 4-358 at ECS March 19 to 21 or visit www.airproducts.com/ecs.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. More than 20,000 employees in over 50 countries supply innovative solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2012, Air Products had sales approaching $10 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.

Air Products Introduces Airase™ Defoamers

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today introduced its new Airase™ Structured Siloxane Defoamer Line (SSDLTM Defoamers) comprising seven siloxane defoamers specifically designed for optimal performance in water-based formulations. These new defoamers have been designed to exhibit predictable performance relative to each other to provide formulators with a structured approach to defoamer selection.

The Airase SSDL defoamers are free of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) and alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) and do not contribute VOCs to formulations, making them ideal for applications such as paints and coatings, colorants, inks, adhesives and other industrial applications. These products also have improved pH stability compared to conventional silicone defoamers and can provide excellent stability and persistency for coatings and ink formulations.

“We are excited to introduce the Airase line of defoamers and are proud of the ease of use that this new product line provides to water-based inks and coatings formulators,” said Christopher Henkee, market manager, Specialty Additives, for Air Products. “Air Products continues to deliver the innovative solutions and provide the competitive advantage our customers seek.”

Each Airase SSDL defoamer in the line has a different balance of defoaming strength and formulation compatibility. The consistent performance of each Airase defoamer relative to the other products in the series allows formulators to take a systematic approach to defoamer selection.

For more information, please visit www.airproducts.com/airase.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. More than 20,000 employees in over 50 countries supply innovative solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2012, Air Products had sales approaching $10 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2011.

Air Products Increases Prices for Epoxy Additives

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that effective July 1, 2011, or as contracts allow, it will increase prices globally by 5%-10% for its range of epoxy curing agents, accelerators, adhesion promoters, diluents and specialty resins, and up to 25% on its range of Ancatherm™ hot melt adhesives and printing ink resins.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2010, Air Products had revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,300 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company’s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2010.

Air Products Introduces New Defoamers for Coatings Applications

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today introduced three new defoamers for the coatings, graphic arts and adhesive markets. These new defoamers are engineered to be alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE)-free and offer long-lasting foam control and defect-free surfaces.

Surfynol® DF-178 is a formulated defoamer and de-aerator that provides strong defoaming and microfoam control and is particularly effective in spray applications. Itwas developed to provide the defoaming strength of a silicone-based defoamer but with the superior system compatibility needed in the demanding higher gloss and clear coat applications used in graphic arts and waterborne coatings.

Surfynol DF-220 is a mineral oil based defoamer that was engineered to provide exceptional defoaming in architectural and high PVC (Pigment Volume Conentration) paints and coatings. This 100% active product contains no silica, silicones or APEs.

Surfynol DF-110C defoamer is a defoaming/deairentraining agent useful for a wide variety of applications. Based on proprietary chemistry unique to Air Products, this nonionic, water-free, and silicone-free material can be utilized in areas where foam prevention or foam elimination is necessary without causing film problems. Some of the benefits include: microfoam elimination, long-lasting foam control, defect-free foam control, good dynamic wetting, excellent shelf life stability over a wide range of physical conditions, and elimination of incompatibilities associated with silicone-containing and mineral oil defoamers. Surfynol DF-110C has proven to be particularly effective at controlling microfoam in airless spray applications.

“Air Products offers a full line of defoamers to provide formulators with the correct balance between defoaming power and the compatibility and solubility of the defoamer in the system,” said Solomon Lemma, global business manager, Specialty Additives and Personal Care for Air Products. “These new APE-free defoamers were designed to provide excellent compatibility in their class as well.”

For more information on these new surfactants, please visit our Surfactants web site.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2009, Air Products had revenues of $8.3 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,900 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current expectations.

空气产品公司在中国新建特种胺工厂

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

空气化工产品公司（Air Products，简称空气产品公司，纽约证券交易所代码：APD）今日宣布在江苏省南京市成立的新特种胺工厂正式开业，以进一步增强现有本地服务能力，支持飞速发展的聚氨酯添加剂和环氧树脂市场。

特种胺工厂坐落于南京化学工业园区，是具有多元化、多用途特性的现代化工厂，主要生产空气产品公司功能材料业务的胺类化学产品。在南京化学工业园区内，空气产品公司已经建成并运营着两个大型的空气分离装置以及一个管道系统，服务惠生（南京）化工有限公司及其他客户。

