<rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Healthcare News Releases</title><link>http://www.airproducts.com/rss-listings/healthcare.aspx</link><description>The Latest Healthcare News Releases from Air Products</description><language>en</language><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{BF6A565A-0E95-4467-AABD-D4C117079E37}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/04/0419-carburos-metalicos-presenta-la-criocamara-de-cuerpo-entero-en-el-barcelona-open-banc-sabadell.aspx</link><title>Carburos Metálicos presenta la Criocámara de Cuerpo Entero en el Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell</title><description>&lt;p&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;img height="153" align="left" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos presenta la Crioc&amp;aacute;mara de Cuerpo Entero en el Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-04-19-carburos-cryochamber-1.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" /&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, que pertenece al grupo Air Products, ha presentado esta ma&amp;ntilde;ana la Crioc&amp;aacute;mara de Cuerpo Entero, un innovador sistema de recuperaci&amp;oacute;n, que ya est&amp;aacute;n utilizando algunos deportistas de &amp;eacute;lite y que utiliza nitr&amp;oacute;geno l&amp;iacute;quido para enfriar el aire inferior a -120&amp;ordm;C. Este lanzamiento ha tenido lugar en el marco del Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell que se celebra en el Real Club Tenis Barcelona hasta el 24 de abril.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Diversos estudios cient&amp;iacute;ficos han demostrado que el tratamiento de crioterapia reduce el tiempo de recuperaci&amp;oacute;n, disminuye la inflamaci&amp;oacute;n de tejidos, m&amp;uacute;sculos y articulaciones, mejora la circulaci&amp;oacute;n y cicatrizaci&amp;oacute;n, y ralentiza el metabolismo celular. La Crioterapia de Cuerpo Entero se utiliza para tratar lesiones o cualquier sobrecarga y en la prevenci&amp;oacute;n de lesiones cr&amp;oacute;nicas que se producen en los entrenamientos y preparaciones deportivas para distintas competiciones.&lt;br /&gt;
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Carburo&lt;img height="153" align="right" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos presenta la Crioc&amp;aacute;mara de Cuerpo Entero en el Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-04-19-carburos-cryochamber-2.jpg?la=en" style="float: right; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" /&gt;s Met&amp;aacute;licos, empresa gasista desde hace 119 a&amp;ntilde;os, comercializa las crioc&amp;aacute;maras fabricadas por las empresas tecnol&amp;oacute;gicas CryoPod, para la producci&amp;oacute;n de las c&amp;aacute;maras de uso individual, y KrioSystem para las c&amp;aacute;maras de grupo, con capacidad hasta 6 personas. Asimismo, realiza la instalaci&amp;oacute;n y suministra nitr&amp;oacute;geno l&amp;iacute;quido indispensable para el funcionamiento de las mismas. En las c&amp;aacute;maras m&amp;oacute;viles, el suministro se realiza con tanques CryoEase&amp;reg; de hasta 3.000 litros, mientras que en caso de las c&amp;aacute;maras fijas el suministro se realiza con tanques criog&amp;eacute;nicos de mayor volumen o tanques CryoEase&amp;reg; externos.&lt;br /&gt;
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El tratamiento de Crioterapia de Cuerpo Entero oscila entre uno y tres minutos aproximadamente. La exposici&amp;oacute;n breve pero intensa a bajas temperaturas del cuerpo acelera la recuperaci&amp;oacute;n muscular tras un esfuerzo f&amp;iacute;sico intenso, facilitando la asimilaci&amp;oacute;n de los diferentes beneficios terap&amp;eacute;uticos.&lt;br /&gt;
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Se trata de un tratamiento de crioterapia de cuerpo entero indirecto, en la que el nitr&amp;oacute;geno no se inyecta en la c&amp;aacute;mara, sino que s&amp;oacute;lo enfr&amp;iacute;a el aire de la misma, de esta forma se evitan posibles riesgos de asfixia por baja concentraci&amp;oacute;n de ox&amp;iacute;geno y no hay riesgo de que el nitr&amp;oacute;geno entre en contacto directo con el cuerpo evitando posibles quemaduras.&lt;br /&gt;
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Desde el punto de vista de la sostenibilidad, el nitr&amp;oacute;geno se consume durante las sesiones de crioterapia. &amp;Eacute;ste se gasifica en el intercambiador de calor y se conduce a la atm&amp;oacute;sfera, donde el nitr&amp;oacute;geno ya representa el 79% del aire, no generando ning&amp;uacute;n residuo. &lt;br /&gt;
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Diferentes clubs en el Reino Unido, Italia y Francia utilizan ya las crioc&amp;aacute;maras de Air Products en sus protocolos de entrenamiento. En los pr&amp;oacute;ximos meses tambi&amp;eacute;n en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos promocionar&amp;aacute; la Crioterapia de Cuerpo Entero para aplicarla a los principales clubes, federaciones y entidades deportivas que centran su actividad el &amp;aacute;mbito del deporte profesional y de &amp;eacute;lite. &lt;br /&gt;
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El acto de presentaci&amp;oacute;n ha contado con la presencia de los expertos en crioterapia, Ann Callens, directora de criogenia industrial, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n y tratamientos de aguas de Air Products Europa; Martin O&amp;rsquo;Connell, consultor fisioterapeuta y especialista de la crioterapia en el &amp;aacute;mbito deportivo; Rom&amp;aacute;n Tr&amp;iacute;as y Marta Rodr&amp;iacute;guez, director de grandes cuentas y Relaciones Institucionales y directora de marketing de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, respectivamente.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con 119 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, es l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y un referente en el sector qu&amp;iacute;mico en temas de seguridad, innovaci&amp;oacute;n y sostenibilidad. &lt;br /&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad diaria de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1200 toneladas de gas licuado (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona) que dan servicio a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{7B047F7A-6064-414B-BD45-F3E0534BE833}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/04/0411-carburos-metalicos-nuevo-patrocinador-del-barcelona-open-banc-sabadell.aspx</link><title>Carburos Metálicos, nuevo patrocinador del Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y el Barcelona Open Banc Sababell han firmado un acuerdo de colaboraci&amp;oacute;n por el que la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales se incorpora en esta edici&amp;oacute;n al panel de patrocinadores del torneo. &lt;br /&gt;
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La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ceder&amp;aacute; para la ocasi&amp;oacute;n y en primicia, durante los d&amp;iacute;as que se celebre el Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, un innovador sistema de alta tecnolog&amp;iacute;a que utiliza el nitr&amp;oacute;geno l&amp;iacute;quido para la recuperaci&amp;oacute;n de deportistas sometidos a grandes esfuerzos f&amp;iacute;sicos. &lt;br /&gt;
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La incorporaci&amp;oacute;n de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos se produce en el marco de los servicios m&amp;eacute;dicos del torneo que, patrocinados por MAPFRE, dirige el doctor &amp;Aacute;ngel Ruiz Cotorro. El sistema de recuperaci&amp;oacute;n presentado por Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos estar&amp;aacute; a disposici&amp;oacute;n de todos los profesionales m&amp;eacute;dicos, fisioterapeutas y t&amp;eacute;cnicos expertos en recuperaci&amp;oacute;n f&amp;iacute;sica, complementando as&amp;iacute; al conjunto de servicios m&amp;eacute;dicos del torneo patrocinados por MAPFRE.&lt;br /&gt;
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As&amp;iacute; mismo, el pr&amp;oacute;ximo martes 19 de abril, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a celebrar&amp;aacute; el evento &amp;ldquo;Momentos &amp;Uacute;nicos&amp;rdquo; para dar a conocer a sus clientes y contactos las distintas aplicaciones de los gases industriales que produce la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, especialmente para el &amp;aacute;mbito del deporte. El acto contar&amp;aacute; con la participaci&amp;oacute;n de prestigiosos profesionales del mundo del deporte. Todo ello tendr&amp;aacute; lugar en las propias instalaciones del Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona.&lt;br /&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos contar&amp;aacute; tambi&amp;eacute;n con su propia carpa en el Village que el Real Club Tenis Barcelona instala para la celebraci&amp;oacute;n del torneo.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con 119 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, es l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y un referente en el sector qu&amp;iacute;mico en temas de seguridad, innovaci&amp;oacute;n y sostenibilidad. &lt;br /&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad diaria de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1200 toneladas de gas licuado (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona) que dan servicio a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Sobre el Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
El Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell es uno de los principales torneos del mundo en tierra batida y forma parte de la categor&amp;iacute;a ATP 500. Se disputar&amp;aacute; entre el 16 y el 24 de abril en las pistas del Real Club Tenis Barcelona y, como en anteriores ocasiones, contar&amp;aacute; con algunos de los principales jugadores del circuito, entre ellos cuatro top-10: Rafael Nadal, Kei Nishikori, David Ferrer y Richard Gasquet.&lt;br /&gt;
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El torneo est&amp;aacute; considerado uno de los eventos internacionales de mayor trascendencia en el calendario deportivo de Barcelona y en el &amp;aacute;mbito del tenis cuenta con un enorme prestigio, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional. Fue creado en 1953 por Carlos God&amp;oacute;, conde de God&amp;oacute;, y la pr&amp;oacute;xima edici&amp;oacute;n ser&amp;aacute; la 64.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{40ED939B-8741-4669-895D-7A8C97DE26EC}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/03/0309-0309-air-products-fills-100th-helium-iso-container-at-doe-canyon-chinese.aspx</link><title>Air Products位於美國Doe峽谷的新氦氣工廠完成第100個符合ISO標準的氦氣儲罐充裝</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products三福之母公司、全球領先的氦氣生產商 Air Products (Air Products，紐約証券交易所代碼︰APD)位於美國科羅拉多州Doe峽谷的最新氦氣工廠，近日完成了里程碑式的第100個符合ISO標準的氦氣儲罐充裝。該工廠是全球唯一一座從以二氧化碳為主的氣源中製取氦氣的工廠，所生產的氦氣進一步強化和豐富了Air Products的氦氣供應鏈，以確保為全球客戶提供穩定、可靠的氦氣供應。&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;我們對Doe峽谷的氦氣工廠的運營表現非常滿意。作為全球唯一一座從自然生成的二氧化碳氣流中提取氦氣的工廠，Doe峽谷的氦氣工廠為行業設定了一個新標準。我們將繼續進行必要的投資，以保持並提升我們在過去數十年來建立的行業領先地位。&amp;rdquo; Air Products全球氦氣業務副總裁兼總經理Walter Nelson表示，&amp;ldquo;與金德摩爾根二氧化碳公司的合作成就了這座工廠，也讓我們能夠用這種創新的方法生產氦氣。&amp;rdquo; 金德摩爾根二氧化碳公司是北美最大的二氧化碳管線運營商，也是Doe峽谷項目的運營商。&lt;br /&gt;
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目前，美國生產的氦氣主要來源於美國土地管理局的儲備系統。然而，該系統的儲備正逐步減少並終將耗盡。同時，全球對於氦氣的需求很可能還將繼續上升。因此，市場極需開發新的氦氣來源。&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products工業氣體部執行副總裁Corning Painter指出︰&amp;ldquo;這不僅是一座新的液態氦氣廠。透過運用前沿技術和一流的運營管理，我們令從二氧化碳氣流中提取氦氣變成可能。Air Products始終致力於成為全球客戶最可靠的氦氣供應商，而Doe峽谷氦氣工廠正是我們前進道路上邁出的重要一步。&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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當前，全世界的氦氣大部分都是作為天然氣（甲烷）開採的副產品而獲得的。然而，並非所有天然氣田都含有氦氣，事實上大部分天然氣田所含的氦氣濃度並不足以支援經濟用途上的抽取。在這個項目中，二氧化碳是天然氣的主要成分，其氦氣濃度高，可實現經濟型生產。美國土地管理局系統的氦氣儲備正不斷下降，而Air Products工廠的氦氣年產量預計可達2.3億標準立方英尺，即相當該系統超過15%的氦氣供應量。&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products 科羅拉多州的工廠將採用新的製造技術從二氧化碳氣源中生產純氦氣。Air Products 將從氣源中提取氦氣，並將處理後的二氧化碳歸還金德摩爾根二氧化碳公司，以繼續用於其石油開採項目。金德摩爾根二氧化碳公司將此二氧化碳氣源供應至西德克薩斯州的Permian盆地，用於提升石油採收率。&lt;br /&gt;
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氦氣常用於很多獨特且具有高價值的應用中，包括︰核磁共振成像；高空科研氣球、小型飛艇和歡慶氣球的升空；導纖維和半導體生產；冶金；深潛用的呼吸氣氛或獨特的血氣醫療混合氣；分析化學；管道、容器及其它重要設備的加壓和吹掃；洩漏檢測；以及其它先進的應用。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;關於Air Products&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products（Air Products, 紐約証券交易所代碼︰APD）是一家世界領先的工業氣體公司。今年正值其運營75週年。工業氣體是公司的核心業務，提供空氣分離廠和製程氣體、以及相關的設備，主要為煉油石化、金屬、電子和食品飲料等製造產業服務。Air Products同時也是一家全球領先的液化天然氣製程技術和設備供應商。公司的另一項業務--材料技術服務於半導體、聚氨酯、清潔劑與塗料和粘合劑等行業。&lt;br /&gt;
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2015會計年度，公司的銷售額為99億美金，在美國上市公司財富500強中排名第284位。其遍佈全球50多個國家和地區的約2萬名員工，為所有客戶提供可持續性的產品和解決方案，以及卓越的服務，致力於將Air Products打造成世界最安全和最佳的工業氣體公司。欲獲得更多訊息，請瀏覽公司中文網站：www.airproducts.com.tw。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;註釋︰此新聞稿中可能包含1995年《私人証券訴訟改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陳述。這些前瞻性陳述基於本新聞稿發布日期時管理層關於重大風險因素的預期和假設所作出。由於管理層可能沒有預期到一些因素，請以實際情況為準，這些因素包括公司10K表中的風險因素，因為本會計年度已於2015年9月30日結束。&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{4D69B133-E299-4A8C-B578-BC59411637D5}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/03/0309-air-products-fills-100th-helium-iso-container-at-doe-canyon.aspx</link><title>Air Products Fills 100th Helium ISO Container at Doe Canyon</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;), a global leader in helium production, recently reached a milestone at its newest &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/helium.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;helium&lt;/a&gt; production facility in Colorado by filling its 100th helium ISO container.  Air Products&amp;rsquo; Doe Canyon plant is the only one in the world extracting helium from a gas stream composed primarily of carbon dioxide (CO2).  The helium from this facility strengthens and diversifies Air Products&amp;rsquo; helium supply chain to further enable the reliable delivery of product for its customers around the world.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;We are very pleased with the operational performance of our &lt;a href="/Company/news-center/2015/08/0819-air-products-holds-grand-opening-at-doe-canyon-helium-plant.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Doe Canyon helium plant&lt;/a&gt;, which is one-of-a-kind and sets a new standard by producing helium from a naturally occurring carbon dioxide stream.  We will continue to make the investments necessary to maintain the leading market position in this industry that we have established and enhanced over many decades,&amp;rdquo; said Walter Nelson, vice president and general manager &amp;ndash; Global Helium at Air Products. &amp;ldquo;This facility could not have been achieved without the cooperation of our site host. They allowed us to move forward with this outside-the-box thinking to helium production.&amp;rdquo;  The site host is Kinder Morgan CO2 Company, acting for and on behalf of the Doe Canyon Deep Unit, in its capacity as Unit Operator.&lt;br /&gt;
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Much of the helium produced in the United States today comes from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) system.  The BLM system is in decline, however, and eventually that storage supply will be depleted.  At the same time, the world&amp;rsquo;s demand for helium is likely to continue to grow, requiring additional new sources of helium.  &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;This is not just another liquid helium plant.  By using cutting-edge technology, combined with world class operations, we&amp;rsquo;re able to recover helium from CO2.  It is one more step, in a series of steps, Air Products has taken to be the &lt;a href="/~/media/Files/PDF/products/38928-gases-helium-infographic-hr-hyperlinks.pdf?la=en" target="_blank"&gt;most reliable helium supplier&lt;/a&gt; in the world,&amp;rdquo; said Corning Painter, Air Products&amp;rsquo; executive vice president - Industrial Gases.&lt;br /&gt;
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Most of the helium produced today is a by-product of natural gas (methane) processing.  However, not all natural gas fields contain helium and, in fact, very few gas fields have high enough helium concentrations to make it economical for extraction.  In this case, the naturally-occurring gas is composed primarily of carbon dioxide, and it contains high enough concentrations of helium to make extraction economical.  The Doe Canyon plant is expected to produce up to 230 million cubic feet of helium per year, which can replace more than 15 percent of the current BLM reserve helium supply as that system declines.&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products&amp;rsquo; Colorado facility uses a new technology process to produce pure helium from the carbon dioxide stream.  Air Products extracts the helium from the gas stream and returns the carbon dioxide to Kinder Morgan CO2 for its intended enhanced oil recovery (EOR) use.  Kinder Morgan CO2, supplies this carbon dioxide to the Permian Basin in West Texas, where it is used for EOR.    &lt;br /&gt;
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Helium is used in many unique and valued applications including: &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/industries/Medical/medical-applications/product-list/mri-magnet-cooling-and-filling-hospitals.aspx?itemId=CA1B1197655D452CA1184436482E5073" target="_blank"&gt;magnetic resonance imaging&lt;/a&gt; (MRI); lifting for high altitude scientific research balloons, blimps and party balloons; fiber optics and &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/products/Gases/Helium/industry/silicon-semiconductors.aspx?itemId=EC15E8E99A6E4A4A81E7F993C97584A5" target="_blank"&gt;semiconductor manufacturing&lt;/a&gt;; metallurgy; breathing atmospheres for deep diving or unique blood gas medical mixtures; analytical chemistry; pressurizing and purging pipes, vessels, and other critical equipment; leak detection; and other advanced applications.&lt;br /&gt;
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About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company celebrating 75 years of operation. The company&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The company&amp;rsquo;s Materials Technologies business, which Air Products intends to spin-off by September 2016, serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. &lt;br /&gt;
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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&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2015.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{35B1C7DF-E0C5-4AD3-B145-425F04FB2475}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/03/0309-air-products-fills-100th-helium-iso-container-at-doe-canyon-simp%20chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司在美Doe峡谷的新氦气工厂完成第100个符合ISO标准的氦气储罐充装</title><description>全球领先的氦气生产商空气产品公司 (Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD) 的新氦气工厂，近日完成了里程碑式的第100个符合ISO标准的氦气储罐充装。该工厂位于美国科罗拉多州Doe峡谷，是全球唯一一座从以二氧化碳为主的气源中提取氦气的工厂，所生产的氦气进一步强化和丰富了公司的氦气供应链，以确保为全球客户提供稳定、可靠的氦气供应。&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;我们对Doe峡谷的氦气工厂的运营表现非常满意。作为全球唯一一座从自然生成的二氧化碳气源中提取氦气的工厂，Doe峡谷的氦气工厂为行业设定了一个新标准。我们将继续进行必要的投资，以保持并提升我们在过去数十年来建立的行业领先地位。&amp;rdquo;空气产品公司全球氦气业务副总裁兼总经理Walter Nelson表示，&amp;ldquo;与金德摩根公司 (Kinder Morgan) 的合作成就了这座工厂，也让我们能够用这种创新的方法生产氦气。&amp;rdquo;金德摩根公司是北美最大的二氧化碳管线运营商，也是Doe峡谷项目的运营商。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司科罗拉多州的这家工厂将采用新的技术工艺从二氧化碳气源中生产纯氦气。空气产品公司将从气源中提取氦气，进行液化后输送给全球的客户。处理后的二氧化碳将归还给金德摩根公司，继续用于其石油开采项目，提高石油采收率。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司工业气体部执行副总裁康宁（Corning Painter）指出：&amp;ldquo;这不仅仅是一座新的液态氦气厂。通过运用前沿技术和一流的运营管理，我们令从二氧化碳气源中提取氦气变成可能。空气产品公司始终致力于成为全球客户最可靠的氦气供应商，而Doe峡谷氦气工厂正是我们前进道路上迈出的重要一步。&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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当前，美国生产的氦气主要来源于美国土地管理局的储备系统。然而，该系统的储备正在逐步减少并终将耗尽。同时，全球对于氦气的需求很可能还将继续上升。空气产品公司Doe峡谷的氦气工厂预计氦气年产量可达2.3亿标准立方英尺，即相当于该系统超过15%的氦气供应量。&lt;br /&gt;
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由于中国氦气开采难度大，技术有待提升，目前中国的氦气基本上从美国进口。作为最早进入中国市场的工业气体供应商之一，空气产品公司自1987年以来已在国内设立了多家高标准的氦气充装工厂，遍布华东、华南和华北地区，可就近为客户提供稳定、可靠的氦气供应。从美国进口的氦气将在这些充装工厂进行充装后供往各地，以满足国内高端焊接、潜水、医疗等行业的高速发展需求。&lt;br /&gt;
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氦气常用于很多独特且具有高价值的应用中，包括：核磁共振成像、高空科研气球的升空、小型飞艇和欢庆气球、光导纤维和半导体生产、冶金、深潜用的呼吸气氛或独特的血气医疗混合气、分析化学、管道、容器及其它重要设备的加压和吹扫、泄漏检测，以及其它先进的应用。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;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。&lt;br /&gt;
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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。&lt;br /&gt;