空气产品公司董事会主席、总裁兼首席执行官 John E. McGlade在开业庆典上表示：“中国是全球，也是空气产品公司业务高速增长的市场。中国经济的增长以及国内如建筑、涂料和汽车生产等行业的发展，使中国成为空气产品公司重点关注的战略要地，以期促进公司新业务的开发和进一步的发展。能将新的工厂建在世界级的南京化学工业园区，并参与到江苏省的发展建设当中，我们感到非常自豪。新特种胺工厂是空气产品公司在中国的又一项战略投资，可为客户提供符合全球标准的各类功能材料及相关技术，提供更好的服务；还使得本地客户能够持续增长，为其所在行业的发展提供更大的支持。”

新特种胺工厂极大地强化了空气产品公司功能材料业务在中国以及整个亚洲的供应链能力。为更好地服务中国和亚洲市场的客户，空气产品公司已在功能材料业务方面成功进行了诸多战略部署，包括建于上海张江高科技园区的技术中心，位于常州的三乙烯二胺生产工厂，分布在常州、上海、广州和南京的仓库，以及一支强大的本地团队。

新工厂还增强了空气产品公司为本地市场提供不同配方产品的能力，以满足本地市场的特定需求。工厂目前将专注于生产空气产品公司的环氧树脂添加剂及聚氨酯添加剂系列产品，包括Polycat®和Dabco®系列胺催化剂，以及Ancamine®、Ancamide®和Sunmide®系列环氧树脂固化剂，这些产品可广泛应用于涂料、墨水、黏合剂、建筑、电器、以及汽车等不同行业领域。

关于空气产品公司

空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）在全球为工业制造、能源、科技和医疗护理等领域的客户提供独特的产品和生产方案，其中包括工业气体产品、特种和加工气体、功能材料和相关设备及服务。自1940年成立以来，空气产品公司已在半导体材料、加氢炼制、家居保健服务、天然气液化、高级涂料和粘合剂等主要高增长市场上确立了领先地位。公司在创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的保护承诺方面得到了广泛的赞誉。拥有18,900多名员工的空气产品公司，业务遍及全球40多个国家，2009年的销售额达83多亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站：
www.airproducts.com。

***注释：此新闻稿中可能包含一些前瞻性的陈述。根据目前预期中可能出现的变化，请以实际情况为准。

Air Products Opens New Specialty Amines Plant in China

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today has opened its new specialty amines plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The facility complements its existing local capabilities to support customers in the growing polyurethane additives and epoxy markets.

Located in the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park (NCIP), the new state-of-the-art specialty amines plant is a multi-reactor, multi-purpose facility designed to manufacture many of the amine chemistries marketed by the business globally. Air Products has already built and operates two large air separation plants and a pipeline system to serve customers in the NCIP.

“China is a high growth region for the world and for Air Products. China’s growth and domestic development in key markets and industries, such as construction, coatings, and automobile production, make this an important place for us to be focused on for growth and new business. We are honored to build our new capability in the world-class Nanjing Chemical Industry Park and participate in the development of Jiangsu Province,” said John E. McGlade, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Air Products at the opening ceremony. “The new specialty amines plant is another strategic investment that Air Products has made in China to better serve our customers with the range of performance materials and technologies that meet global performance standards and enable local companies to continue to grow and support development of their industries.”

The new specialty amines plant has significantly strengthened the supply chain capabilities of Air Products’ Performance Materials business in China and throughout Asia. Other strategic capabilities that the company has built for its Performance Materials business include a technology center in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang Industrial Park; a triethylenediamine(TEDA) manufacturing facility for polyurethane additives in Changzhou; warehouses in Changzhou, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Nanjing; plus a strong local team to serve both China and Asian customers.

The plant has also enhanced Air Products’ ability to supply differentiated products which can be formulated locally to meet local needs. The initial focus will be on several performance-oriented products marketed by Air Products’ epoxy additive and polyurethane additive product lines, including the Polycat^® and Dabco^® series of amine catalysts, and Ancamine^® , Ancamide^® and Sunmide^® series of epoxy curing agents used in diverse industries, such as coatings, inks, adhesives, construction, appliance and automotive.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2009, Air Products had revenues of $8.3 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,900 employees around the globe. For more information, visit:
> www.airproducts.com

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current expectations.

Air Products Introduces New ZetaSperse® Dispersing Additives

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today introduced four new ZetaSperse® pigment dispersing additives for waterborne coating and ink applications. Meeting customer requests for problem-solving additives with high-performance and problematic pigments, these new ZetaSperse dispersing additives have been designed to combat viscosity build, color drift, flocculation and other challenges faced by dispersion formulators.

These new low-VOC and APE-free ZetaSperse pigment dispersing additives are optimized for superior performance with a variety of unique applications, depending on the type of pigment. They provide excellent dispersion stability and are specifically designed for use in water-based systems.

ZetaSperse 2500 Additive: Offering robust dispersion viscosity stability, this product is excellent with problematic pigments, such as metal salt reds and other organic pigment types prone to dispersion rheology challenges.
ZetaSperse 3100 Additive: An easy-to-use dispersant for carbon black pigments, it offers a unique combination of chemistries that provide broad utility, robust stability, and compatibility across the wide range of carbon black pigment grades.
ZetaSperse 3400 Additive: Designed for the particular challenges of dispersing quinacridone, perylene and similar pigment chemistries, this product offers the correct combination of pigment affinity and stabilization to achieve high-quality dispersions with optimal color development, superior color and viscosity stability, and letdown compatibility.
ZetaSperse 3700 Additive: Designed for the particular challenges of dispersing DPP, azo, and phthalocyanine pigment chemistries, this product offers the correct combination of pigment affinity and stabilization to achieve high-quality dispersions with optimal color development, superior color and viscosity stability, and letdown compatibility.

“To meet our customers’ needs, Air Products has developed optimized pigment dispersing additives designed to address the challenges of high-performance and problematic pigment chemistries and provide superior technical solutions,” said David Moss, marketing manager for Air Products.

For more information on ZetaSperse pigment dispersing additives, please visit: www.airproducts.com/whisper.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. Air Products has annual revenues of $10 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 22,000 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current expectations.

空气产品公司扩建中国技术中心快速增长的亚洲市场推动了此次扩张

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

全球多种气体和化工产品制造公司——空气化工产品公司（简称空气产品公司， Air Products ，纽约证券交易所代码： APD ）宣布在中国上海的中国技术中心的扩建工程顺利完成，以支持公司快速增长的亚洲业务发展。扩建后的技术中心与空气产品公司在日本、韩国和台湾地区的区域内技术中心形成优势互补关系。

扩建的部分毗邻技术中心原址，在原有的聚氨酯鞋底机械设备基础上又配备了高压聚氨酯发泡和聚氨酯喷涂机械设备。它并设置有水性喷漆室用于喷漆开发。新扩建的技术中心还有一个通用实验室、有更大化学品存储空间和办公面积来推进新应用和产品开发、技术服务和为区域内气体、功能材料和电子等各类业务提供分析研究。

新扩建的中国技术中心将有助于空气产品公司提升综合实力，并为亚洲区的重点客户提供更多的材料解决方案和更贴近的服务。这些重点客户遍及聚氨酯、涂料、油墨、粘合剂、土木工程、个人保健、清洁、采矿、油田等领域。这些分类市场的年增长率在 10% 以上，这个增长率还将随着中国向世界级制造中心迈进而有所增加。

空气产品公司亚洲区总裁莫炜邦先生表示：“我们加强技术实力的最新努力，将有助于推进我们在中国乃至亚洲区业务的快速发展。我们追加的新投资将使我们能针对本地市场的特别要求快速地提供创新且具附加值的解决方案，从而为本地及亚洲区的客户提供更贴近的服务。”

空气产品公司亚洲区技术总监陈汉昌博士表示：“扩展空气产品公司位于上海的技术中心，再次强调了公司致力于通过创新来推动业务发展。我们所有的亚洲技术中心都充分地融入在全球技术网络中。它们之间既互相支持、互相协作，又各有自己的市场重点，充分利用公司在材料和表面科学、分析技术、应用和工程的优势，服务于客户。”

最近，公司在亚太区继续加大研发投入，分别扩展了韩国、台湾地区的电子技术研发中心，以及日本的功能材料技术中心。电子和功能材料业务是空气产品公司全球四大业务之一。

关于空气产品公司

空气产品公司（ Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码： APD ）在全球为工业制造、科技、能源和医疗护理等领域的客户提供独特的产品和生产方案，其中包括工业气体产品、特种和加工气体、功能材料和相关设备及服务。自 1940 年成立以来，空气产品公司已在半导体材料、加氢炼制、家居保健服务、天然气液化、高级涂料和粘合剂等主要高增长市场上确立了领先地位。公司在创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的保护承诺方面得到了广泛的赞誉，并因此入选道琼斯可持续发展指数以及 FTSE4 Good 指数。拥有 20,000 多名员工的空气产品公司，业务遍及全球 40 多个国家，年销售额达 90 多亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站： www.airproducts.com 或 www.airproducts.com.cn 。