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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。&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{D5BE42D4-CA5A-4DFD-89F4-DB036E78BDCE}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/02/0217-carburos-medica-renueva-su-pagina-web-dedicada-a-los-profesionales-del-sector-hospitalario.aspx</link><title>Carburos Médica renueva su página web dedicada a los profesionales del sector hospitalario</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Cuenta con un dise&amp;ntilde;o interactivo y visual que permite acceder de forma &amp;aacute;gil y f&amp;aacute;cil a toda la informaci&amp;oacute;n pr&amp;aacute;ctica sobre Hospigas+&amp;reg;, los Servicios Integrales ofrecidos por la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="135" align="left" alt="Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica renueva su p&amp;aacute;gina web dedicada a los profesionales del sector hospitalario" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-02-17-carburos-medica-website-2.jpg?la=en" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; float: left;" /&gt;Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, la divisi&amp;oacute;n de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos dedicada a aportar soluciones para entornos hospitalarios, ha lanzado hoy su web, completamente renovada: &lt;a href="http://www.carburosmedica.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.carburosmedica.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Orientada principalmente a los profesionales de la gesti&amp;oacute;n hospitalaria, la web responde a los objetivos corporativos del grupo Air Products, al que pertenece: Por un lado, ofrece simplicidad, al agrupar toda la informaci&amp;oacute;n de las soluciones, servicios, aplicaciones, equipos e instalaciones que ofrece la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a de forma visual, l&amp;oacute;gica y f&amp;aacute;cil de encontrar. Por otro, aporta a los interesados inmediatez en un entorno visual e interactivo que facilita el acceso a los distintos contenidos de forma intuitiva, mostrando la presencia de los productos y servicios que Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica puede aportar en todos los espacios de una instalaci&amp;oacute;n hospitalaria.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img height="134" align="right" alt="Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica renueva su p&amp;aacute;gina web dedicada a los profesionales del sector hospitalario" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-02-17-carburos-medica-website-3.jpg?h=134&amp;amp;w=215&amp;la=en" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; height: 134px; width: 215px; float: right;" /&gt;Se accede a la informaci&amp;oacute;n de forma &amp;aacute;gil a trav&amp;eacute;s del renovado site de Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica: Productos, Aplicaciones, Instalaciones Hospitalarias y Servicios son los pilares en los que se organizan los contenidos, adem&amp;aacute;s de ofrecer un acceso r&amp;aacute;pido y directo a los expertos de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a para hacer consultas y solventar dudas.&lt;br /&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s, desde la propia web se puede acceder a un entorno virtual en el que se muestran los servicios integrales para hospitales que ofrece Hospigas+&amp;reg;, la nueva oferta de Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, personalizable a las necesidades concretas de cada hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img height="149" align="left" alt="Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica renueva su p&amp;aacute;gina web dedicada a los profesionales del sector hospitalario" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-02-17-carburos-medica-website-1.jpg?la=en" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; float: left;" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.carburosmedica.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.carburosmedica.com&lt;/a&gt; tambi&amp;eacute;n proporciona acceso directo a la iniciativa solidaria &lt;a href="http://nosmuevelailusion.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&amp;rdquo;&lt;/a&gt;, que la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a desarrolla desde 2013 y cuyo objetivo es poner en marcha proyectos que contribuyan a mejorar el estado de &amp;aacute;nimo y la calidad de vida de los ni&amp;ntilde;os hospitalizados con enfermedades graves, as&amp;iacute; como del personal sanitario y de los familiares que les atienden y acompa&amp;ntilde;an.&lt;br /&gt;
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Todo el contenido incluido en dicho entorno virtual es divulgativo y accesible a cualquiera con lo que puede ser una buena herramienta de referencia para que los interesados puedan informarse sobre los productos, soluciones y servicios que puede prestar una empresa como Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica en una instalaci&amp;oacute;n hospitalaria.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Contamos con m&amp;aacute;s de 70 a&amp;ntilde;os de experiencia en el sector sanitario espa&amp;ntilde;ol y somos l&amp;iacute;deres en el suministro de gases y servicios a hospitales. Nuestra mentalidad sanitaria nos convierte en una empresa &amp;uacute;nica dentro del sector gasista de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s. Conocemos bien las necesidades y responsabilidades de los hospitales y sus equipos humanos: nuestro objetivo es hacer m&amp;aacute;s f&amp;aacute;cil su labor. Al renovar esta web queremos ayudar a los profesionales de la gesti&amp;oacute;n hospitalaria a explorar y aprovechar nuestros servicios, productos y soluciones de manera que puedan, por un lado, mejorar la salud y la calidad de vida de los pacientes en su paso por el hospital, y, por otro satisfacer todas las necesidades relacionadas con la utilizaci&amp;oacute;n de gases en sus centros&amp;rdquo;, ha comentado Francesco Maione, Director General de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y Vice-Presidente para el Sur de Europa del grupo Air Products.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con 119 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, es l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y un referente en el sector qu&amp;iacute;mico en temas de seguridad, innovaci&amp;oacute;n y sostenibilidad. &lt;br /&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad diaria de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1200 toneladas de gas licuado (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona) que dan servicio a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{D7351936-8519-4939-873F-72D2E0B9E22B}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/02/0215-air-products-announces-north-american-price-increase-for-liquid-and-bulk-industrial-gases.aspx</link><title>Air Products Announces North American Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Industrial Gas Products</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Effective March 1, 2016, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) will increase product pricing and monthly service charges for merchant customers in North America.  The pricing adjustments include increases of:&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Up to 20% for liquid argon&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 15% for liquid and bulk hydrogen&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 10% for liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, liquid and bulk helium, and liquid carbon dioxide&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Some price adjustments may be outside of these ranges based on specific situations.&lt;br /&gt;
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These adjustments are in response to the cost impact associated with the significant slowdown in the steel market, and increasing operational and delivery costs associated with specific regional supply and demand imbalances in order to meet customer needs. In addition to covering increases in operating expenses, Air Products continues to make significant investments aimed at improving the reliability, security, safety, and the efficiency of its operations.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2015.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{3271552D-5BD6-4434-B221-903FA497FDBA}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/10/1030-air-products-building-helium-plant-for-rasgas-german.aspx</link><title>Doppelsieg in Katar: Air Products errichtet Heliumanlage für RasGas und erhält langfristigen Liefervertrag</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE: APD) verzeichnet zwei Erfolge im Heliumsektor, die die Marktf&amp;uuml;hrerschaft des Unternehmens unterstreichen: Zum einen wird Air Products die RasGas Company Ltd (RasGas) mit der Ausr&amp;uuml;stung f&amp;uuml;r eine neue Helium-3-Anlage am Standort Ras Laffan Industrial City, Katar, versorgen. Zum anderen erh&amp;auml;lt Air Products auch den Zuschlag f&amp;uuml;r die langfristige Heliumversorgung aus der Helium-3-Anlage, die voraussichtlich bis zu 0,4 Bscf (Billion Standard Cubic Feet) fl&amp;uuml;ssiges Helium pro Jahr produzieren wird. Mit dem Produktionsbeginn 2018 sichert sich das Unternehmen seine Position als weltweit gr&amp;ouml;&amp;szlig;ter kommerzieller Heliumanbieter.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;bdquo;Das sind zwei gro&amp;szlig;e Errungenschaften f&amp;uuml;r unser Unternehmen. Der Zuschlag als Ausr&amp;uuml;ster f&amp;uuml;r die neue Heliumanlage best&amp;auml;tigt das Vertrauen von RasGas in Air Products als globalen Anbieter von High-Tech-Gasanlagen und Heliumtechnologie. Ein ebenso gro&amp;szlig;er Erfolg ist der langfristige Helium-Liefervertrag, der den zahlreichen Kunden unser Engagement f&amp;uuml;r die Gew&amp;auml;hrleistung einer ganzheitlichen und zuverl&amp;auml;ssigen Heliumversorgung best&amp;auml;tigt&amp;ldquo;, sagte Walter Nelson, Vice President und General Manager &amp;ndash; Global Helium bei Air Products.&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products hat eine bestehende Gesch&amp;auml;ftsbeziehung mit RasGas in anderen Segmenten sowie eine gemeinsame Erfolgsgeschichte in Katar: Hierbei sorgte Air Products f&amp;uuml;r die Technologie und das Equipment zur Erdgasverfl&amp;uuml;ssigung sowie f&amp;uuml;r Helium-Extraktionsanalgen f&amp;uuml;r alle 14 Fl&amp;uuml;ssigerdgas-Leitungen (LNG) von RasGas und Qatargas. Au&amp;szlig;erdem stellte Air Products eine Luftzerlegungsanlage f&amp;uuml;r Oryx GTL bereit. Alle Anlagen befinden sich in Ras Laffan.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ein halbes Jahrhundert Erfolgsgeschichte im Nahen Osten&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products ist bereits seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert im Nahen Osten aktiv, angefangen mit der Errichtung der ersten Luftzerlegungseinheit (ASU) in den 1950er Jahren. Das Unternehmen verf&amp;uuml;gt &amp;uuml;ber mehr als 50 Jahre Erfahrung mit Industriekunden in der Region. Der Hauptsitz befindet sich in Dubai, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate. Die T&amp;auml;tigkeit von Air Products in der Region hat aufgrund des branchen&amp;uuml;bergreifend gestiegenen Bedarfs an ASUs und Wasserstoffanlagen den letzten Jahren stark zugenommen. Das schlie&amp;szlig;t auch die Ank&amp;uuml;ndigung des Unternehmens vom April 2015 ein, den weltweit gr&amp;ouml;&amp;szlig;ten Industriegaskomplex in Jazan, Saudi-Arabien, zu bauen und eigenst&amp;auml;ndig zu betreiben. Air Products setzt in der Region auf seine langj&amp;auml;hrigen Beziehungen zur regionalen Abdullah Hashim Group und zu ACWA Power.&lt;br /&gt;
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Der neue Helium-Liefervertrag ist ein wichtiger Schritt in einer Reihe von Meilensteinen, mit denen Air Products seinen Kunden eine zuverl&amp;auml;ssige Heliumversorgung garantiert. Zudem hat Air Products betr&amp;auml;chtliche Heliumvorr&amp;auml;te vom United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) als strategische Reserve im Rahmen von Auktionen erworben. Dar&amp;uuml;ber hinaus hat das Unternehmen im August 2015 mit dem Verkauf von Helium begonnen, welches &amp;uuml;ber eine firmeneigene innovative Technologie aus einem nat&amp;uuml;rlichen Kohlendioxid-Vorkommen gewonnen wird. Diese weltweit einzigartige Produktionsanlage befindet sich im US-Bundesstaat Colorado.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Weltweit im Einsatz: Heliumtechnologie von Air Products&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products hat den Weg bereitet f&amp;uuml;r zahlreiche Technologien zur Heliumgewinnung, -produktion, -lieferung und -lagerung. Heute sind diese Technologien industrieller Standard und kommen in Einrichtungen auf der ganzen Welt zum Einsatz.&lt;br /&gt;
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Helium wird in vielen einzigartigen und innovativen Anwendungen eingesetzt, darunter: Magnetresonanztomographie (MRI), H&amp;ouml;henforschungsballons, Luftschiffe und Luftballons, Faseroptik und Halbleiterfertigung, Metallurgie, Atemtechnologien f&amp;uuml;r Tieftaucher, medizinische Blutgasmischungen, analytische Chemie, Druckbeaufschlagung und Reinigung von Rohren, Beh&amp;auml;ltern und kritischen Ausr&amp;uuml;stungen, Lecksuche sowie viele weitere Anwendungen.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&amp;Uuml;ber Air Products&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.) ist seit rund 75 Jahren einer der f&amp;uuml;hrenden Anbieter von Industrie-, Prozess- und Spezialgasen, Hochleistungsmaterialien sowie Anlagen, Technologien und dazugeh&amp;ouml;rigen Dienstleistungen f&amp;uuml;r die Herstellungsbereiche Metall, Nahrungsmittel, Getr&amp;auml;nke, Raffination, Petrochemie und Erdgasverfl&amp;uuml;ssigung. Im Gesch&amp;auml;ftsbereich Materialtechnologien versorgt Air Products die Industrien f&amp;uuml;r Halbleiter, Polyethuran, Reinigung und moderne Schicht- und Klebstoffe. Mehr als 20.000 Mitarbeiter in &amp;uuml;ber 50 L&amp;auml;ndern arbeiten an nachhaltigen L&amp;ouml;sungen und bestem Kundenservice, um Air Products zum weltweit f&amp;uuml;hrenden und sichersten Industriegaseanbieter zu machen. Air Products erzielte im Gesch&amp;auml;ftsjahr 2014 einen Umsatz von rund 10,4 Milliarden US-Dollar. Das Unternehmen befindet sich auf der j&amp;auml;hrlichen Fortune 500 Liste auf Platz 276. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.airproducts.de.&lt;br /&gt;
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Auf Wunsch vermitteln wir Ihnen gerne ein Interview mit dem Helium-Experten Christoph Chardon von Air Products. Bitte senden Sie daf&amp;uuml;r nach M&amp;ouml;glichkeit Ihre Fragen in englischer Sprache an die angegebene E-Mail-Adresse. Vielen Dank!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;HINWEIS: Diese Ver&amp;ouml;ffentlichung kann zukunftsbezogene Aussagen im Rahmen der &amp;bdquo;Safe Harbor&amp;ldquo;-Bestimmungen des Private Securities Litigation Reform Act aus dem Jahr 1995 enthalten. Diese zukunftsbezogenen Aussagen basieren auf den realistischen Erwartungen und Annahmen im Hinblick auf bedeutende Risikofaktoren zum Datum der Vorlage dieser Ver&amp;ouml;ffentlichung. Die tats&amp;auml;chliche Leistung und die tats&amp;auml;chlichen Finanzergebnisse k&amp;ouml;nnen erheblich von Prognosen und Sch&amp;auml;tzungen der zukunftsbezogenen Aussagen abweichen, da zahlreiche Faktoren f&amp;uuml;r die Gesch&amp;auml;ftsf&amp;uuml;hrung nicht absehbar sind. Dazu geh&amp;ouml;ren Risikofaktoren, die im Unternehmensformular 10K des Unternehmens f&amp;uuml;r das Gesch&amp;auml;ftsjahr per 30. September 2014 dargestellt sind.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{47C95643-CABF-4A64-96E8-E45E187E4719}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/10/1029-air-products-building-helium-plant-for-rasgas-dutch.aspx</link><title>Air Products dankzij nieuwe projecten in Qatar grootste leverancier van helium ter wereld </title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products, leverancier van industri&amp;euml;le gassen, heeft vandaag bekendgemaakt dat het bedrijf twee nieuwe, grote projecten voor de productie van helium heeft binnengehaald. Air Products zal de installaties leveren voor de nieuwe Helium 3 fabriek van RasGas Company Ltd., die gebouwd wordt op het Barzan-complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar. Daarnaast heeft Air Products het langlopende contract voor de productie en levering van de helium vanaf de nieuwe fabriek gewonnen. Naar verwachting zal de fabriek per jaar zo&amp;rsquo;n 15 miljoen liter vloeibare helium produceren. Als de productie in de nieuwe fabriek in 2018 van start gaat, wordt Air Products de grootste, commerci&amp;euml;le leverancier van helium ter wereld.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;De twee nieuwe contracten zijn belangrijke mijlpalen voor ons bedrijf&amp;rdquo;, zei Walter Nelson, vice-president en general manager Global Helium bij Air Products. &amp;ldquo;Het contract voor de levering van de installaties voor de nieuwe fabriek is een bewijs van het vertrouwen van Rasgas in Air Products als leverancier van technologie en equipment voor de productie en processing van gas en helium. Maar net zo belangrijk is het lange termijn contract voor de levering van helium vanaf de nieuwe fabriek. Daardoor kunnen we al onze klanten de komende jaren een betrouwbare levering van helium garanderen.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products werkt al lange tijd samen met RasGas in diverse andere markten en bedrijfstakken. Ook in Qatar heeft Air Products samen met Rasgas al een aantal succesvolle projecten afgerond. Air Products leverde aan RasGas en Qatargas bijvoorbeeld al technologie voor het vloeibaar maken van aardgas, de belangrijkste installaties voor liquefactie en installaties voor het onttrekken van helium aan LNG. Ook bouwde Air Products in Ras Laffan een grote luchtscheidingsfabriek (ASU) voor Oryx GTL.&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products is al meer dan vijftig jaar actief in het Midden-Oosten. Het bedrijf bouwde in de vijftiger jaren de allereerste ASU in de regio en levert al meer dan 50 jaar industri&amp;euml;le gassen aan klanten in de regio. Het hoofdkantoor voor de activiteiten in het Midden-Oosten is gevestigd in Dubai. De activiteiten in de regio zijn de laatste jaren in een stroomversnelling geraakt omdat verschillende bedrijven een beroep deden op Air Products voor de bouw van luchtscheidings- en waterstoffabrieken. In april 2015 kondigde het bedrijf aan, het grootste complex voor de productie van industri&amp;euml;le gassen ter wereld in Jazan (Saudi-Arabi&amp;euml;) te bouwen en te exploiteren. Air Products werkt daarbij nauw samen met de Abdullah Hashim Group en ACWA Power. &lt;br /&gt;
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Het contract voor de levering van helium uit de nieuwe Helium 3 fabriek is een volgende stap in het proces dat Air Products recentelijk in gang heeft gezet om een betrouwbare levering van helium aan haar klanten te kunnen garanderen. Air Products heeft tijdens recente veilingen een substanti&amp;euml;le hoeveelheid helium uit de reserves van het United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) toegewezen gekregen. Bovendien startte Air Products in augustus met de verkoop van helium, die met behulp van een eigen innovatieve technologie gewonnen wordt uit een natuurlijke bron in Colorado, die koolstofdioxide uitstoot. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products heeft al veel nieuwe technologie ontwikkeld voor de winning, productie, distributie en opslag van helium, die tegenwoordig veelvuldig in de heliumindustrie gebruikt wordt. Het bedrijf exploiteert vele heliuminstallaties over de hele wereld.&lt;br /&gt;
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Helium wordt gebruikt in vele unieke en waardevolle toepassingen zoals MRI-apparatuur, ballonnen voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek in hogere atmosfeerlagen, voor zeppelins en feestballonnen, bij de productie van fiberoptica en semiconductormateriaal, in de metaalindustrie, in gasmengsels voor diepzeeduiken, in unieke bloedgasmengels, voor chemische analyses, voor het testen en reinigen van pijpleidingen, voor lekdetectie en andere geavanceerde toepassingen. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Noot voor de pers:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
er zijn foto&amp;rsquo;s van heliuminstallaties beschikbaar. Die kunt u opvragen bij Wisse Kommunikatie, telefoon: 026-4431523 of per e-mail: &lt;a href="mailto:theo.snijders@wisse-worldcom.nl"&gt;theo.snijders@wisse-worldcom.nl&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Over Air Products&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE: APD) is een toonaangevende, wereldwijde leverancier van industri&amp;euml;le gassen, die al 75 jaar in de markt actief is. Het bedrijf levert atmosferische gassen en procesgassen, maar ook bijbehorende installaties en equipment aan industri&amp;euml;le markten, waaronder de petrochemie, de metaalindustrie, de elektronica- en de voedingsmiddelenindustrie. Air Products is ook de grootste leverancier van technologie en equipment voor de verwerking van LNG. De divisie Materials Technologies, die Air Products in September 2016 wellicht zal afstoten, levert aan de semiconductorindustrie en aan fabrikanten van polyurethaan, schoonmaakmiddelen, coatings en lijmen.&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products realiseerde in boekjaar 2015, dat in september afgesloten werd, een omzet van 9,9 miljard dollar en staat op plaats 284 in de Fortune 500 lijst. De ongeveer 20.000 medewerkers in 50 landen hebben de ambitie om van Air Products &amp;rsquo;s werelds veiligste en best presterende leverancier van industri&amp;euml;le gassen te maken, die aan alle klanten duurzame oplossingen en een uitstekende dienstverlening biedt. Voor meer informatie: &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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In Nederland heeft Air Products vestigingen in Halfweg, Utrecht, Nijmegen en het Rotterdamse havengebied. Voor meer informatie: &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.nl"&gt;www.airproducts.nl&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{9A3D9C6A-7351-47D3-93B1-5F269D355039}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/10/1028-air-products-building-helium-plant-for-rasgas.aspx</link><title>Air Products Building Helium Plant for RasGas; Wins Long-Term Helium Supply Contract</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) today announced two big &lt;a href="/products/Gases/Helium.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;helium&lt;/a&gt; market wins that demonstrate the company&amp;rsquo;s industry leadership.  Air Products will supply to RasGas Company Ltd (RasGas), the helium licensor package equipment for the new Helium 3 plant to be located at the Barzan facility in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.  Additionally, Air Products won the award for the long-term helium supply from the Helium 3 plant which is expected to produce up to 0.4 Bsf/annum of liquid helium, and in achieving this, the company will again be the world&amp;rsquo;s largest commercial supplier of helium when the plant begins production in 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;These are two very big accomplishments for our company.  The equipment win to build the helium plant demonstrates RasGas&amp;rsquo; confidence in Air Products as a global supplier of high technology gas processing equipment and helium technology.  Just as importantly, the long-term helium supply contract win demonstrates to our many customers our dedication to them in ensuring a consistent and reliable &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/Microsites/helium.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;helium supply&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;rdquo; said Walter Nelson, vice president and general manager &amp;ndash; Global Helium at Air Products.&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has an existing relationship with RasGas in other business and markets, and a successful history of accomplishments in Qatar.  Air Products previously supplied the natural gas liquefaction technology, key liquefaction equipment, and helium extraction boxes for all 14 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains for RasGas and Qatargas, as well as the large air separation plant for Oryx GTL, which are all located in Ras Laffan.&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been conducting business in the Middle East for over a half-century, having built the region&amp;rsquo;s first-ever air separation unit (ASU) in the 1950s, and has more than 50 years of experience satisfying industrial gas customers. The company&amp;rsquo;s Middle East operation is headquartered in Dubai, UAE.  Regional business activity has accelerated in recent years with multiple industries requiring ASUs and hydrogen production plants, including the April 2015 announcement to build, own and operate the world&amp;rsquo;s largest industrial gas complex in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. Air Products continues to build on long-standing regional relationships with the Abdullah Hashim Group and ACWA Power.&lt;br /&gt;