*** 注：此新闻稿中可能包含一些前瞻性的陈述。根据目前预期中可能出现的变化，请以实际情况为准。

Air Products Completes Expansion of Its China Technology Center

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD) has embarked on a major expansion of its China Technology Center in Shanghai to support the fast-growing businesses in Asia. The expanded center will further complement Air Products’ regional technology centers in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

The expansion, built on space adjoining the current facility, has a high bay which is equipped with two high-pressure polyurethane machines and accessory tools for both rigid and flexible applications that supplement the existing shoe sole capability. Two spray booths, aqueous and non-aqueous, will be used for spray coating development. The new space also features a general-purpose lab with additional fume hoods, expanded chemicals storage areas and associated office space to provide new application and product development, technical services, process R&D and in-region analytical to support all businesses including Gases, Performance Materials and Electronics.

The expansion of the China Technology Center will enable Air Products to enhance its capabilities and material solution offerings, and bring support closer to its key customers in Asia, particularly in sectors such as polyurethane, coatings, inks, adhesives, civil engineering, personal care, cleaning, mining, oil field and other industries. These markets are growing at over 10 percent a year, and growth is expected to accelerate as China continues to develop as a global manufacturing center.

“This latest step in strengthening our technology capabilities will support our fast-growing businesses in China and across the Asia region,”said Wilbur Mok, Air Products’ Asia President. “Our new investment in China will bring us closer to our customers throughout the region, and increase the speed by which we create innovative solutions and value-added offerings that address the specific requirements of local markets.”

Bobby Chen, Air Products’ Asia Technology Director, said the expansion in Shanghai underscores Air Products’ commitment to driving growth through innovation. “Our Asian Technology Centers are fully integrated into our global technology network,” he said. “They complement and support one another, with each center having specific market focus in serving customers by leveraging the company’s strength in material and surface sciences, analytical technology, application and engineering excellence.”

The company has also recently upgraded its Electronics technology capabilities in Korea and Taiwan, and Performance Materials technology capabilities in Japan. The Electronics and Performance Materials business is one of Air Products’ four global business divisions.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment and is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability and FTSE4Good Indices. The company has annual revenues of $9 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and over 20,000 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current expectations.

Air Products Strengthens Nanoparticle Dispersion Focus through Joint Venture Technology Acquisition

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that it has consolidated its efforts to commercialize its nanotechnology offerings and strengthen its strategy around the sale of nanoparticle dispersions through a technology acquisition from its Nanogate Advanced Materials GmbH (NAM) joint venture (JV). Air Products purchased NAM's nanoparticle dispersion production, and related dispersion technologies and assets located in Saarbrücken, Germany. Air Products' initial nanoparticle dispersion offerings include zinc oxide, silver, and indium and antimony tin oxides in a variety of organic, aqueous, and 100 percent solids systems.

"We are focused on developing and marketing the high value-added step of integrating nanomaterials into end-user systems by leveraging our unique dispersion technology and related integration know-how. Our company has a wealth of experience when it comes to formulations and surface science. This experience will help us to provide specific nanoparticle dispersions to bring unique value to customer systems," said Larry Thomas, business director, Advanced Materials at Air Products.

The process of making nanoparticle dispersions compatible with the systems they are being incorporated into is a critical requirement to gain the maximum benefit from the use of nanoparticles in many applications, including several markets for formulated systems such as coatings, adhesives, inks, and composites that Air Products currently serves. Air Products has been working with a broad range of nanomaterial producers and formulators to advance these application opportunities. In addition to a facility in Germany, Air Products also has nanoparticle dispersion production capabilities in the United States.

Air Products and Nanogate Technologies GmbH, one of the leading chemical nanotechnology companies in Europe, originally announced the JV formation in May 2004. The Nanogate Advanced Materials JV will focus its on-going work on advanced display technologies as well as security applications.

Air Products' Advanced Materials area was formed in 2002 and is part of its Performance Materials business platform. Air Products defines "performance materials" as having exceptional physical properties that create a significant change in the economics or performance of a customer's process or products.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in technology, energy, healthcare and industrial markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of products, services and solutions, providing atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials and chemical intermediates. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment and is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability and FTSE4Good Indices. The company has annual revenues of $8.1 billion, operations in over 30 countries,and over 20,000 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

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Air Products' Performance Solutions ZetaSperse™ Pigment Dispersing Additives Answer Formulators' Dispersion Challenges

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced not just one offering, but an entire series of ZetaSperseTM dispersing additive products providing formulators of waterborne coatings and inks the flexibility needed to address the diverse dispersion nature of organic, high-performance organic, inorganic, and carbon black pigments. The globally-available ZetaSperseTM dispersing additives are environmentally-friendly, economical, pigment dispersing additives with performance attributes for both waterborne coatings and graphic arts applications.