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The helium supply contract win is another step in a series of important steps taken recently by Air Products to obtain reliable helium supply for customers.  Air Products has won substantial amounts of helium from the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) strategic reserve at recent BLM auctions. Additionally, in August Air Products began selling helium captured via its proprietary and innovative technology at the world&amp;rsquo;s only &lt;a href="/Company/news-center/2015/08/0819-air-products-holds-grand-opening-at-doe-canyon-helium-plant.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;helium production plant that strips helium from a naturally occurring stream of carbon dioxide&lt;/a&gt; located in Colorado.&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has pioneered many of the helium extraction, production, distribution and storage technologies used in the industry today and it operates numerous facilities around the world. &lt;br /&gt;
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Helium is used in many unique and valued applications including: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); lifting for high altitude scientific research balloons, blimps and party balloons; fiber optics and semiconductor manufacturing; metallurgy; breathing atmospheres for deep diving or unique blood gas medical mixtures; analytical chemistry; pressurizing and purging pipes, vessels, and other critical equipment; leak detection; and other advanced applications.&lt;br /&gt;
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About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;rsquo; 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&amp;rsquo;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 &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{03FE0D8D-5EEA-4783-A2C2-1562184A21BF}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/09/0914-air-products-announces-north-american-price-increase-for-liquid-and-bulk-industrial-gases.aspx</link><title>Air Products Announces North American Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Industrial Gas Products</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Effective October 1, 2015, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) will increase product pricing and monthly service charges for merchant customers in North America.  The pricing adjustments include increases of:&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Up to 20% for liquid &lt;a href="/products/Gases/Argon.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;argon&lt;/a&gt; and  liquid &lt;a href="/products/Gases/Carbon-Dioxide.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;carbon dioxide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 15% for liquid &lt;a href="/products/Gases/Oxygen.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;oxygen&lt;/a&gt;, liquid &lt;a href="/products/Gases/Nitrogen.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;nitrogen&lt;/a&gt;, liquid and bulk &lt;a href="/products/Gases/Hydrogen.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;hydrogen&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 10% for liquid and bulk &lt;a href="/products/Gases/Helium.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;helium&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 10% for tank monthly service charges&lt;/li&gt;
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Some price adjustments may be outside of these ranges based on specific situations.
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&lt;p&gt;These price adjustments are in response to rising costs and will also support continued investments to improve the reliability, security, safety, and efficiency of operations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{FA9E441A-C6E0-469E-9F50-7D230ABC81A6}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/08/0819-air-products-holds-grand-opening-at-doe-canyon-helium-plant.aspx</link><title>Air Products Holds Grand Opening at Its Doe Canyon Helium Plant</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;), a global leader in &lt;a href="/products/Gases/Helium.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;helium&lt;/a&gt; production, today held a grand opening at its new Doe Canyon helium production facility in Colorado.  The Doe Canyon helium plant is the only one in the world extracting helium from a gas stream composed primarily of carbon dioxide (CO2).  The helium from this new facility further diversifies Air Products&amp;rsquo; supply chain to ensure a reliable and stable supply of product for its customers.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Today celebrates an accomplishment that has not been achieved before.  We are capturing an important molecule&amp;mdash;that being helium&amp;mdash;from a naturally occurring stream of carbon dioxide provided by this site&amp;rsquo;s host Kinder Morgan, who I would like to thank for their cooperation with this venture,&amp;rdquo; said Seifi Ghasemi, Air Products&amp;rsquo; chairman, president and chief executive officer.  &amp;ldquo;In doing so, our company takes another step forward to maintain the leading position we have earned in this industry and to help to ensure Air Products continues to build on the helium market leadership established and enhanced over many decades.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Much of the helium produced in the United States today comes from the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) system, however, the BLM system is in decline, and eventually that storage supply will be depleted.  At the same time, the world&amp;rsquo;s demand for helium is likely to continue to grow and is why new sources of helium are needed.  The purified helium at the &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/HeliumDoeCanyon" target="_blank"&gt;new Colorado facility&lt;/a&gt; will be liquefied on-site for subsequent delivery to Air Products&amp;rsquo; customers.  The plant is expected to produce up to 230 million standard cubic feet of helium per year, replacing more than 15 percent of the current BLM reserve helium supply as that system declines.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;People often talk about &amp;lsquo;thinking outside-the-box&amp;rsquo;, and that is really the case in this instance. This is not just another liquid helium plant, we&amp;rsquo;re using cutting edge technology to extract and produce helium that would have otherwise been lost.  Bringing the Doe Canyon helium plant on-stream is just one more step in a series of steps that we&amp;rsquo;ve taken in order to become the most reliable supplier of helium to our customers around the world,&amp;rdquo; said Corning Painter, Air Products&amp;rsquo; executive vice president and general manager of Industrial Gases.&lt;br /&gt;
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Most of the &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/products/Gases/gas-facts/physical-properties/physical-properties-helium.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;helium&lt;/a&gt; produced around the world is a by-product of natural gas (methane) processing.  However, not all natural gas fields contain helium, and in fact very few gas fields have high enough helium concentrations to make it economical for extraction.  In this case, the natural gas is composed of primarily CO2, and it contains high enough concentrations of helium to make it economical for extraction.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products&amp;rsquo; Colorado facility will use a new technology process to produce pure helium from the CO2 stream.  Kinder Morgan, operator of the Doe Canyon Unit, supplies this CO2 to the Permian Basin in West Texas, where the CO2 is used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR).  Air Products will extract the helium and return the CO2 to Kinder Morgan for its intended EOR use.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Helium is used in many unique and valued applications including: &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/products/Gases/Helium/industry/medical-applications.aspx?itemId=668F8CD29D0448A89FD0BEBF1F2A1191" target="_blank"&gt;magnetic resonance imaging&lt;/a&gt; (MRI); lifting for high altitude scientific research balloons, blimps and party balloons; &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/products/Gases/Helium/industry/led-compound-semiconductor.aspx?itemId=18B0617441744DFF91B529B51784C6CD" target="_blank"&gt;fiber optics&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/products/Gases/Helium/industry/silicon-semiconductors.aspx?itemId=EC15E8E99A6E4A4A81E7F993C97584A5" target="_blank"&gt;semiconductor manufacturing&lt;/a&gt;; metallurgy; breathing atmospheres for deep diving or unique blood gas medical mixtures; analytical chemistry; pressurizing and purging pipes, vessels, and other critical equipment; leak detection; and other advanced applications.&lt;br /&gt;
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About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;rsquo; 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&amp;rsquo;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 &lt;a href="www.airproducts.com" target="_self"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{3B51680E-D637-4E6F-A672-734D8D1E21CC}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/08/0819-air-products-holds-grand-opening-at-doe-canyon-helium-plant-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司科罗拉多州氦气工厂盛大开业</title><description>&lt;p&gt;空气产品公司 (Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)，作为全球领先的氦气生产商，今天在其位于科罗拉多州新的Doe峡谷氦气工厂举行了盛大的开业典礼。该设施是全球唯一一座从以二氧化碳为主的气源中制取氦气的工厂，所生产的氦气将进一步丰富空气产品公司的供应链，以确保为客户提供可靠、稳定的氦气供应。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司董事长、总裁兼首席执行官Seifi Ghasemi在开业典礼上表示：&amp;ldquo;今天，我们共同庆祝这一前所未有的成就：我们将从自然生成的二氧化碳气源中提取氦气这一重要的气体分子。我要感谢这里的金德摩根公司(Kinder Morgan)为我们提供二氧化碳气源，与我们进行合作。这一项目进一步稳固了空气产品公司业已取得的行业领先地位，并确保我们继续提升过去几十年中在氦气市场已确立的领导地位。&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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目前，美国生产的氦气主要来源于美国土地管理局的储备系统。然而，该系统的储备正逐步减少并终将耗尽。同时，全球对于氦气的需求很可能还将继续上升，亟需新的氦气来源。空气产品公司位于科罗拉多州的新工厂将对纯化的氦气进行现场液化，再交付给客户。该工厂的氦气年产量预计可达2.3亿标准立方英尺，相当于在当前美国土地管理局系统储备不断下降的情况下，超过该系统15%的氦气供应量。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司工业气体部执行副总裁兼总经理Corning Painter指出：&amp;ldquo;人们经常会讲&amp;lsquo;跳出思维定式&amp;rsquo;，这就是一个实例。这不仅仅是一座新的液态氦气厂，我们使用了前沿的技术来提取和生产氦气，让它们不白白流失。我们已经采取了一系列的行动致力于成为全球客户最可靠的氦气供应商，Doe峡谷氦气工厂的投产正是其中的一项。&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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当前，全世界的氦气大部分都是作为天然气（甲烷）开采的副产品而获得的。然而，并不是所有的天然气田都含有氦气，事实上大部分天然气田所含的氦气浓度并不足以支持经济型制取。在这个项目中，二氧化碳是天然气的主要成分，其氦气浓度高，可实现经济型生产。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司该科罗拉多州的工厂将采用新的技术工艺从二氧化碳气源中生产纯氦气。金德摩根公司运营着Doe峡谷的设施，将二氧化碳气源供应至西德克萨斯州的Permian盆地，用于提高石油采收率。空气产品公司将从气源中提取氦气，并将利用后的二氧化碳归还金德摩根公司，以继续用于其石油开采项目。&lt;br /&gt;
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氦气常用于很多独特且具有高价值的应用中，包括：核磁共振成像、高空科研气球的升空、小型飞艇和欢庆气球、光导纤维和半导体生产、冶金、深潜用的呼吸气氛或独特的血气医疗混合气、分析化学、管道、容器及其它重要设备的加压和吹扫、泄漏检测，以及其它先进的应用。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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。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：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt;。&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;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2014年9月30日结束。&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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联系人：刘彦妤 &lt;br /&gt;
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邮件：&lt;a href="mailto:yumi.liu@ebacomms.com"&gt;yumi.liu@ebacomms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{8A408CEB-3DB5-4843-82B1-14DE8C1FE99A}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/07/0707-air-products-highlights-reliability-and-efficiency-of-medical-oxygen-supply-systems-at-ashe.aspx</link><title>Air Products Highlights Reliability and Efficiency of Its Medical Oxygen Supply Systems at ASHE Conference and Exhibition</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) will highlight the reliability and efficiency of its medical oxygen supply systems&amp;mdash;including high efficiency systems that reduce oxygen loss and systems for emergency oxygen supply&amp;mdash;at the 52nd ASHE Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition in Boston, Mass., from July 12-15. &lt;br&gt;
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ASHE attendees are invited to stop by Air Products booth 913 to learn how the company can help reduce their oxygen usage by as much as 30 percent, change out their gas storage tank with no service interruption, and provide solutions that can help them meet the needs of their patients&amp;mdash;quickly, effectively, and safely. &lt;br&gt;
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Air Products offers High Efficiency Supply Systems for liquid oxygen that can reduce the loss of normally vented oxygen by as much as 30 percent. Using patent-pending technology, these systems first pull oxygen in the form of a gas, rather than a liquid, to eliminate a rise in the tank&amp;rsquo;s pressure, thereby reducing the product loss by venting that would otherwise result. Depending on volume requirements, Air Products&amp;rsquo; High Efficiency Supply Systems can work with many medical or industrial gases applications that employ batch/intermittent usage or start-and-stop consumption. &lt;br&gt;
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Air Products also offers reassurance to customers with its emergency supply systems, which can provide an instantaneous supply of oxygen for a variety of unexpected situations, such as an oxygen line failure, an unforeseen disaster, or unusual spikes in demand. The company&amp;rsquo;s oxygen supply systems are supported by Air Products&amp;rsquo; proprietary software and remote TELALERT&amp;reg; telemetry system, which helps facilitate forecasting and scheduling product deliveries. The company also provides a number of additional services, such as testing, repairs, preventative maintenance, gas audits, engineering, and turnkey installations. &lt;br&gt;
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As a leading supplier of medical gases in North America since 1947, Air Products provides a variety of safe and reliable delivery options to match each customer&amp;rsquo;s requirements. For small-volume users, Air Products offers its &lt;a href="/products/Gases/supply-options/microbulk-solutions.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;CryoEase&amp;reg; microbulk solutions&lt;/a&gt;, which eliminate the hassle of cylinder handling and change-out. For large-volume customers, the company provides traditional bulk liquid and gas supply. For more information, call 800-654-4567, email &lt;a href="mailto:gigmrktg@airproducts.com"&gt;gigmrktg@airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;, or visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/hospitals"&gt;www.airproducts.com/hospitals&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br&gt;
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About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&amp;rsquo; 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&amp;rsquo;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 &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{5C5D07D1-1519-4A49-BB93-E580338383A2}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/06/0605-carburos-metalicos-conmemora-los-25-anos-de-su-planta-en-sant-celoni.aspx</link><title>Carburos Metálicos conmemora los 25 años de su planta en Sant Celoni reforzando su competitividad</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;La planta es un centro de envasado de referencia para toda Europa dentro del grupo Air Products &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Se han presentado tambi&amp;eacute;n las nuevas medidas de seguridad de la planta que, con una inversi&amp;oacute;n de 2 millons de euros, la refuerzan ante eventuales emergencias de acuerdo con la importancia que la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a da a la seguridad &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="215" height="143" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Francesco Maione, Xavier Romero, jefe de la planta de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en Sant Celoni, y Felip Puig" align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-06-05-sant-celoni-25th-anniversary-1.jpg?la=en" /&gt;Este mediod&amp;iacute;a la planta de Sant Celoni de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, del grupo Air Products, ha conmemorado su 25 aniversario con un acto que ha contado con la participaci&amp;oacute;n del conseller d'Empresa i Ocupaci&amp;oacute; de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Felip Puig, los alcaldes en funciones de Sant Celoni, Joan Casta&amp;ntilde;o, y Gualba, Marc Uriach, y el director general de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, Francesco Maione, adem&amp;aacute;s de numerosos representantes de las empresas vecinas y directivos de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista. El acto ha servido tambi&amp;eacute;n para presentar las nuevas medidas de seguridad de la planta, en las que Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos ha invertido m&amp;aacute;s de 2 millones de euros. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img width="215" height="143" style="float: right; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Marc Uriach, Francesco Maione, Felip Puig, Joan Casta&amp;ntilde;o y Xavier Romero" align="right" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-06-05-sant-celoni-25th-anniversary-2.jpg?la=en" /&gt;Desde 1990 la planta de Sant Celoni de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos se dedica al envasado de cloro y en 1997 ampli&amp;oacute; su actividad con el envasado y an&amp;aacute;lisis de mezcla de gases especiales y productos especializados, siendo un punto de distribuci&amp;oacute;n de referencia de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a para toda Europa. Concretamente, Sant Celoni es la &amp;uacute;nica planta europea del grupo Air Products en la que se envasa cloro, producto que se utiliza principalmente en la potabilizaci&amp;oacute;n del agua de boca, por ejemplo, del &amp;aacute;rea metropolitana de Barcelona. Tambi&amp;eacute;n es la planta del grupo Air Products que envasa en exclusiva para toda Europa el Noxap, un gas medicinal que contiene &amp;oacute;xido n&amp;iacute;trico y que act&amp;uacute;a como vasodilatador pulmonar selectivo cuando se inhala. &lt;br /&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y Air Products ocupan en Espa&amp;ntilde;a posiciones de liderazgo en los sectores de actividad propios de la planta de Sant Celoni, tanto en el mercado de los gases especiales como en el del envasado de cloro. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Nuevas medidas de seguridad&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Durante el acto de celebraci&amp;oacute;n del 25 aniversario de la planta de Sant Celoni, se han presentado las nuevas medidas de seguridad en las que la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ha invertido m&amp;aacute;s de 2 millones de euros. Las mejoras est&amp;aacute;n centradas en reforzar la seguridad de la planta a todos los niveles y de manera transversal, consolidando los sistemas de alerta y automatizando el procedimiento en caso de emergencia, en l&amp;iacute;nea con el compromiso con la seguridad de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a. &lt;br /&gt;
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Francesco Maione, director general de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, ha destacado que el refuerzo de las medidas de seguridad del centro guarda coherencia con el lema de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a: &amp;lsquo;La seguridad es lo primero&amp;rsquo;. Adem&amp;aacute;s, ha se&amp;ntilde;alado que la inversi&amp;oacute;n realizada coincide con los 25 a&amp;ntilde;os de la planta y materializa el compromiso de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y Air Products con el entorno local a largo plazo, a la vez que permite ofrecer un mejor servicio a sus clientes. Seg&amp;uacute;n Maione, "todo ello, sumado al peso que tiene la planta para el grupo Air Products en Europa, consolida Sant Celoni como un centro altamente competitivo&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;