The series of ZetaSperse pigment dispersing additives includes five product offerings (1200, 1400, 1600, 2100, and 2300), each with application-specific attributes. "The individual products in this series each have their own niche, and as a group provide formulators with a broader toolbox of solutions to address specific needs," said Mark Sutovich, market manager–North America for Air Products. "All five products have proprietary technology developed to effectively and efficiently wet pigments and stabilize pigment dispersions at a lower cost in use for formulators."

ZetaSperse dispersing additives offer multifunctional performance with pigment wetting, dispersing, and defoaming in one product. The ZetaSperse additive series provides excellent color development and suitability for difficult carbon black pigments. The products are compatible over a wide range of organic, high-performance organic, and inorganic pigments, and have excellent viscosity control with increased pigment loadings. The ZetaSperse additive series is also environmentally-friendly and is both APE (alkyl Phenol Ethoxylate) and HAP (hazardous air pollutants) free with low VOC content.

Each ZetaSperse dispersing additive carries the stated attributes, while also specializing in certain key performance areas. These key performance attributes for each product include:

ZetaSperse™ 1200 additive – excellent ability to increase pigment loadings of inorganic pigments, with additional broad utility across various organic pigments.
ZetaSperse™ 1400 additive – broad utility across the entire series product line designed to disperse virtually any organic, inorganic, or carbon black pigment class.
ZetaSperse™ 1600 additive – increased pigment loadings and enhanced wetting, color strength and stable viscosities for organic and high performance organic pigments.
ZetaSperse™ 2100 additive – enhanced tint strength with low dispersant demand levels, as well as excellent viscosity stability in the finished dispersion over a wide variety of carbon black pigments.
ZetaSperse™ 2300 additive – significantly reduced dispersant demand at an equivalent color development for organic, inorganic, and black pigments.

More information on these unique Performance Solutions products is available via the worldwide web by visiting www.airproducts.com/zeta. For samples, please contact Air Products' Product Information Center at 800-345-3148 (outside the U.S. and Canada 610-481-6799); fax 610-481-4381; or e-mail prodinfo@airproducts.com.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in technology, energy, healthcare and industrial markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of products, services and solutions, providing atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials and chemical intermediates. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment and is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability and FTSE4Good Indices. The company has annual revenues of $8.1 billion, operations in over 30 countries,and over 20,000 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current expectations.

Gemini Technology Forms Basis for Air Products' Surfynol® MD-20 & Surfynol® MD-30 Molecular Defoamer Products

Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Two molecular defoaming products based on Gemini surfactant technology developed by Air Products (NYSE: APD) for use in a broad array of applications are providing formulators with the way to achieve a flat, smooth, defect free coating. Surfynol^® MD-20 and Surfynol^® MD-30 defoaming agents together present formulators with an answer to the challenges presented by microfoam and macrofoam in their finished product. These two Surfynol defoamer products are being featured by Air Products this week at the International Coatings Expo being held October 27-29 at McCormick Place North in Chicago, Ill.

"In the formulation process microfoam entrained in the system, and the macrofoam appearing on the surface, can create craters, pin hole or fish-eye defects in a surface coating," said Mark Sutovich, marketing manager–Graphic Arts for Air Products. "Foam presents unique challenges and undesirable coating defects if not addressed in the formulation stage. MD-20 and MD-30 work in tandem to knockdown and knockout both micro and macrofoam. There are definite synergies between these two products which are attractive to the customer."

Specifically, Surfynol MD-20 defoamer combats microfoam, while Surfynol MD-30 defoamer's expertise is addressing macrofoam. The two products are molecular defoamers that are surface active and break foam at the molecular level by attacking the different mechanisms of foam stabilization. Both Surfynol MD-20 and MD-30 defoamers are silicone and hydrophobic silica free.

"Conventional defoamers utilize incompatibility to attempt to control foam, but this creates surface issues and sets the stage for a coating with defects. It creates a cycle where formulators must add other surface active components to eliminate the surface defects created by conventional defoamers. Molecular defoamers like MD-20 and MD-30 utilize surface activity at a molecular level to allow for defect free foam control. They allow formulators to reduce overall additive levels and break that cycle by working in a complimentary fashion," said Sutovich.