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En concreto, y en coherencia con la filosofia de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, las mejoras implementadas consisten en la instalaci&amp;oacute;n de nuevos sistemas de detecci&amp;oacute;n de fugas, alarmas o fallos del proceso los cuales han sido automatizados as&amp;iacute; como una actualizaci&amp;oacute;n del dise&amp;ntilde;o de las torres de absorci&amp;oacute;n de cloro cuya configuraci&amp;oacute;n en serie dificulta, adem&amp;aacute;s, una posible fuga. &lt;br /&gt;
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Todos los sistemas han sido integrados en un DCS (Distributed Control System) que permite que la planta pase autom&amp;aacute;ticamente a un estado de seguridad en caso de incidencias. Se han habilitado tambi&amp;eacute;n dos salas de confinamiento (en la sala de control de cloro y en la sala de reuniones de oficinas), con una capacidad total para 30 personas, y se ha creado una sala de comunicaci&amp;oacute;n en el edificio de oficinas, independiente de los sistemas de planta, con una estaci&amp;oacute;n de control y gesti&amp;oacute;n de emergencias sobre la planta. &lt;br /&gt;
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Estas medidas se suman a las ya existentes y su implementaci&amp;oacute;n guarda plena coherencia con la importancia que el grupo Air Products da al hecho de que todas las operaciones se desarrollen con las m&amp;aacute;ximas garant&amp;iacute;as. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, 25 a&amp;ntilde;os en Sant Celoni&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Tras 25 a&amp;ntilde;os, la planta de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en Sant Celoni es un referente industrial en la zona. Para la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, Sant Celoni es una de sus plantas de referencia. "Aqu&amp;iacute; contamos con un equipo humano altamente cualificado y comprometido con el proyecto y tambi&amp;eacute;n con la buena predisposici&amp;oacute;n que nos han brindado tanto la administraci&amp;oacute;n p&amp;uacute;blica como los vecinos de las poblaciones colindantes", ha explicado Maione. &lt;br /&gt;
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Por su parte, el conseller Felip Puig ha agradecido el esfuerzo de todo el equipo humano de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y la confianza que el grupo Air Products ha depositado, con esta nueva inversi&amp;oacute;n en seguridad, en la zona de Sant Celoni, "para perpetuar su presencia aqu&amp;iacute;. La actividad de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos permite ubicar a Catalu&amp;ntilde;a en el mapa industrial del mundo ", ha destacado. &lt;br /&gt;
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Por otra parte, el alcalde de Sant Celoni, Joan Casta&amp;ntilde;o, ha subrayado que "la actividad de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos contribuye al progreso y al respeto al medio ambiente" mientras que el alcalde de Gualba, Marc Uriach, ha agradecido "el esfuerzo humano y econ&amp;oacute;mico de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a para realizar las inversiones necesarias que garantizan la seguridad de sus instalaciones ". &lt;br /&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a comprometida con el desarrollo de la industria y las comunidades donde se encuentran sus instalaciones. Por ello, a lo largo de este cuarto de siglo, la planta de Sant Celoni ha desarrollado una relaci&amp;oacute;n continua con los municipios vecinos de Sant Celoni y Gualba, colaborando con la comunidad en diferentes acciones. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con 118 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, es l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y un referente en el sector qu&amp;iacute;mico en temas de seguridad, innovaci&amp;oacute;n y sostenibilidad. &lt;br /&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad diaria de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1200 toneladas de gas licuado (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona) que dan servicio a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre el grupo Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a de gases industriales. Durante cerca de 75 a&amp;ntilde;os, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ha suministrado gases atmosf&amp;eacute;ricos, manufacturados y especializados, as&amp;iacute; como equipamiento a mercados de manufacturas como metales, alimentos y bebidas, refinos, petroqu&amp;iacute;micos y gas natural licuado. Los materiales y la tecnolog&amp;iacute;a de Air Products se emplea en diferentes sectores como semiconductores, poliuretanos, recubrimientos y adhesivos. M&amp;aacute;s de 20.000 trabajadores en 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses trabajan para convertir a Air Products en la mejor compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a de gases industriales del mundo gracias a una oferta sostenible y a un excelente servicio al cliente. En el a&amp;ntilde;o fiscal 2014, Air Products obtuvo unos ingresos de 10.400 millones de d&amp;oacute;lares y alcanz&amp;oacute; el puesto 276 en la lista anual de 500 compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;as p&amp;uacute;blicas de la revista Fortune. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;M&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:pilar.urreta@manifestacom.com"&gt;Pilar Urreta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Manifesta Comunicaci&amp;oacute;n Corporativa&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
Tel. 93 342 51 59 &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{D74543F8-6BEC-4D8A-96A5-BC89515D3FD0}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/03/0302-air-products-announces-north-american-price-increase-for-liquid-argon-oxygen-nitrogen.aspx</link><title>Air Products Announces North American Price Increase for Liquid Argon, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Monthly Service Charges</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Effective March 15, 2015, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/Company/news-center/2015/03/0302-air-products-announces-north-american-price-increase-for-liquid-argon-oxygen-nitrogen.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) will increase product pricing and monthly service charges for merchant industrial gas customers in North America. The pricing adjustments include increases of: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 20% for liquid&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/products/Gases/Argon.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;argon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 12% for liquid&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/products/Gases/Oxygen.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;oxygen&lt;/a&gt; and liquid&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/products/Gases/Nitrogen.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;nitrogen&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 10% on monthly service charges &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some price adjustments may be outside of these ranges based on other specific situations. &lt;br /&gt;
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The price adjustments are in response to increased costs to reliably supply Air Products&amp;rsquo; customers&amp;rsquo; growing demand for industrial gases. In addition to higher operating costs for both production and delivery of industrial gas products, Air Products has also experienced increased costs for bulk tanks due to higher metal prices. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{8D6C751A-3F66-4196-9E28-B6D0F1A89EF3}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/10/1023-air-products-se-qualifie-en-ligue-1-et-signe-son-premier-contrat-pro.aspx</link><title>Football de haut niveau: Air Products se qualifie en ligue 1 et signe son premier contrat pro</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Le 16 mars dernier, le groupe Air Products signait un protocole avec un club de football de premi&amp;egrave;re division pour permettre &amp;agrave; ses joueurs professionnels de tester les effets de la cryoth&amp;eacute;rapie corps entier (CCE) indirecte. Apr&amp;egrave;s en avoir constat&amp;eacute; les b&amp;eacute;n&amp;eacute;fices, le club a d&amp;eacute;cid&amp;eacute; de remplacer la chambre mobile ayant servi aux essais par une chambre fixe d&amp;rsquo;une surface de 30m2 pour 2/3 joueurs. Elle a donc sign&amp;eacute; un nouveau contrat le 8 septembre 2014 avec Air Products et son partenaire Kriosystem qui a largement contribu&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; ce succ&amp;egrave;s en mettant tout en &amp;oelig;uvre pour r&amp;eacute;pondre aux sp&amp;eacute;cifications et aux demandes de son premier client fran&amp;ccedil;ais. Les associ&amp;eacute;s n&amp;rsquo;ont ainsi pas h&amp;eacute;sit&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; faire venir en urgence une unit&amp;eacute; mobile d&amp;rsquo;Angleterre pour quelques semaines, le temps de d&amp;eacute;marrer la construction de l&amp;rsquo;installation d&amp;eacute;finitive. Le pr&amp;eacute;parateur physique de l&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;quipe a ainsi pu commencer son travail de r&amp;eacute;cup&amp;eacute;ration avec les joueurs d&amp;egrave;s le 12 septembre. &lt;br /&gt;
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Valid&amp;eacute; par de nombreuses &amp;eacute;tudes scientifiques, le principe de la cryoth&amp;eacute;rapie est de cr&amp;eacute;er une vasoconstriction cutan&amp;eacute;e afin de limiter l&amp;rsquo;&amp;oelig;d&amp;egrave;me et l&amp;rsquo;irritation des tissus provoqu&amp;eacute;s par l&amp;rsquo;entra&amp;icirc;nement. &lt;br /&gt;
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Concr&amp;egrave;tement,la chambre de cryoth&amp;eacute;rapie indirecte d&amp;rsquo;Air Products est &amp;eacute;quip&amp;eacute;e d&amp;rsquo;une unit&amp;eacute; de refroidissement qui g&amp;eacute;n&amp;egrave;re un air froid (entre &amp;ndash; 60&amp;deg;C et &amp;ndash; 160&amp;deg;C). Equip&amp;eacute;(s) de la tenue ad&amp;eacute;quate (chaussons polaires, chaussettes montantes, short, gants, masque et bandeau pour prot&amp;eacute;ger les oreilles) et apr&amp;egrave;s un contr&amp;ocirc;le du pouls et de la tension, le(s) joueur(s) s&amp;eacute;journe(nt) quelques secondes dans une antichambre &amp;agrave; &amp;ndash;60&amp;deg;C puis 3 minutes maximum dans la chambre principale &amp;agrave; une temp&amp;eacute;rature inf&amp;eacute;rieure &amp;agrave; &amp;ndash;110&amp;deg;C, sans jamais entrer en contact avec l&amp;rsquo;azote (d&amp;rsquo;o&amp;ugrave; le nom de &amp;laquo; th&amp;eacute;rapie indirecte &amp;raquo; ). &lt;br /&gt;
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Durant les 6 semaines d&amp;rsquo;essais men&amp;eacute;es la saison derni&amp;egrave;re, le pr&amp;eacute;parateur physique de l&amp;rsquo;effectif professionnel et un professeur des Universit&amp;eacute;s /Instructor Physical de la FIFA ont pu constater les bienfaits de th&amp;eacute;rapie. L&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;quipe s&amp;rsquo;est d&amp;rsquo;ailleurs qualifi&amp;eacute;e en coupe Europa. Il &amp;eacute;tait donc logique de p&amp;eacute;renniser l&amp;rsquo;investissement. &lt;br /&gt;
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"Je suis fi&amp;egrave;re de cette signature qui marque officiellement notre entr&amp;eacute;e sur le territoire fran&amp;ccedil;ais apr&amp;egrave;s le d&amp;eacute;veloppement de cette technologie dans le Rugby en Angleterre, pr&amp;eacute;curseur d'une nouvelle &amp;egrave;re en Cryoth&amp;eacute;rapie indirecte &amp;agrave; l'azote" a comment&amp;eacute; Ann Callens, Food, Cryo &amp;amp; Water Segment Manager Europe. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;emsp; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;A propos d'Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE : APD) fournit des gaz de l'air, des gaz de proc&amp;eacute;d&amp;eacute;s et des gaz sp&amp;eacute;ciaux, ainsi que des technologies, des &amp;eacute;quipements et des mat&amp;eacute;riaux haute performance. Depuis plus de 70 ans, la soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; permet &amp;agrave; ses clients d'augmenter la productivit&amp;eacute;, l'efficacit&amp;eacute; &amp;eacute;nerg&amp;eacute;tique et la durabilit&amp;eacute;. Reconnue comme l'une des soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute;s les plus innovantes par Thomson Reuters et le magazine Forbes, la soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; Air Products compte 21 000 employ&amp;eacute;s r&amp;eacute;partis dans plus de 50 pays. Ils proposent des solutions d'approvisionnement efficaces d&amp;eacute;di&amp;eacute;es &amp;agrave; l'&amp;eacute;nergie, &amp;agrave; l'environnement et &amp;agrave; des march&amp;eacute;s &amp;eacute;mergents, tels que les mat&amp;eacute;riaux semi-conducteurs, l'hydrog&amp;egrave;ne de raffinerie, la gaz&amp;eacute;ification du charbon, la liqu&amp;eacute;faction du gaz naturel, ainsi que les rev&amp;ecirc;tements et adh&amp;eacute;sifs issus de technologies de pointe. Au cours de l'exercice 2013, les ventes d'Air Products ont atteint 10,2 milliards de dollars. Pour plus de renseignements, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.fr"&gt;www.airproducts.fr&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;REMARQUE : ce communiqu&amp;eacute; peut comporter des &amp;laquo; &amp;eacute;nonc&amp;eacute;s prospectifs &amp;raquo; mentionn&amp;eacute;s au sens des dispositions refuge du Private Securities Litigation Reform Act de 1995. Ces &amp;eacute;nonc&amp;eacute;s prospectifs sont bas&amp;eacute;s sur les attentes et les hypoth&amp;egrave;ses raisonnables de la direction quant &amp;agrave; d'importants facteurs de risque au moment de la publication.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{DE56226D-4E9E-4E12-9DB3-5A3AC5B6E355}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/09/0915-air-products-announces-north-american-price-increase-for-liquid-and-bulk-industiral-gases.aspx</link><title>Air Products Announces North American Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Industrial Gas Products</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Effective October 1, 2014, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: APD) will increase product pricing and monthly service charges for merchant customers in North America. The pricing adjustments include increases of: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 15% for liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, liquid and bulk hydrogen, helium and bulk carbon monoxide&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 20% for liquid carbon dioxide&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Up to 25% for liquid argon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some price adjustments may be outside of these ranges based on other specific situations. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The price adjustments are in response to several factors including supply and demand imbalances which drive-up production and product distribution costs, increases in operating expenses for natural gas and electrical power, plant maintenance, and employee labor and benefits. Additionally, Air Products continues to make significant investment in infrastructure, technologies, and productivity programs aimed at improving the reliability, safety, and cost efficiency of its operations. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{C360F51D-DDBF-4361-86E9-97817150BC98}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/07/0728-air-products-highlights-medical-oxygen-supply-systems-at-ashe-show.aspx</link><title>Air Products Highlights Its Medical Oxygen Supply Systems for Emergency Oxygen Supply and Reduced Oxygen Loss at ASHE</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/Company/news-center/2014/07/0728-air-products-highlights-medical-oxygen-supply-systems-at-ashe-show.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) understands that a reliable, uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen is vital to any healthcare facility. This understanding has driven the company to technical innovations that not only improve the efficiency of its oxygen supply systems, but also optimize gas use. Air Products will highlight these systems&amp;mdash;including systems for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/~/media/Files/PDF/industries/en-medical-emergency-supply.pdf?la=en" target="_blank"&gt;emergency oxygen supply&lt;/a&gt; and high efficiency systems that reduce oxygen loss&amp;mdash;from August 4-5 at the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.ashe.org/annual/" target="_blank"&gt;51st ASHE Annual Conference &amp;amp; Technical Exhibition&lt;/a&gt; in Chicago. &lt;br /&gt;
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ASHE attendees are invited to stop by Air Products&amp;rsquo; booth 812 to speak with a representative about the reassurance they can gain from having additional on-site oxygen storage with a minimum 24-hour emergency supply. The company&amp;rsquo;s emergency supply systems can provide an instantaneous supply of oxygen for a variety of unexpected situations, such as an oxygen line failure, an unforeseen disaster, or unusual spikes in demand. Air Products&amp;rsquo; oxygen supply systems are supported by the company&amp;rsquo;s proprietary software and remote TELALERT&amp;reg; telemetry system, which helps facilitate forecasting and scheduling product deliveries. The company also offers a number of additional services, such as testing, repairs, preventative maintenance, gas audits, engineering, and turnkey installations. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has also developed a new patent pending technology for its medical liquid oxygen supply systems that can reduce the loss of normally vented oxygen by as much as 30 percent. The company&amp;rsquo;s high efficiency supply system first pulls oxygen in the form of a gas, rather than a liquid, to eliminate a rise in the tank&amp;rsquo;s pressure, thereby reducing the product loss by venting that would otherwise result. Depending on volume requirements, Air Products&amp;rsquo; high efficiency supply systems can work with many medical or industrial gases applications that employ batch/intermittent usage or start-and-stop consumption. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been a leading supplier of medical gases in North America since 1947. The company provides a variety of safe and reliable delivery options to match each customer&amp;rsquo;s requirements. For small-volume users, Air Products offers its &lt;a href="/products/Gases/supply-options/microbulk-solutions.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;CryoEase&amp;reg; microbulk solutions&lt;/a&gt;, which eliminate the hassle of cylinder handling and change-out. For large-volume customers, the company provides traditional bulk liquid and gas supply. For more information, call 800-654-4567, email &lt;a href="mailto:gigmrktg@airproducts.com"&gt;gigmrktg@airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;, or visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/hospitals"&gt;www.airproducts.com/hospitals&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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 &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;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&amp;rsquo;s&amp;nbsp;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{098F147A-81FB-4067-B6D9-9431A5741B22}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/06/0611-air-products-and-matheson-helium-production-begins-in-wyoming.aspx</link><title>Air Products and MATHESON Helium Production Begins in Wyoming</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) and Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. (MATHESON), a member of the Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) group, today announced that production operations have begun with the filling and shipping of the first two 11,000 gallon helium ISO containers from their jointly-owned liquid&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/products/Gases/Helium.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;helium&lt;/a&gt; production plant near Big Piney, Wyoming. The plant is designed to produce 200 million standard cubic feet of helium per year initially, with expectations for future expansion to 400 million standard cubic feet per year. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img width="215" height="161" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Big Piney helium plant employees stand with the first two liquid helium containers that have been loaded at the new Air Products-MATHESON helium facility." align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-06-11-big-piney-helium-plant.jpg?la=en" /&gt;The Big Piney helium facility purifies and liquefies a helium feedgas stream that is supplied by Denbury Resources&amp;rsquo; Riley Ridge gas processing plant. The Denbury plant processes a raw gas stream produced from the LaBarge Field in Wyoming, one of the largest helium-rich gas fields in the United States. The LaBarge Field is believed to contain sufficient helium reserves to support production for decades. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;This plant is beginning production operations at a good time as both suppliers and manufacturing end-users of helium are still recovering from a global helium supply shortage. Big Piney alone won&amp;rsquo;t solve the supply issue, but it will help to provide additional helium at this critical time. Going forward, the Big Piney plant will further diversify our helium source portfolio in our efforts to reliably serve our customers,&amp;rdquo; said Walter Nelson, general manager - Worldwide Helium at Air Products. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has pioneered many of the helium extraction, production, distribution and storage technologies used in the industry today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/~/media/downloads/brochure/G/en-go-with-the-global-leader-in-helium-brochure.pdf?la=en" target="_blank"&gt;Air Products maintains the world&amp;rsquo;s largest helium production and distribution system&lt;/a&gt; and operates numerous facilities around the world. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Helium produced at the Big Piney plant will help to ensure long-term security of supply for MATHESON&amp;rsquo;s existing helium customers, and provides us with an exciting opportunity to expand our business. Big Piney&amp;rsquo;s location in southwest Wyoming, close to our existing supply from ExxonMobil, provides logistics synergies and promotes a stable, efficient and reliable supply chain to serve our customers located in the U.S. and abroad,&amp;rdquo; said John Bigham, vice president, Global Helium for MATHESON. &lt;br /&gt;
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MATHESON manages the global helium business of TNSC under the name MATHESON Global Helium. TNSC is the leading helium supplier in Japan, and is one of only five major industrial gas companies in the world with direct access to helium sources. &lt;br /&gt;
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Helium is used in many unique and valued applications including:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/industries/Medical/Hospitals/product-list/mri-magnet-cooling-and-filling-hospitals.aspx?itemId=CA1B1197655D452CA1184436482E5073" target="_blank"&gt;magnetic resonance imaging&lt;/a&gt; (MRI); lifting for high altitude scientific research balloons, blimps and &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/industries/Leisure-Recreation/Balloon-Inflation.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;party balloons&lt;/a&gt;; fiber optics and &lt;a href="/industries/Semiconductors.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release"&gt;semiconductor manufacturing&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="/industries/Metals.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;metallurgy&lt;/a&gt;; breathing atmospheres for deep diving or unique blood gas medical mixtures;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/industries/Analytical-Laboratories.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;analytical&lt;/a&gt; chemistry; pressurizing and purging pipes, vessels, and other critical equipment; leak detection; and other advanced applications. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;rsquo;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 &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;About Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. is a single source for industrial, medical, specialty and electronic gases, gas handling equipment, high performance purification systems, engineering and gas management services, and on-site gas generation with a mission to deliver innovative solutions for global customer requirements. Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. is the largest subsidiary of Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, one of the top five suppliers of industrial, specialty, and electronics gases in the world. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.mathesongas.com"&gt;www.mathesongas.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Media Inquiries: &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="mailto:jmolnar@mathesongas.com"&gt;John Molnar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tel: (908) 991-9317&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{13EBB502-2C73-47D5-9A2F-44384B3F1595}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/06/0603-air-products-signs-distributor-agreement-with-technogas-in-kuwait.aspx</link><title>Air Products Signs Distributor Agreement with TechnoGas in Kuwait</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Today Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced it has signed a distributor agreement with the Kuwaiti company TechnoGas. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been offering ultrahigh-purity gases (UHP), calibration mixtures, process chemicals and equipment to customers globally for over 40 years. By signing an agreement with TechnoGas, the company now has an important distribution network in Kuwait allowing it to expand its speciality gas and equipment activities in the State. &lt;br /&gt;
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Through the company&amp;rsquo;s tonnage business, Air Products has been doing business in the Middle East for more than 50 years, with offices in Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain. A provider of liquefied natural gas (LNG) cryogenic technology to Oman and the rest of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), Air Products has built, owned, and operated several air separation units and hydrogen production plants throughout the Middle East region. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products Middle East was formed in 1990 and is a 100% owned subsidiary of Air Products. It operates a helium and cylinder gas filling and distribution facility, as well as a specialty gases center in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, UAE and distributes its helium and its specialty gases to over 20 countries throughout the GCC and wider Middle Eastern region. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;This distribution agreement provides us with entry to the speciality gas and equipment market in Kuwait by working with a trusted local company in TechnoGas,&amp;rdquo; commented Simon Little, General Manager, Merchant Gases at Air Products (Middle East) FZE. &amp;ldquo;Air Products&amp;rsquo; business also compliments TechnoGas&amp;rsquo; existing portfolio of products perfectly.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Mr Adnan Al-Rashed commented on the agreement saying: &amp;ldquo;This Agreement is the result of strenuous efforts and intensive communication and has been carefully evaluated between us and Air Products. The importance of this agreement comes from the regulation and supervision of the distribution of high-quality specialty gases used for calibration purposes with all the required equipment such as control valves along with high-purity industrial gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Al-Rashed went on: &amp;ldquo;There are multiple uses of industrial gases such as in medical laboratories, universities, medical applications, oil and gas, science and agriculture&amp;rdquo;. Al-Rashed concluded: &amp;ldquo;This agreement comes during the third Oil and Gas Convention in Kuwait, where we are continuously seeking to achieve such agreements which supplement the industry and the national economy and add new services to the company which is always striving to expand and improve the service for our clients year after year&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDITOR&amp;rsquo;S NOTE:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;rsquo;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. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About TechnoGas&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Technology Industrial Gases Production Co. (TechnoGAS) is a Closed Kuwaiti Share Holding Company with a share capital of 7 Million KWD, established in Kuwait. TechnoGAS has its head office in Fahaheel and factory site at the Shuaiba Industrial Area, Kuwait. Shortly, TechnoGAS will be operating their Air Separation Unit at a production capacity of 120 tons/day. To understand the cylinder market, TechnoGAS had started the distribution of different kinds of industrial gases which is filled locally or abroad. To avail customer requirements of calibration cylinders, TechnoGAS have signed a Mutual Distributor Agreement with Air Products Middle East (Jebel Ali Group) to distribute High Purity and Specialty Gases for the Kuwaiti markets and for the Iraqi market in the near future. &lt;br /&gt;
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TechnoGAS aims to be one of the leading Industrial Gases Production Company in the region and to provide high quality of high purity and specialty gases by the signing of the Mutual Distributor Agreement with Air Products," commented Adnan Al-Rashed, Chairman of TechnoGAS. &lt;br /&gt;
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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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{6858A251-0CA7-4D5F-B3B3-709092503E5F}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/04/0428-la-division-generateurs-de-gaz-sur-site-dair-products-communique-via-linkedin.aspx</link><title>La Division Generateurs de Gaz sur Site d’Air Products Communique via LinkedIn</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Plus que jamais avide de partager ses connaissances et de dialoguer en temps r&amp;eacute;el avec ses clients et prospects, Air Products -leader de la production de gaz industriels sur site avec son offre PRISM&amp;reg; - a ouvert le 11 d&amp;eacute;cembre 2013 une &amp;laquo; Showcase &amp;raquo; page d&amp;eacute;di&amp;eacute;e &amp;agrave; cette activit&amp;eacute; sur LinkedIn. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img width="215" height="206" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="La division Generateurs de Gax sur site d'Air Products communique via LinkedIn " align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/20140428-gen-gas-linkedin-site.jpg?la=en" /&gt;Les r&amp;eacute;seaux sociaux font d&amp;eacute;sormais partie int&amp;eacute;grante du paysage m&amp;eacute;diatique et comptent parmi nos sources d&amp;rsquo;informations quotidiennes au m&amp;ecirc;me titre que les supports de presse traditionnels. Certaines plates-formes conviennent n&amp;eacute;anmoins mieux &amp;agrave; un dialogue entre professionnels. C&amp;rsquo;est le cas de LinkedIn, choisi de ce fait par Air Products qui souhaitait s&amp;rsquo;adresser &amp;agrave; un public qualifi&amp;eacute; et avide avant tout d&amp;rsquo;informations techniques. &lt;br /&gt;
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L&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;quipe Generated Gases du groupe publie donc d&amp;eacute;sormais chaque jeudi via sa page PRISM&amp;reg; On-site gas generation un post Hebdomadaire en anglais (et dans certains cas en Fran&amp;ccedil;ais) sur toutes sortes de sujets qu&amp;rsquo;elle juge pertinents pour ses &amp;laquo; followers &amp;raquo;: des t&amp;eacute;moignages clients, des articles sur les bonnes pratiques industrielles, (notamment en mati&amp;egrave;re de s&amp;eacute;curit&amp;eacute;) comme sur les tendances et &amp;eacute;volutions du march&amp;eacute;. &lt;br /&gt;
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En 4 mois, cette page a su trouver son audience. Elle compte plus de 360 abonn&amp;eacute;s &amp;agrave; ce jour et g&amp;eacute;n&amp;egrave;re pr&amp;egrave;s de 4000 impressions par jour. &lt;br /&gt;
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Pour d&amp;eacute;couvrir la page, rendez-vous sur :&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://linkd.in/1fpo21p" target="_blank"&gt;http://linkd.in/1fpo21p&lt;/a&gt; et cliquez sur &amp;lsquo;Follow&amp;rsquo; ou &amp;lsquo;Suivre&amp;rsquo;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A propos d'Air Products &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Air Products (NYSE : APD) fournit des gaz de l'air, des gaz de proc&amp;eacute;d&amp;eacute;s et des gaz sp&amp;eacute;ciaux, ainsi que des technologies, des &amp;eacute;quipements et des mat&amp;eacute;riaux haute performance. Depuis plus de 70 ans, la soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; permet &amp;agrave; ses clients d'augmenter la productivit&amp;eacute;, l'efficacit&amp;eacute; &amp;eacute;nerg&amp;eacute;tique et la durabilit&amp;eacute;. Reconnue comme l'une des soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute;s les plus innovantes par Thomson Reuters et le magazine Forbes, la soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; Air Products compte 21 000 employ&amp;eacute;s r&amp;eacute;partis dans plus de 50 pays. Ils proposent des solutions d'approvisionnement efficaces d&amp;eacute;di&amp;eacute;es &amp;agrave; l'&amp;eacute;nergie, &amp;agrave; l'environnement et &amp;agrave; des march&amp;eacute;s &amp;eacute;mergents, tels que les mat&amp;eacute;riaux semi-conducteurs, l'hydrog&amp;egrave;ne de raffinerie, la gaz&amp;eacute;ification du charbon, la liqu&amp;eacute;faction du gaz naturel, ainsi que les rev&amp;ecirc;tements et adh&amp;eacute;sifs issus de technologies de pointe. Au cours de l'exercice 2013, les ventes d'Air Products ont atteint 10,2 milliards de dollars. Pour plus de renseignements, rendez-vous sur &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.fr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.airproducts.fr&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;A propos des syst&amp;egrave;mes de production de gaz PRISM&amp;reg;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Leader de la production et de la purification des gaz, Air Products propose des syst&amp;egrave;mes de production de gaz PRISM&amp;reg; en s&amp;rsquo;appuyant sur des technologies perfectionn&amp;eacute;es et &amp;eacute;prouv&amp;eacute;es pour la fourniture d&amp;rsquo;oxyg&amp;egrave;ne, d&amp;rsquo;azote et d&amp;rsquo;hydrog&amp;egrave;ne. &lt;br /&gt;
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Les g&amp;eacute;n&amp;eacute;rateurs de gaz sur site PRISM&amp;reg; proposent les syst&amp;egrave;mes &amp;agrave; membrane, VSA, PSA, tout comme les installations cryog&amp;eacute;niques. C&amp;rsquo;est pourquoi, qu&amp;rsquo;un industriel ait besoin d&amp;rsquo;une puret&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; 95%, 99,5% ou 99,9995%, d&amp;rsquo;un d&amp;eacute;bit faible ou &amp;eacute;lev&amp;eacute;, d&amp;rsquo;oxyg&amp;egrave;ne, d&amp;rsquo;azote ou d&amp;rsquo;hydrog&amp;egrave;ne, Air Products dispose de la technologie et de l&amp;rsquo;expertise qui permettent de mettre en &amp;oelig;uvre le mode d&amp;rsquo;approvisionnement en gaz le plus fiable, le plus optimis&amp;eacute; et le plus &amp;eacute;conomique. &lt;br /&gt;
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Pour en savoir plus sur cette technologie, rendez-vous sur :&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.fr/~/media/Files/PDF/products/supply-options/gas-generation/fr-FR-prism-gas-generation-systems.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.airproducts.fr/~/media/Files/PDF/products/supply-options/gas-generation/fr-FR-prism-gas-generation-systems.pdf&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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REMARQUE : ce communiqu&amp;eacute; peut comporter des &amp;laquo; &amp;eacute;nonc&amp;eacute;s prospectifs &amp;raquo; mentionn&amp;eacute;s au sens des dispositions refuge du Private Securities Litigation Reform Act de 1995. Ces &amp;eacute;nonc&amp;eacute;s prospectifs sont bas&amp;eacute;s sur les attentes et les hypoth&amp;egrave;ses raisonnables de la direction quant &amp;agrave; d'importants facteurs de risque au moment de la publication. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{CCE2E224-E804-43F6-866D-0ADE7A08DBE2}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2013/10/1023-carburos-medica-participa-en-el-xxxi-congreso-de-ingenieria-hospitalaria.aspx</link><title>Carburos Médica participa en el XXXI Congreso de Ingeniería Hospitalaria</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Como en ediciones anteriores, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, primera empresa gasista en obtener el marcado CE en productos sanitarios, ha sido uno de los principales impulsores del congreso de referencia en el sector&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;La divisi&amp;oacute;n de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos (grupo Air Products), l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de los gases hospitalarios, ha aprovechado la ocasi&amp;oacute;n para dar a conocer su nueva campa&amp;ntilde;a de comunicaci&amp;oacute;n Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Presente en la mayor&amp;iacute;a de hospitales espa&amp;ntilde;oles como proveedor de gases para uso hospitalario, Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica ha colaborado un a&amp;ntilde;o m&amp;aacute;s con el Congreso de Ingenier&amp;iacute;a Hospitalaria, uno de los principales encuentros del sector, cuya reciente edici&amp;oacute;n se ha celebrado en Badajoz. &lt;br /&gt;
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Coincidiendo con su presencia en el congreso, Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica ha comunicado la obtenci&amp;oacute;n del marcado CE para productos sanitarios, convirti&amp;eacute;ndose as&amp;iacute; en la primera empresa gasista en conseguir esta certificaci&amp;oacute;n. El marcado CE, obtenido este a&amp;ntilde;o por la divisi&amp;oacute;n de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos (grupo Air Products), garantiza que los productos de Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica cumplen con los requisitos legales y t&amp;eacute;cnicos en materia de seguridad establecidos por la Uni&amp;oacute;n Europea. &lt;br /&gt;
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Asimismo, y como parte de su compromiso con el entorno y de su voluntad por contribuir de forma directa a mejorar la salud y la calidad de vida de las personas hospitalizadas, Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica ha dado a conocer, durante la XXXI edici&amp;oacute;n del congreso, la iniciativa Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n, que adem&amp;aacute;s fue presentada personalmente a Jos&amp;eacute; Antonio Monago, Presidente de la Junta de Extremadura, por Francesco Maione, director general de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, en su visita al stand de Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica. Desarrollada en colaboraci&amp;oacute;n con la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n Make-A-Wish&amp;reg; Spain, tiene como objetivo principal hacer realidad las ilusiones de los ni&amp;ntilde;os y adolescentes hospitalizados con enfermedades graves, siempre con la supervisi&amp;oacute;n del equipo m&amp;eacute;dico que les atiende. &lt;br /&gt;
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Esta iniciativa pone de relieve los principales valores de Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, como el compromiso y la superaci&amp;oacute;n, que forman parte de la filosof&amp;iacute;a de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a y son la base de su trabajo diario para fortalecer la confianza que los clientes han depositado en Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica a lo largo de sus m&amp;aacute;s de 65 a&amp;ntilde;os de experiencia en el sector hospitalario. &lt;br /&gt;
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Creada en 1947, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a proporciona instalaciones y gases medicinales a hospitales, centros quir&amp;uacute;rgicos, centros de cuidados prolongados, laboratorios de investigaci&amp;oacute;n y centros de resonancia magn&amp;eacute;tica. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 115 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 700 profesionales, una capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1000 toneladas de l&amp;iacute;quido cada d&amp;iacute;a (mtpd), 17 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza, 21 centros propios y un departamento de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (MATGAS), a trav&amp;eacute;s de una alianza estrat&amp;eacute;gica de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos con la Universidad Aut&amp;oacute;noma de Barcelona (UAB) y el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient&amp;iacute;ficas (CSIC). &lt;br /&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s, es la &amp;uacute;nica compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista que da cobertura a todo el territorio espa&amp;ntilde;ol, a trav&amp;eacute;s de una red de 160 distribuidores que aportan flexibilidad y cercan&amp;iacute;a y que le permiten servir a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. &lt;br /&gt;
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Desde 1995, pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, hecho que le a&amp;ntilde;ade el potencial y la visi&amp;oacute;n de un grupo global que cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos visite &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, marca de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos que presta sus servicios al sector hospitalario, cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 65 a&amp;ntilde;os de experiencia en el &amp;aacute;mbito sanitario y es l&amp;iacute;der nacional en gases medicinales. Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica es l&amp;iacute;der en el suministro de gases y servicios a hospitales. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ofrece una amplia gama de productos y servicios encaminados a satisfacer todas las necesidades relacionadas con la utilizaci&amp;oacute;n de gases en los centros hospitalarios. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n visite &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nosmuevelailusion.com"&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.nosmuevelailusion.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Burson-Marsteller &lt;br /&gt;