Surfynol MD-20 and MD-30 defoamers are multi-functional products that have other performance attributes beyond just knockdown foam control. The pair, both in clear liquid form, exhibit high marks in other important areas such as defoamer longevity, wetting defect reduction, ease of handling, and also have wide compounding latitude.

These multifunctional defoamers have a long list of potential waterborne system applications. These many uses include: coatings for automotive, OEM and DIY wood, industrial maintenance, metal and paper, and architectural coatings; graphic arts for printing inks, overprint varnishes and fountain solutions; adhesives, dye and pigment synthesis, pigment grinding, oil and gas processing, cleaning products, semiconductor cleaning and processing, metalworking fluids, cements, mortars and grouts, and personal care.

More information on this unique product is available via the worldwide web by visiting www.airproducts.com/surfynol. For samples, please contact Air Products' Product Information Center at 800-345-3148 (outside the U.S. and Canada 610-481-6799); fax 610-481-4381; or e-mail prodinfo@airproducts.com.

About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in technology, energy, healthcare and industrial markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of products, services and solutions, providing atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials and chemical intermediates. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment and is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability and FTSE4Good Indices. The company has annual revenues of $7.4 billion, operations in over 30 countries, and nearly 20,000 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

***NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current expectations.

Air Products Announces Price Increases for All Epoxy Product Lines

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products today announced that, effective November 1, 2004, it will implement a price increase on its epoxy hardener product lines sold into the European region. This increase, ranging from 4-8% for the hardeners, 6% for the phenolics and 12% for the aromatics/sundries, is necessary to offset the rapid escalating costs for energy, petrochemical based raw materials, and drums used in conjunction with the production and delivery of these products.

Air Products Announces Price Increases for All Epoxy Product Lines

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD) today announced that, effective November 1, 2004, it will implement a four percent price increase on all epoxy product lines sold into the North American region. This increase, approximately 5 to 12 cents per pound depending on the product line, is necessary to offset escalating costs for energy, petrochemical based raw materials, and drums used in conjunction with the production and delivery of these products.

***NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current expectations.

Air Products Japan Completes Integration with Sanwa Chemical to Serve Fast-Growing Asian Chemicals Market

Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that Air Products Japan Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary in Japan, has completed the business integration with Sanwa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., acquired in April 2003. Sanwa Chemical is a leading Asian producer of specialty polyamide resins and epoxy curing agents with operations in Japan and Singapore. Together with Air Products' own market-leading portfolio of complementary products, the combined offerings of the two companies represent the broadest range of solutions to customer challenges in high performance coatings for steel andconcrete, printing ink resins, and hot-melt adhesives.

"The Sanwa acquisition is part of Air Products' long-term commitment to the fast-growing Asia region. Since the acquisition, we have been focused on achieving full integration to improve business efficiency, value and service to our customers. Now, with all the Sanwa entities in Japan operating under the name of Air Products, we are strategically positioned for further growth," said Tetsushi Kuse, president of Air Products Japan.

With its continued expansion in Japan, Air Products has used this opportunity to relocate several operations into a single, new head office based in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Air Products has further invested in a new Asian Chemicals Regional Technology Center in Kanagawa Science Park focusing on applications and new product development, technical service and process support.

Air Products, with Asia sales of approximately US$1.1 billion, has regional headquarters in Singapore, with Chemicals Group headquarters in Hong Kong. The company is a leading supplier of specialty amines, polyurethane catalysts and surfactants, specialty additives for waterborne inks and coatings, polyurethane intermediates and VAE emulsion polymers.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in technology, energy, healthcare and industrial markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of products, services and solutions, providing atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials and chemical intermediates. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. With annual revenues of $6.3 billion and operations in over 30 countries, the company's 18,500 employees build lasting relationships with their customers and communities based on understanding, integrity and passion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.

***NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current expectations.

Air Products Announces Price Increase for Several Epoxy Curing Agents

Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) announced today that effective August 1, 2004 it will implement, in North America, a two percent (2%) price increase for Ancamide®, Ancamine®, Anquamine®and Anquamide®epoxy curing agents. Air Products will also increase by two percent the prices for Epodil®reactive diluents, Nourybond®adhesion promoters and Hybridur®resin dispersions. The increases are all being implemented to offset higher costs for energy, raw materials, drums and transportation associated with the production and delivery of these products.

***NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current expectations.