93.201.10.28 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:marta.gonzalez@bm.com"&gt;Marta Gonzalez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:gloria.almirall@bm.com"&gt;Gloria Almirall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{1F7B91B2-A3BE-4BF5-BD3A-4A36CBE4F5E1}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2013/10/1003-air-products-applauds-approval-of-helium-legislation.aspx</link><title>Air Products Applauds Approval of Helium Legislation</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:APD) today applauded President Barack Obama and members of both the United States Senate and House of Representatives for their work in successfully passing vital legislation needed for the continuation of the critical helium supply from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Federal Helium Reserve. The BLM reserve in Amarillo, Texas currently provides 30 percent of the world&amp;rsquo;s helium supply. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;While there currently exists a severe helium supply shortage that will unfortunately continue for some time, Congress&amp;rsquo; actions have averted a further supply crisis that would have been unprecedented,&amp;rdquo; said John Van Sloun, general manager Worldwide Helium at Air Products. &amp;ldquo;It is only appropriate that we recognize Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) of the Senate Energy &amp;amp; Natural Resources Committee and U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) of the House Natural Resources Committee for developing this pragmatic legislation.&amp;rdquo; Van Sloun added, &amp;ldquo;Air Products is especially grateful for the tireless efforts of U.S. Congressman Charlie Dent, who became a recognized leader on the helium issue in the House, and Pennsylvania Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey, both of whom were instrumental in the passing of the bill.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products, a global leader in helium production, while pleased with the BLM supply continuation, cautioned that the helium shortage still remains. &amp;ldquo;There will be no increase in the amount of helium molecules being produced by the BLM as a result of this legislation. The legislation maintains the status quo in terms of helium availability. However, we are just pleased that the legislation&amp;rsquo;s passing prevented a difficult supply situation from getting any worse,&amp;rdquo; said Walter Nelson, director of Helium Sourcing at Air Products. &lt;br /&gt;
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The continued supply from the BLM reserve also provides a bridge for new helium projects to be developed and brought onstream. One such project is Air Products&amp;rsquo; new, jointly-owned liquid helium production plant near Big Piney, Wyoming, which is scheduled to be onstream later this year. The facility will process natural gas from the Riley Ridge Field, one of the largest helium-rich natural gas fields in the United States. The Riley Ridge field is believed to contain sufficient helium reserves to support production for decades. Air Products also continues to take actions to improve future helium supply reliability for its customers by looking for other helium source opportunities to participate in as a buyer, an investor and an operator. &lt;br /&gt;
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Additionally, Air Products encourages all users of helium to review their operations for ways to conserve or recycle helium. &amp;ldquo;We have worked with several customers and will do so with others interested in looking for ways to conserve or reduce the amount of helium used in their operations. In fact, we consistently review our own use for ways to save,&amp;rdquo; said Van Sloun. In 2011 Air Products was presented an &amp;ldquo;Innovation for Growth&amp;rdquo; award from Royal Philips Electronics for its work together with Philips to significantly reduce the amount of helium used at Philips&amp;rsquo; Latham, New York manufacturing facility. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has pioneered many of the helium extraction, production, distribution and storage technologies used in the industry today. Air Products maintains the world&amp;rsquo;s largest helium production and distribution system and operates numerous facilities around the world. &lt;br /&gt;
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Helium is used in many unique and valued applications including: magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); lifting for high altitude scientific research balloons, blimps and party balloons; fiber optics and semi-conductor manufacturing; metallurgy; breathing atmospheres for deep diving or unique blood gas medical mixtures; analytical chemistry; pressurizing and purging pipes, vessels, and other critical equipment; leak detection; and other advanced applications. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;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 &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2012. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{4CBD07F2-639E-4236-A9BD-A9A91AB5FF91}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2013/09/0917-air-products-se-met-au-service-des-medecins-anesthesistes-et-reanimateurs.aspx</link><title>Air Products se met au service des médecins anesthésistes et réanimateurs </title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products - laboratoire pharmaceutique et l&amp;rsquo;un des 3 principaux fabricants et distributeurs en France de gaz &amp;agrave; usage m&amp;eacute;dical pour les &amp;eacute;tablissements de soins - participe cette ann&amp;eacute;e pour la premi&amp;egrave;re fois au Congr&amp;egrave;s de la SFAR - Soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; Fran&amp;ccedil;aise d&amp;rsquo;Anesth&amp;eacute;sie et de R&amp;eacute;animation - qui se tiendra du 18 au 21 septembre prochains &amp;agrave; Paris. Ce Congr&amp;egrave;s est l&amp;rsquo;occasion pour cet acteur d&amp;eacute;j&amp;agrave; souvent pr&amp;eacute;sent dans leur &amp;eacute;tablissement de pr&amp;eacute;senter plus sp&amp;eacute;cifiquement aux m&amp;eacute;decins anesth&amp;eacute;sistes et infirmiers des services de r&amp;eacute;animation sa solution pour th&amp;eacute;rapie au monoxyde d&amp;rsquo;azote &amp;ndash; le Noxap&amp;reg; -ainsi que son syst&amp;egrave;me intelligent d&amp;rsquo;administration, la NOxBOXi&amp;reg;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Le Noxap&amp;reg; (NO) est un gaz m&amp;eacute;dicinal r&amp;eacute;serv&amp;eacute; aux h&amp;ocirc;pitaux dont le principe actif est le monoxyde d&amp;rsquo;azote, un vasodilatateur pulmonaire s&amp;eacute;lectif. Air Products le propose dans deux dosages : 800 ppm ou 200 ppm mol/mol. La dispensation du produit est assur&amp;eacute;e par le syst&amp;egrave;me NOxBOXi&amp;reg;, un syst&amp;egrave;me universel et intelligent d&amp;rsquo;administration et de surveillance dans les th&amp;eacute;rapies au monoxyde d&amp;rsquo;azote qui a la particularit&amp;eacute; d&amp;rsquo;analyser tous les gaz (NO, NO2 et O2) et de monitorer en continu ou en synchronis&amp;eacute; les quantit&amp;eacute;s administr&amp;eacute;es au patient. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products est au service de la sant&amp;eacute; depuis plus de 60 ans. De nombreux &amp;eacute;tablissements de soins &amp;agrave; travers l&amp;rsquo;Europe lui font confiance pour leurs besoins en gaz m&amp;eacute;dicaux. Le Groupe est ainsi le premier fournisseur mondial d&amp;rsquo;h&amp;eacute;lium pour les IRMs. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Son offre compl&amp;egrave;te, couvre les gaz m&amp;eacute;dicaux, les dispositifs m&amp;eacute;dicaux, les syst&amp;egrave;mes de dispensation, les services associ&amp;eacute;s et les solutions de livraison sp&amp;eacute;cifiques. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
En mati&amp;egrave;re de gaz m&amp;eacute;dicaux, on peut ainsi citer, en sus du Noxap&amp;reg;, l&amp;rsquo;oxyg&amp;egrave;ne m&amp;eacute;dical, le protoxyde d&amp;rsquo;azote (N2O), l&amp;rsquo;Oxynox&amp;reg; 135 (ou Meopa : O2 50% N20 50 %) ainsi que les gaz pour exploration fonctionnelle respiratoire. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
L&amp;rsquo;offre en dispositifs m&amp;eacute;dicaux s&amp;rsquo;articule quant &amp;agrave; elle autour du dioxyde de carbone, de l&amp;rsquo;azote cryog&amp;eacute;nique, de l&amp;rsquo;argon 5.5, des m&amp;eacute;langes CO2/O2/N2 destin&amp;eacute;s au FIV, des gaz pour culture cellulaire et des gaz ophtalmiques. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products propose &amp;eacute;galement aux pharmaciens hospitaliers un syst&amp;egrave;me de t&amp;eacute;l&amp;eacute;m&amp;eacute;trie et une solution de suivi des bouteilles et dispositifs m&amp;eacute;dicaux (syst&amp;egrave;me de tra&amp;ccedil;abilit&amp;eacute; Medi.Track&amp;reg;) pour une meilleure gestion de leurs stocks de gaz m&amp;eacute;dicaux. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Enfin, la Division M&amp;eacute;dicale d&amp;rsquo;Air Products con&amp;ccedil;oit et installe des r&amp;eacute;seaux de fluides m&amp;eacute;dicaux et assure &amp;eacute;galement aux &amp;eacute;tablissements la r&amp;eacute;alisation compl&amp;egrave;te de leurs installations de distribution de gaz en bouteilles, cadres, et stockage liquide. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ce large portfolio de produits et services permet au groupe Air Products de r&amp;eacute;pondre aux besoins des praticiens des &amp;eacute;tablissements de sant&amp;eacute; avec fiabilit&amp;eacute; et en toute s&amp;eacute;curit&amp;eacute; pour le personnel comme pour les patients. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
C&amp;rsquo;est ce qui justifie quotidiennement sa devise: &amp;laquo; La vie est votre m&amp;eacute;tier. L&amp;rsquo;air est le n&amp;ocirc;tre &amp;raquo;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A propos d&amp;rsquo;Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products est un fournisseur de gaz de l&amp;rsquo;air, de gaz process et de gaz sp&amp;eacute;ciaux, de mat&amp;eacute;riaux de performances, d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;quipements et de solutions technologiques. Depuis plus de 70 ans, le Groupe permet &amp;agrave; ses clients d&amp;rsquo;&amp;ecirc;tre plus productifs, d&amp;rsquo;optimiser leur rendement &amp;eacute;nerg&amp;eacute;tique et d&amp;rsquo;&amp;ecirc;tre plus respectueux de l&amp;rsquo;environnement. Plus de 20 000 collaborateurs r&amp;eacute;partis dans une cinquantaine de pays offrent des solutions innovantes aux secteurs de l&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;nergie, de l&amp;rsquo;environnement et aux march&amp;eacute;s &amp;eacute;mergents, qu&amp;rsquo;il s&amp;rsquo;agisse de mat&amp;eacute;riaux semi-conducteurs, d&amp;rsquo;hydrog&amp;egrave;ne de raffinerie, de gaz&amp;eacute;ification du charbon, de liqu&amp;eacute;faction de gaz naturel ou d&amp;rsquo;adh&amp;eacute;sives et de peintures dernier cri. Au cours de l&amp;rsquo;ann&amp;eacute;e fiscale 2012, Air Products a r&amp;eacute;alis&amp;eacute; un CA de pr&amp;egrave;s de 10 milliards de dollars US. Pour plus d&amp;rsquo;informations, rendez-vous sur&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A propos du Congr&amp;egrave;s &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Le congr&amp;egrave;s national de la SFAR est la premi&amp;egrave;re manifestation fran&amp;ccedil;aise et francophone en Anesth&amp;eacute;sie et en R&amp;eacute;animation. Chaque ann&amp;eacute;e plus de 4 500 m&amp;eacute;decins et 1 500 infirmi&amp;egrave;res (Infirmi&amp;egrave;res-Anesth&amp;eacute;sistes, Infirmi&amp;egrave;res de R&amp;eacute;animation et d&amp;rsquo;Urgence) participent &amp;agrave; ce rendez-vous. Tous les jours, des symposiums sont organis&amp;eacute;s en partenariat avec les industriels permettant de pr&amp;eacute;senter de nouvelles mol&amp;eacute;cules, de nouvelles indications ou de nouveaux mat&amp;eacute;riels. Pour plus d&amp;rsquo;informations, rendez-vous sur&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfar.org"&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;www.sfar.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{95C5DD8A-E1DD-4270-A741-E3F5B5535D82}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2013/09/0916-air-products-announces-price-increase-for-liquid-and-bulk-industrial-gas-products.aspx</link><title>Air Products Announces North American Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Industrial Gas Products</title><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 0in;"&gt;Effective October 1, 2013, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: APD) will increase product pricing and monthly charges for merchant customers in North America. The pricing adjustments include increases of: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 0in;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;div style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 0in;"&gt;Up to 12% for liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, and liquid carbon dioxide. &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;div style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 0in;"&gt;Up to 20% for liquid argon, liquid and bulk hydrogen, and bulk carbon monoxide.&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;div style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 0in;"&gt;Liquid and bulk helium pricing adjustments will be determined on a contract by contract basis.&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 0in;"&gt;Some price adjustments may be outside of these ranges based on other specific situations. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 0in;"&gt;The revised prices are in response to various factors, including supply and demand imbalances, that are driving up production and delivery costs, and increases in operating expenses such as employee labor and benefits, natural gas and energy, and maintenance. Air Products continues to make significant investments in infrastructure, technologies, and productivity programs aimed at improving the reliability, safety, and cost efficiency of its operations. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{82A5FE2B-D5A2-4026-9423-E8E267B35EAB}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2013/07/0731-el-21-por-ciento-de-los-espanoles-cree-lo-que-lee-en-internet-sobre-salud.aspx</link><title>El 21% de los españoles cree lo que lee en Internet sobre salud</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Los internautas que m&amp;aacute;s conf&amp;iacute;an en Internet como fuente de informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre temas de salud son hombres y mayores de 30 a&amp;ntilde;os&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Los canarios, con un 27&amp;rsquo;5%, son los espa&amp;ntilde;oles que m&amp;aacute;s confianza tienen en Internet, frente al 13% de los vascos&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;El papel de ordenadores, tablets y smartphones es clave en nuestra sociedad actual ya que permiten acceder desde cualquier punto a la herramienta m&amp;aacute;s potente para buscar informaci&amp;oacute;n: Internet. En la red se puede encontrar informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre cualquier tema, y entre los m&amp;aacute;s consultados por los internautas espa&amp;ntilde;oles se encuentran aquellos aspectos relacionados con la salud. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Seg&amp;uacute;n estudios anteriores , tras m&amp;eacute;dicos y farmac&amp;eacute;uticos, Internet es la fuente de informaci&amp;oacute;n m&amp;aacute;s consultada por los espa&amp;ntilde;oles para informarse sobre enfermedades, medicamentos y otros temas de salud. Concretamente, y como muestra el estudio social realizado por Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, un 21% cree lo que lee en la red, siendo los canarios, con un 27&amp;rsquo;5%, quienes m&amp;aacute;s confianza tienen en Internet, frente al 13% de los vascos. &lt;br /&gt;
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Asimismo, a pesar de estar muy igualado, los hombres creen m&amp;aacute;s en los contenidos digitales que las mujeres, con un 24%. El estudio tambi&amp;eacute;n muestra que a medida que aumenta la edad de los internautas, la confianza de &amp;eacute;stos en Internet no var&amp;iacute;a significativamente. De este modo, mientras un 22% de los mayores de 30 a&amp;ntilde;os cree lo que lee en la red, un 21% de los mayores de 50 a&amp;ntilde;os deposita su confianza en los contenidos online. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
La confianza es fundamental en todos los aspectos de la vida y, consciente de esto, Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica ha querido saber en qui&amp;eacute;n conf&amp;iacute;an los espa&amp;ntilde;oles y en qu&amp;eacute; medida, realizando un estudio entre 1.700 personas. La investigaci&amp;oacute;n se enmarca en la campa&amp;ntilde;a de comunicaci&amp;oacute;n Y t&amp;uacute;&amp;hellip;&amp;iquest;en qui&amp;eacute;n conf&amp;iacute;as? de la marca, presente en todos los hospitales espa&amp;ntilde;oles, como proveedor del ox&amp;iacute;geno, el aire y el nitr&amp;oacute;geno medicinal que se utilizan en &amp;aacute;reas tan distintas como neumolog&amp;iacute;a, cirug&amp;iacute;a y anestesia, cardiolog&amp;iacute;a, medicina interna o emergencias. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 115 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 700 profesionales, una capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1000 toneladas de l&amp;iacute;quido cada d&amp;iacute;a (mtpd), 17 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza, 21 centros propios y un departamento de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (MATGAS), a trav&amp;eacute;s de una alianza estrat&amp;eacute;gica de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos con la Universidad Aut&amp;ograve;noma de Barcelona (UAB) y el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient&amp;iacute;ficas (CSIC). &lt;br /&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s, es la &amp;uacute;nica compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista que da cobertura a todo el territorio espa&amp;ntilde;ol, a trav&amp;eacute;s de una red de 160 distribuidores que aportan flexibilidad y cercan&amp;iacute;a y que le permiten servir a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, hecho que le a&amp;ntilde;ade el potencial y la visi&amp;oacute;n de un grupo global que cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. &lt;br /&gt;
Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos visite &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, marca de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos que presta sus servicios al sector hospitalario, cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 65 a&amp;ntilde;os de experiencia en el &amp;aacute;mbito sanitario y es l&amp;iacute;der nacional en gases medicinales. Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica es l&amp;iacute;der en el suministro de gases y servicios a hospitales. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ofrece una amplia gama de productos y servicios encaminados a satisfacer todas las necesidades relacionadas con la utilizaci&amp;oacute;n de gases en los centros hospitalarios. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n visite &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.enquienconfias.com"&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;www.enquienconfias.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:Bm.bcn@bm.com"&gt;Burson-Marsteller &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;Tel.: 93 201 10 28 &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{39DE9BEE-1AC9-4262-B87B-2CA72EFA3C27}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2013/06/0604-carburos-medica-presenta-los-primeros-resultados-paciente-y-finaliza-en-los-proveedores.aspx</link><title>Carburos Médica presenta los primeros resultados del estudio social “¿En quién confías?”, centrado en la cadena de confianza que empieza en el paciente y finaliza en los proveedores </title><description>&lt;p&gt;El 78'9% de los espa&amp;ntilde;oles considera que la confianza es clave en temas de salud &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Un 82&amp;rsquo;2% de las espa&amp;ntilde;olas da una mayor importancia a la confianza, frente al 75&amp;rsquo;6% de los espa&amp;ntilde;oles&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;El estudio se ha realizado en una muestra de 1.700 personas de toda Espa&amp;ntilde;a &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Confianza y salud van fuertemente vinculadas, y con el objetivo de conocer m&amp;aacute;s de cerca las claves que despiertan la confianza entre los espa&amp;ntilde;oles cuando se trata de temas de salud, Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica ha realizado el estudio social &amp;iquest;En qui&amp;eacute;n conf&amp;iacute;as?. Los primeros resultados presentados destacan que la confianza, entendida como la seguridad que generan en los pacientes los distintos elementos presentes en los centros hospitalarios, es clave en temas de salud para el 78&amp;rsquo;9% de los espa&amp;ntilde;oles. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Entre las 1.700 personas encuestadas, las mujeres son quienes dan una mayor importancia a la confianza, concretamente un 82&amp;rsquo;2% de las espa&amp;ntilde;olas, frente al 75&amp;rsquo;6% de los espa&amp;ntilde;oles. Asimismo, el estudio muestra que a medida que avanza la edad, la confianza en temas de salud adquiere un papel m&amp;aacute;s importante. De este modo, para el 76&amp;rsquo;7% de los menores de 31 a&amp;ntilde;os, la confianza es muy importante, frente al 82&amp;rsquo;5% de los mayores de 51 a&amp;ntilde;os. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A nivel auton&amp;oacute;mico, los canarios son los espa&amp;ntilde;oles que m&amp;aacute;s valoran la confianza en temas de salud, con un 84&amp;rsquo;3%, frente a los extreme&amp;ntilde;os, ya que s&amp;oacute;lo un 69&amp;rsquo;4% le da una mayor relevancia. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, la divisi&amp;oacute;n de gases hospitalarios de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos (grupo Air Products) est&amp;aacute; presente en todos los hospitales espa&amp;ntilde;oles, como proveedor del ox&amp;iacute;geno, el aire y el nitr&amp;oacute;geno medicinal que se utilizan en &amp;aacute;reas tan distintas como neumolog&amp;iacute;a, cirug&amp;iacute;a y anestesia, cardiolog&amp;iacute;a, medicina interna o emergencias. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
En palabras de Rom&amp;aacute;n Trias, responsable de marketing, &amp;ldquo;Nosotros creemos firmemente en la necesidad de definir una cadena de confianza fuerte donde, tanto m&amp;eacute;dicos como t&amp;eacute;cnicos y pacientes, conf&amp;iacute;en plenamente los unos en los otros. Sin este trabajo constante en equipo, la sociedad pierde la confianza&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica ha realizado este estudio en el marco de su campa&amp;ntilde;a de comunicaci&amp;oacute;n Y t&amp;uacute;&amp;hellip; &amp;iquest;en qui&amp;eacute;n conf&amp;iacute;as? centrada en la cadena de confianza que empieza en el paciente y llega hasta la empresa que suministra los gases medicinales y las instalaciones, como es Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 115 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 700 profesionales, una capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1000 toneladas de l&amp;iacute;quido cada d&amp;iacute;a (mtpd), 17 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza, 21 centros propios y un departamento de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (MATGAS), a trav&amp;eacute;s de una alianza estrat&amp;eacute;gica de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos con la Universidad Aut&amp;ograve;noma de Barcelona (UAB) y el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient&amp;iacute;ficas (CSIC). &lt;br /&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s, es la &amp;uacute;nica compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista que da cobertura a todo el territorio espa&amp;ntilde;ol, a trav&amp;eacute;s de una red de 160 distribuidores que aportan flexibilidad y cercan&amp;iacute;a y que le permiten servir a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. &lt;br /&gt;
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Desde 1995, pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, hecho que le a&amp;ntilde;ade el potencial y la visi&amp;oacute;n de un grupo global que cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos visite &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, marca de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos que presta sus servicios al sector hospitalario, cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 65 a&amp;ntilde;os de experiencia en el &amp;aacute;mbito sanitario y es l&amp;iacute;der nacional en gases medicinales. Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica es l&amp;iacute;der en el suministro de gases y servicios a hospitales. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ofrece una amplia gama de productos y servicios encaminados a satisfacer todas las necesidades relacionadas con la utilizaci&amp;oacute;n de gases en los centros hospitalarios. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n visite &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.enquienconfias.com"&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;www.enquienconfias.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Bm.bcn@bm.com"&gt;Burson-Marsteller &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tel.: 93 201 10 28 &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{11B377A4-F450-44EF-9AFD-9F8C56ABB141}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2013/04/0419-claves-de-la-proyeccion-termica-beneficios-y-soluciones-de-esta-tecnologia-para-la-industria.aspx</link><title>Claves de la proyección térmica: beneficios y soluciones de esta tecnología para la industria </title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y el Centro de Proyecci&amp;oacute;n T&amp;eacute;rmica organizan la 1&amp;ordf; Jornada sobre Aplicaciones de la Proyecci&amp;oacute;n T&amp;eacute;rmica en Ingenier&amp;iacute;a de superficies &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;El acto tuvo lugar en la Universidad de Barcelona y cont&amp;oacute; con la participaci&amp;oacute;n de expertos en las distintas materias relacionadas con esta aplicaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos (grupo Air Products) y el Centro de Proyecci&amp;oacute;n T&amp;eacute;rmica han organizado la 1&amp;ordf; Jornada sobre Proyecci&amp;oacute;n T&amp;eacute;rmica, celebrada en la Universidad de Barcelona. La iniciativa, dirigida especialmente a ingenieros, qu&amp;iacute;micos, empresarios y t&amp;eacute;cnicos, forma parte de la apuesta de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos por la colaboraci&amp;oacute;n p&amp;uacute;blico-privada como herramienta fundamental para avanzar en el campo de la I+D y sus aplicaciones. &lt;br /&gt;
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Con el objetivo de mostrar la potencialidad de la tecnolog&amp;iacute;a basada en la proyecci&amp;oacute;n t&amp;eacute;rmica, durante el encuentro de trabajo se presentaron distintos casos reales de soluciones ofrecidas a la industria de &amp;aacute;mbitos tan diferentes como el automovil&amp;iacute;stico, el aeron&amp;aacute;utico o el m&amp;eacute;dico, entre otros. En todos ellos, la proyecci&amp;oacute;n t&amp;eacute;rmica contribuye a la protecci&amp;oacute;n al desgaste y la corrosi&amp;oacute;n, al control del coeficiente de fricci&amp;oacute;n, la conductividad el&amp;eacute;ctrica y t&amp;eacute;rmica. Durante la jornada se ofreci&amp;oacute; informaci&amp;oacute;n detallada sobre la tecnolog&amp;iacute;a de proyecci&amp;oacute;n t&amp;eacute;rmica desde un punto de vista de fundamentos y operatividad, as&amp;iacute; como optimizaci&amp;oacute;n del proceso. La jornada se complet&amp;oacute; con distintas reuniones en diferentes grupos de trabajo donde se habl&amp;oacute; de casos pr&amp;aacute;cticos o implementaci&amp;oacute;n de esta tecnolog&amp;iacute;a en la industria. &lt;br /&gt;
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El sistema de proyecci&amp;oacute;n t&amp;eacute;rmica es una t&amp;eacute;cnica utilizada en la fabricaci&amp;oacute;n de componentes que consiste en proyectar peque&amp;ntilde;as part&amp;iacute;culas fundidas, semifundidas, calientes e incluso fr&amp;iacute;as, que se unen sucesivamente a una superficie. El objetivo es proveer de un tratamiento de superficie a las piezas que van a estar sometidas a condiciones extremas de rozamiento, desgaste, calor y/o esfuerzos mec&amp;aacute;nicos. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos se constituy&amp;oacute; en 1897. Desde entonces ha registrado un crecimiento constante que le ha llevado a liderar el sector de gases industriales y de uso medicinal en Espa&amp;ntilde;a. La empresa cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales, 17 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza, 21 centros propios, un departamento de I+D ubicado en MATGAS (www.matgas.org) y m&amp;aacute;s de 180 puntos de distribuci&amp;oacute;n y delegaciones repartidos por todo el territorio nacional. Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos forma parte del grupo Air Products desde 1995, que presta servicio a clientes en los mercados tecnol&amp;oacute;gico, energ&amp;eacute;tico, sanitario e industrial de todo el mundo, ofreciendo una oferta global de productos, servicios y soluciones en gases atmosf&amp;eacute;ricos, especiales y de proceso, as&amp;iacute; como materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Como empresa l&amp;iacute;der comprometida con la innovaci&amp;oacute;n, para Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, la I+D tiene un papel fundamental en el desarrollo de su actividad. Por este motivo, desde hace a&amp;ntilde;os la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a colabora con entidades y organismos de investigaci&amp;oacute;n, con el objetivo de trabajar conjuntamente en la investigaci&amp;oacute;n y desarrollo de distintos proyectos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos visite &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:Bm.bcn@bm.com"&gt;Burson-Marsteller &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Tel.: 93 201 10 28&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{207A3B55-1F8A-4FC5-92AC-3D36E498F032}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2013/04/0416-air-products-announces-price-increase-for-liquid-and-bulk-industrial-gas-products.aspx</link><title>Air Products Announces North American Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Industrial Gas Products</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Effective, May 1, 2013, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: APD) will increase product pricing and monthly charges for merchant customers in North America. The pricing adjustments include increases of up to 10% for liquid argon, liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, liquid and bulk hydrogen, bulk carbon monoxide, and liquid carbon dioxide. Some price adjustments may be outside of these ranges based on other specific situations. &lt;br /&gt;
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The revised prices are in response to various supply and demand product imbalances which have led to increased costs in nearly every aspect of producing and delivering industrial gases. Additionally, Air Products has been impacted by higher energy costs from utility companies and higher distribution costs. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2012. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{69EC1892-4703-4167-BF67-5246E0181D61}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2013/03/0327-air-products-cryoease-microbulk-solution-provides-worry-free-oxygen-supply-to-hospital.aspx</link><title>Air Products’ CryoEase&amp;reg; Microbulk Solutions Provide Worry-Free Oxygen Supply to North Carolina Specialty Hospital</title><description>&lt;p&gt;North Carolina Specialty Hospital&amp;rsquo;s (NCSH) plant manager is sleeping better at night knowing that Air Products&amp;rsquo; (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;)&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/products/Gases/supply-options/microbulk-solutions.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;CryoEase&amp;reg; microbulk solutions&lt;/a&gt; are delivering a reliable, uninterrupted supply of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/products/Gases/Oxygen.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;oxygen&lt;/a&gt; to his facility. NCSH, located in Durham, N.C., is one of many smaller volume gas users benefitting from the numerous advantages of microbulk supply over &lt;img width="150" height="158" style="margin: 6px; float: left;" alt="Air Prducts CryoEase&amp;reg; microbulk oxygen for medical applications" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2013/2013-03-27-medical-oxygen.jpg?la=en" /&gt;traditional cylinder or dewar supply. This supply option has proven so efficient and cost-effective that NCSH has again turned to Air Products to identify and provide the optimum gas supply option for its recently-opened Wound Healing &amp;amp; Hyperbaric Center, also located in Durham. &lt;br /&gt;
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NCSH performs approximately 1100 surgical procedures a month, using liquid oxygen in both its operating and recovery rooms. Prior to switching to microbulk oxygen supply, NCSH received its oxygen in dewars, which required the plant manager to monitor supply levels daily and change-out dewars three times a week. With Air Products&amp;rsquo; microbulk solutions, NCSH has eliminated the time and labor associated with dewar handling, as well as the supply interruption that occurs during dewar change-outs. In addition, Air Products has reduced NCSH&amp;rsquo;s risk of product runout by installing its&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/~/media/Files/PDF/products/liquid-bulk-how-telemetry-works-310-05-006-us1.pdf?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release&amp;la=en" target="_blank"&gt;Telalert&amp;reg; telemetry system&lt;/a&gt; to monitor the hospital&amp;rsquo;s gas consumption so that oxygen can be automatically delivered when inventory nears a predetermined reorder level. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;The changeover from dewars to the microbulk system was seamless; we were never without oxygen,&amp;rdquo; said Ron Roghelia, plant manager at North Carolina Specialty Hospital. &amp;ldquo;The people at Air Products really understand my business, and they understand that my time is valuable here. With microbulk supply, I never have to check oxygen supply levels, I never need to handle dewars, and I never need to make a phone call to reorder product.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Microbulk is a modern concept for smaller volume users where gas is supplied by filling on-site versus the traditional method of swapping full for empty cylinders and dewars. This supply option has eliminated both the significant product loss that NCSH experienced during dewar change-outs and the residual product at the bottom of the dewars that went unused and returned to the supplier. With Air Products&amp;rsquo; specially designed tank trucks&amp;mdash;which are smaller than traditional bulk tankers and able to access tighter delivery locations&amp;mdash;fitted with a special metering system, microbulk customers only pay for gas that is delivered and used. &lt;br /&gt;
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To learn more about Air Products&amp;rsquo; CryoEase microbulk solutions, available in various tank sizes, pressures, and configurations to meet each customer&amp;rsquo;s specific needs, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/microbulk"&gt;www.airproducts.com/microbulk&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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 &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{9BD806F5-4D10-45D6-8C2E-D5CE4CDD4599}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2012/10/1011-air-products-indura-to-open-new-liquid-plant-in-southern-chile.aspx</link><title>Air Products’ Indura to Open New Liquid Plant in Southern Chile </title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that Indura, its South American joint venture, has opened a new 84-ton-per-day industrial gas plant producing liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon in Puerto Varas, Chile. The new facility, which will include a cylinder filling system, will serve local industry including the burgeoning aquaculture market. &lt;br&gt;
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The new plant&amp;rsquo;s location in Puerto Varas, which is more than 1,000 miles south of Santiago, makes it the world&amp;rsquo;s southernmost industrial gas plant serving the merchant market. Besides aquaculture, the facility will also supply the metalworking, health and food industries. &lt;br&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;We are proud of the opening of this new facility as we continue to build our business in this exciting growth region,&amp;rdquo; said Mike Olivares, vice president and general manager of Merchant Gases, Latin America for Air Products. &lt;br&gt;
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Indura has annual sales of $478 million/CLP 244 billion. Its integrated gas and retail business includes liquid bulk, small on-sites and packaged gases. In July, Air Products purchased a majority stake in Indura. Air Products already has existing interests in Latin America, through its wholly-owned businesses in Brazil, Argentina and its joint venture, Grupo Infra, headquartered in Mexico. &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;
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 2011, Air Products had sales of approximately $10 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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&amp;rsquo;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&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2011. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{CB1D973E-A2B3-4FE1-BE09-EEF8B173C879}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2012/01/0125-air-products-au-congres-de-pneumologie-de-lyon.aspx</link><title>Air Products au Congrès de Pneumologie de Lyon </title><description>La Division médicale d’Air Products est au service des professionnels de la santé (en milieu hospitalier comme dans le secteur privé ou associatif) depuis plus de 20 ans en France. Son expertise technique en matière d’installations et son offre alliant sécurité et confort d’utilisation en font un partenaire de choix des prestataires en oxygénothérapie. C’est donc en toute logique qu’il participe au Congrès de Pneumologie organisé à Lyon du 27 au 29 janvier 2012*. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grâce à une maîtrise technique totale des installations gaz acquise en milieu industriel et à sa connaissance du milieu médical, la division médicale d’Air Products est en mesure d’offrir aux prestataires en oxygénothérapie à domicile une réponse sur mesure à leurs attentes. Son objectif : agir en véritable partenaire afin que ces derniers puissent se concentrer sur le service à apporter à leurs patients, en toute sécurité. Après l’analyse des besoins de l’entreprise, la définition du type d’approvisionnement adapté à son mode de fonctionnement comme à son niveau de consommation, et enfin la rédaction d’un cahier des charges, Air Products fournit à ses clients l’ensemble des documents administratifs nécessaires incluant un plan de masse, avant réalisation des installations et mise en place des nourrices. Air Products prend également en charge la formation du personnel. Son service de télésurveillance est ensuite là pour prévenir toute rupture d’approvisionnement. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products est présent aux côtés du prestataire chez le patient, via sa bouteille d’oxygène médical Evasion, mise au point pour faciliter la vie du personnel soignant comme le confort de l’utilisateur. Ultra-légère pour favoriser la mobilité du patient, cette bouteille en aluminium dispose également d’un système d’attache au lit rétractable avec manomètre actif bien visible. La bouteille Evasion allie simplicité d’utilisation et sécurité. Un revêtement polyuréthane transparent, spécifiquement mis au point par Air Products, a été apposé sur la bouteille,lui garantissant une protection optimale et une meilleure visibilité de son étiquetage. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La sécurité est d’ailleurs au cœur des préoccupations d’Air Products et, a fortiori, de sa division médicale. « La vie est votre métier, l’air est le nôtre » est sa devise. Concrètement, cela signifie que l’équipe médicale d’Air Products veille avec la plus grande vigilance à la stricte conformité de ses installations en gaz avec les normes sécurité les plus sévères, sans aucun compromis. C’est sans doute pour cela que plusieurs CHU aux 4 coins de la France et de nombreux clients dans le privé comme dans l’associatif lui font confiance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et parce qu’Air Products a toujours à cœur de mieux servir ses clients professionnels, et donc leurs patients, la société a investi et continue d’investir pour renforcer sa couverture géographique en France. C’est la raison pour laquelle elle a acquis l’entreprise familiale SAGA et sa filiale SAGA médicale en novembre 2010 consolidant sa présence dans les régions Centre et Sud-Ouest et qu’elle disposera d’une quatrième source d’oxygène médicale agréée d’ici l’été dans l’ouest de la France. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A propos d’Air Products &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Air Products (NYSE : APD) sert des clients dans l'industrie, l'énergie, la technologie et la santé à travers le monde entier grâce à un portefeuille unique de gaz de l'air, gaz de procédés et gaz spéciaux, de produits chimiques, d'équipements et de services. Fondé en 1940, Air Products a su prendre une place prépondérante sur des marchés clés comme les matériaux semi-conducteurs, l'hydrogène de raffinerie, les services de soins médicaux à domicile, la liquéfaction du gaz naturel ainsi que les revêtements et adhésifs issus de technologies de pointe. Le Groupe est reconnu pour sa culture de l'innovation, son excellence opérationnelle et son souci permanent de la sécurité et de l'environnement. Air Products a réalisé un CA mondial de 10,1 milliards de dollars pendant l'exercice fiscal 2011, est présent dans plus de 40 pays et emploie 18 900 personnes à travers le monde. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products est actif dans plus de 15 pays en Europe. En France, Air Products est issu de la fusion de Prodair et de l'Oxygène liquide en 1990. Aujourd'hui, Air Products est le 2e plus grand producteur de gaz industriels en France et détient 15 % de parts de marché. En France, Air Products dispose de nombreux dépôts et sites de production et sert sa clientèle par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau étendu d'agents et de son service Gas Taxi. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.fr/"&gt;www.airproducts.fr&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{E60CBF0F-7431-4EA2-9986-D536C257950F}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2012/01/0109-air-products-annonce-son-projet-de-cession-au-groupe-linde.aspx</link><title>Air Products annonce son projet de cession au Groupe Linde de ses activites de soins medicaux a domicile (Homecare) en Europe Continentale</title><description>Air Products (NYSE : APD) a annoncé la conclusion d’accords avec le groupe Linde portant sur le rachat de ses activités de soins médicaux à domicile (Homecare) en Europe continentale. Il s’agit pour Linde d'acquérir les activités Homecare de l'entreprise en Belgique, en Allemagne, au Portugal et en Espagne ainsi qu’en France. Les transactions sont assujetties aux procédures d'approbation réglementaire et de consultation des employés. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le prix d'achat total des activités de soins médicaux à domicile (Homecare) d'Air Products en Europe continentale sera de 590 MM €, sous réserve des conditions convenues lors de la signature du contrat. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les termes de ces accords couvrent la vente des services aux patients d’Air Products en oxygénothérapie, traitement de l’apnée du sommeil et thérapie par perfusion en Europe continentale. Ces activités concernent près de 260 000 patients au total, répartis dans les cinq pays cités précédemment et ont représenté un CA de 210 MM d’euros en 2011. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John McGlade, président et PDG de l'entreprise, a déclaré : « Pendant de nombreuses années, notre équipe européenne de soins médicaux à domicile (Homecare) a géré ces activités de façon très rentable et nous a permis de nous imposer comme leader dans divers domaines. Mais, de plus en plus, la tendance a consisté à privilégier les concentrateurs au détriment des bouteilles, tandis que les thérapies autres que l'oxygénothérapie connaissent une croissance accélérée en Europe continentale. Par conséquent, nous pensons que ces activités ne sont plus en accord avec nos activités principales dans le secteur des gaz.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Notre stratégie de croissance vise les marchés de l'énergie, de l'environnement et les marchés émergents, pour lesquels nous continuons de percevoir de nouvelles opportunités. Nous restons concentrés sur notre réussite dans ces domaines en continuant de favoriser la recherche et le développement, les technologies et les investisssement de capitaux chez Air Products. » &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;« Malgré la situation économique, la France reste l'une des plus grandes économies mondiales et un marché important à nos yeux », a commenté Graham Rhodes, vice-président régional Global Merchant Gases Strategy and Business Development (Stratégie internationale gaz industriels et Développement commercial). « Notre engagement est clair et cela a été démontré par l'acquisition l'année dernière d'une participation majoritaire dans l'entreprise française SAGA, qui a renforcé notre position dans les régions du centre et du sud-ouest du pays. » &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'entreprise évalue actuellement différentes options pour les intérêts qui lui restent dans le secteur des soins médicaux à domicile (Homecare) au Royaume-Uni et en Irlande, ainsi qu'en Argentine et au Brésil. Air Products continuera à diriger ces activités dans le cadre de son portefeuille , décidé à gagner de nouvelles parts de marché et à fournir des soins de qualité aux patients. De façon plus générale, les activités liées à la santé (Healthcare) continuent à offrir des opportunités rentables grâce à la fourniture de gaz industriels et de services associés aux hôpitaux et autres prestataires de soins. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A propos d’Air Products : &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Air Products (NYSE : APD) sert des clients dans l’industrie, l’énergie, la technologie et la santé à travers le monde entier grâce à un portefeuille unique de gaz de l’air, gaz de procédés et gaz spéciaux, de produits chimiques, d’équipements et de services. Fondé en 1940, Air Products a su prendre une place prépondérante sur des marchés clés comme les matériaux semi-conducteurs, l'hydrogène de raffinerie, les services de soins médicaux à domicile, la liquéfaction du gaz naturel ainsi que les revêtements et adhésifs issus de technologies de pointe. Le Groupe est reconnu pour sa culture de l’innovation, son excellence opérationnelle et son souci permanent de la sécurité et de l’environnement. Air Products a réalisé un CA mondial de 10,1 milliards de dollars pendant l'exercice fiscal 2011, est présent dans plus de 40 pays et emploie 18 900 personnes à travers le monde. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products est actif dans plus de 15 pays en Europe. En France, Air Products est issu de la fusion de Prodair et de l'Oxygène liquide en 1990. Aujourd'hui, Air Products est le 2e plus grand producteur de gaz industriels en France et détient 15 % de parts de marché. En France, Air Products dispose de nombreux dépôts et sites de production et sert sa clientèle par l'intermédiaire d'un réseau étendu d'agents et de son service Gas Taxi. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;/span&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{1E53ED08-6AFF-4873-9519-32580B88D216}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2012/01/0109-air-products-anuncia-sus-planes-de-venta-de-la-division-de-terapias-domiciliarias.aspx</link><title>Air Products anuncia sus planes de venta de la división de terapias domiciliarias en Europa Continental a Linde</title><description>La compañía Air Products ha anunciado hoy el establecimiento de un acuerdo con Linde (The Linde Group) para la compra de su negocio de terapias domiciliarias en Bélgica, Francia, Alemania, España y Portugal. Dicha transacción está sujeta, a día de hoy, a los requisitos de aprobación legislativa, así como a la consulta de los empleados. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;El precio total de la compra de la división de atención domiciliaria de Air Products asciende a 590 millones de euros, sujeto a los términos acordados tras la finalización de la transacción. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los acuerdos cubren tanto la venta de los servicios de terapias domiciliarias de Air Products (oxigenoterapia, terapia del sueño, aerosolterapia, etc.), como la de otros servicios de la compañía en los cinco países antes mencionados, que atienden a más de 260.000 pacientes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según apunta John McGlade, presidente y director general de Air Products, “durante muchos años, nuestro equipo europeo de terapias domiciliarias ha dirigido con éxito esta división y, además, ha conseguido que alcance posiciones de liderazgo. Pero la tendencia de este mercado hacia los concentradores y el rápido incremento en Europa de terapias respiratorias que no precisan gases, hace que creamos que este negocio tiene cada vez menos sinergias con nuestro negocio principal, centrado en los gases”. “Nuestra estrategia actual de crecimiento se basa en nuevas oportunidades en el campo de la energía, medio ambiente y mercados emergentes en los que vemos importantes oportunidades de desarrollo”. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Por su parte, Grahan Rhodes, vicepresidente regional de Desarrollo Empresarial y Estratégico de Global Merchant Gases, apunta que “España es y seguirá siendo un mercado importante para la Compañía. De hecho, el pasado noviembre se anunció una importante inversión en una nueva unidad de separación de gases del aire en Sagunto (Valencia) para abastecer la creciente demanda de nuestros clientes”. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“En el ámbito estratégico, en España están implantadas algunas de nuestras actividades principales, como son los laboratorios, básicos para el trabajo en I+D, o el Centro de Servicios Compartidos de Cornellá que, tras una inversión hace unos años de aproximadamente 8 millones de euros, ahora alberga las funciones corporativas administrativas, financieras y de asistencia al cliente, con servicio para 12 países en toda Europa”, continúa explicando Grahan Rhodes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tras este acuerdo, la empresa está valorando varias opciones relacionadas con el resto de sus áreas de negocio en el sector de las terapias domiciliarias en el Reino Unido e Irlanda, así como en Argentina y Brasil. Air Products seguirá contando con estas divisiones como parte de su cartera de servicios, compitiendo para ganar nuevas oportunidades de negocio y proporcionando una atención de calidad a los pacientes. Desde un punto de vista más amplio, el sector sanitario sigue proporcionando oportunidades ventajosas como el suministro de gases medicinales y servicios relacionados con hospitales y otros proveedores del sector médico. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Grupo Air Products &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Air Products (NYSE:APD) surte a los mercados industrial, energético, tecnológico y sanitario con una cartera única de gases atmosféricos, gases de proceso y especiales, materiales de alto rendimiento y equipos y servicios. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fundada en 1940, Air Products es líder en mercados clave como semiconductores, refinería de hidrógeno, servicios de asistencia sanitaria, licuefacción de gas natural y recubrimientos avanzados y adhesivos. La compañía es reconocida por su cultura innovadora, su excelencia operacional y su compromiso con la seguridad y el medioambiente. En el ejercicio de 2011, Air Products obtuvo unos ingresos de 10.100 millones de dólares, con actividades en más de 40 países y 18.900 empleados en todo el mundo. Más información en &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Para más información: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;BURSON-MARSTELLER &lt;br /&gt;Tel: 93.201.10.28 &lt;br /&gt;Izaskun Martínez: &lt;a href="mailto:izaskun.martinez@bm.com"&gt;izaskun.martinez@bm.com&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;Gloria Almirall: &lt;a href="mailto:gloria.almirall@bm.com"&gt;gloria.almirall@bm.com&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{15E945AC-B42B-4034-9F67-90CCEC7CF150}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2012/01/0109-air-products-de-venda-do-negocio-de-cuidados-domiciliarios-na-europa-continental-ao-grupo-linde.aspx</link><title>A Air Products anuncia plano de venda do negócio de Cuidados Domiciliários na Europa Continental ao grupo Linde </title><description>
		&lt;p&gt;A Air Products (NYSE: APD) anunciou hoje que chegou a acordo com o grupo Linde acerca da venda do negócio de Cuidados Domiciliários na Bélgica, França, Alemanha, Portugal e Espanha. As transações estão sujeitas a requisitos de aprovação legal e de consulta dos funcionários. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O preço total da aquisição do negócio de Cuidados Domiciliários na Europa Continental da Air Products será de € 590 MM (sujeito aos termos acordados aquando da sua conclusão). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O acordo inclui a venda dos serviços para pacientes de terapia com oxigénio, terapia do sono e terapia de infusão da Air Products na Europa Continental. Este negócio abrange cerca de 260 mil pacientes, num total de cinco países, onde obteve uma receita aproximada de € 210 MM no ano passado. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John McGlade, Chairman, President e CEO, comentou: “Ao longo dos anos, a nossa equipa de Cuidados Domiciliários na Europa Continental desenvolveu um negócio de sucesso, ajudando-nos a conseguir várias posições de liderança. No entanto, com as mais recentes tendências dos concentradores e terapias sem oxigénio, acreditamos que esta área já se afastou do nosso negócio central de gases.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A nossa estratégia de crescimento baseia-se nos mercados energéticos, ambientais e emergentes, onde continuarmos a detetar oportunidades de relevo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Portugal é e continuará a ser um mercado importante para nós. Temos instalações de produção e enchimento em Perafita e no Cacém, o que nos permite garantir uma posição de apoio ao nosso negócio de gases central e à nossa estratégia de crescimento”, comentou Graham Rhodes, vice-presidente regional de Global Merchant Gases Strategy e Business Development. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A empresa está a avaliar as diversas opções relativamente ao seu interesse nos negócios de Cuidados Domiciliários restantes, localizados no Reino Unido e Irlanda, Argentina e Brasil. A Air Products continuará a operar estes negócios como parte da sua carteira de produtos, competindo para ganhar novos negócios e proporcionar um serviço de qualidade de cuidado de pacientes. De uma forma geral, o negócio de Healthcare continua a oferecer oportunidades vantajosas através do fornecimento de Merchant Gases e de serviços relacionados com hospitais e outros prestadores de cuidados. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;Nota: &lt;br /&gt;Este comunicado pode conter declarações prospetivas no âmbito das disposições contidas na Lei de Reforma de Litígio de Títulos Privados de 1995. Estas declarações prospetivas são baseadas em razoáveis expectativas da administração nesta data, atendendo aos importantes fatores de risco. O atual desempenho e os resultados financeiros podem diferir materialmente as projeções e estimativas expressas nas declarações prospetivas devido aos muitos fatores não previstos pela administração, incluindo os fatores de risco descritos no formulário 10K da empresa relativo ao ano fiscal encerrado em setembro de 2011. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Notas para os Editores: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acerca da Air Products &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;A Air Products (NYSE:APD) trabalha com clientes nos mercados industrial, energético, tecnológico e de cuidados de saúde em todo o mundo, oferecendo uma carteira exclusiva de gases atmosféricos, gases de processamento e especialidade, materiais de desempenho, equipamentos e serviços. Fundada em 1940, a Air Products conquistou lugares de destaque em mercados de crescimento chave, como os materiais semicondutores, as refinarias de hidrogénio, os cuidados de saúde ao domicílio, a liquefação de gás natural e os revestimentos e adesivos avançados. A empresa é conhecida pela sua cultura de inovação, excelência operacional e compromisso com a segurança e o ambiente. No ano fiscal de 2011, a Air Products registou receitas no valor de 10,1 mil milhões de dólares, com operações em mais de 40 países e 18 900 colaboradores em todo o mundo. Para mais informações, visite &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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      &lt;strong&gt;Para mais informações poderá contactar:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Renato Póvoas&lt;br /&gt;Tel:  (+351) 21 844 63 91) &lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:rpovoas@guesswhatpr.com"&gt;rpovoas@guesswhatpr.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{E4E05978-E49F-41F5-BDAC-739A35C70681}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2012/01/0109-air-products-kondigt-aan-om-haar-homecare-activiteiten-in-continentaal-europa-te-verkopen-aan.aspx</link><title>Air Products kondigt aan om haar Homecare activiteiten in continentaal Europa te verkopen aan de Linde Group</title><description>Air Products (NYSE:APD) kondigt vandaag aan dat het met de Linde Group een overeenkomst heeft bereikt om haar Homecare activiteiten in België, Duitsland, Frankrijk, Portugal en Spanje aan deze groep te verkopen. De transacties moeten goedgekeurd worden door de regelgevende instanties en vereisen ook nog het nodige werknemersoverleg. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De totale verkoopprijs van de Homecare activiteiten van Air Products op het Europese vasteland bedraagt €590 miljoen. Die som kan schommelen naargelang de voorwaarden bij de afronding. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De overeenkomsten hebben betrekking op de verkoop van Air Products’ zuurstoftherapie, slaaptherapie en infuustherapie voor medische thuishulp in continentaal Europa. Deze activiteit bedient een 260.000 patiënten verspreid over de vijf landen en was goed voor een omzet van ongeveer €210 miljoen in 2011. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voorzitter en CEO, John McGlade verklaart: “Ons Homecare team op het Europese vasteland is al jarenlang succesvol bezig en heeft ons geholpen om verschillende leidersposities uit te bouwen. Door de recente trend om meer gebruik te maken van zuurstofconcentratoren en therapieën die geen zuurstof gebruiken, vinden we dat Homecare activiteiten niet meer natuurlijk aansluiten bij onze kernactiviteit: gassen. Onze groeistrategie steunt op de energie-, de milieu- en de opkomende markten waarin we prachtige kansen blijven zien. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het bedrijf evalueert verschillende opties met betrekking tot zijn resterende Homecare belangen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Ierland, Argentinië en Brazilië. Air Products zal deze bedrijfsactiviteiten blijven uitvoeren als onderdeel van haar portfolio. Het doel blijft daarbij om nieuwe zaken te winnen en blijvend kwalitatieve patiëntenzorg af te leveren. Meer in het algemeen wil Air Products Healthcare rendabele kansen blijven bieden aan ziekenhuizen en andere zorgverstrekkers met de aanlevering van gassen en gerelateerde diensten. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Over Air Products &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Air Products (www.airproducts.com) levert stikstof, zuurstof en argon, procesgassen, zoals waterstof en koolmonoxide, specialiteitsgassen en performance chemicals voor de sectoren technologie, (petro)chemie, energie, medisch en industrieel. Air Products staat wereldwijd bekend om haar innovatieve cultuur, de operationele vakkundigheid en de verantwoordelijkheid voor veiligheid en milieu. De jaaromzet bedroeg in het boekjaar 2011 meer dan 10,1 miljard dollar. Bij Air Products werken wereldwijd ruim 18.900 medewerkers verdeeld over 40 landen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOOT: Dit bericht kan zogenaamde ‘toekomstgerichte verklaringen’ bevatten als bedoeld in de Amerikaanse Private Securities Litigation Reform Act uit 1995. Deze toekomstgerichte verklaringen zijn gebaseerd op de redelijke verwachtingen en veronderstellingen van het management op datum van dit bericht met betrekking tot belangrijke risicofactoren. De werkelijke prestaties en financiële resultaten kunnen materieel verschillen van de voorspellingen en schattingen die worden weergegeven in de toekomstgerichte verklaringen, omdat een of meerdere factoren mogelijks niet werden geanticipeerd door het management. Deze factoren bevatten onder meer de risicofactoren die zijn beschreven in het Document 10K van de onderneming voor het fiscale jaar dat op 30 september 2011 werd beëindigd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perscontact: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Hans Karperien&lt;br /&gt;Tel.: +32 (0)2 627 06 00&lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:hans@insticom.be"&gt;hans@insticom.be&lt;/a&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{C56713BE-9414-4204-818F-481C8EFACCF1}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2012/01/0109-air-products-plant-homecare-geschaft-in-kontinental-europa-an-die-linde-group-zu-veraubern.aspx</link><title>Air Products plant, Homecare-Geschäft in Kontinentaleuropa an die Linde Group zu veräußern</title><description>
		&lt;p&gt;Der US-amerikanische Industriegasehersteller Air Products hat sich mit der Linde Group auf den Verkauf des Homecare-Geschäfts in Kontinentaleuropa geeinigt. Bestandteil der Einigung ist der Verkauf des Homecare-Geschäfts in Belgien, Frankreich, Deutschland, Portugal und Spanien an Linde. Die Transaktionen unterliegen gesetzlichen Genehmigungen und Anforderungen an Mitarbeitergespräche. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Der Kaufpreis für das Homecare-Geschäft von Air Products in Kontinentaleuropa beträgt 590 Mio. Euro, je nach vereinbarten Bedingungen bei Geschäftsabschluss. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die Einigung umfasst den Verkauf von Services für die patientenorientierte Sauerstoff-, Schlaf- und Infusionstherapie in Kontinentaleuropa. Der Geschäftsbereich versorgt in den fünf genannten Ländern einen Patientenbestand von ca. 260.000 Patienten und erzielte im Jahr 2011 einen Umsatz von rund 210 Mio. Euro. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John McGlade, Chairman, President und CEO von Air Products, zu den Hintergründen des Verkaufs: „Unser kontinentaleuropäisches Homecare-Team hat viele Jahre lang erfolgreich gewirtschaftet und uns damit Führungspositionen im Markt verschafft. Der Trend hat sich jedoch in jüngster Zeit weg von Flaschengasen und hin zu der Versorgung durch Konzentratoren sowie zu nicht Sauerstoff basierten Therapien entwickelt. Diese Entwicklungen passen nicht mehr zu unserem Kerngeschäft mit Gasen. Unsere Wachstumsstrategie liegt auf den Energie-, Umwelt- und aufstrebenden Märkten, in denen wir deutliche Entwicklungschancen sehen.“ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;„Deutschland ist ein wichtiger Markt für uns. So versorgen wir beispielsweise die Brennstoffzellen-U-Boote der deutschen Marine mit Wasserstoff. Strategisch wichtig ist zudem, dass sich in Deutschland auch unser Performance Material Polyurethane Technology Centre für Europa und den Nahen Osten befindet, in dem wir kürzlich ein Investment-Programm für den weiteren Ausbau unserer Test- und Support-Möglichkeiten abgeschlossen haben, “ erklärt Graham Rhodes, Regional Vice President Global Merchant Gases Strategy und Business Development bei Air Products. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products prüft derzeit verschiedene Möglichkeiten hinsichtlich des verbliebenen Homecare-Geschäfts in Großbritannien, Irland, Argentinien und Brasilien. Das Unternhemen führt diese Geschäftsbereiche als Teil des Unternehmensportfolios fort, um zusätzliche Marktanteile zu gewinnen und eine qualitativ hochwertige Patientenversorgung zu gewährleisten. Der übergreifende Bereich „Healthcare“ bietet für Air Products mit Großabnehmern medizinischer Gase und den zugehörigen Services für Krankenhäuser und andere Pflegeanbieter weiterhin profitable Möglichkeiten. &lt;/p&gt;
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        &lt;strong&gt;Über Air Products &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Air Products (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.) bietet seinen Kunden in Industrie, Energiewirtschaft und Gesundheit ein weltweit einzigartiges Portfolio von Industrie-, Prozess- und Spezialgasen, Hochleistungsmaterialien sowie Anlagen und Dienstleistungen. Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 1940 hat sich Air Products eine führende Stellung in bedeutenden Wachstumsmärkten wie der Halbleiterindustrie, der Wasserstofferzeugung, der Erdgasverflüssigung und des Gesundheitswesens sowie moderner Schicht- und Klebstoffe erarbeitet. Im Mittelpunkt der Unternehmenskultur stehen Innovation, effiziente Prozesse und ein umfassendes Sicherheits- und Umweltbewusstsein. Air Products erzielte im Geschäftsjahr 2011 einen Umsatz von mehr als 10.1 Milliarden US-Dollar und beschäftigte in mehr als 40 Ländern 18.900 Mitarbeiter. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.de/"&gt;www.airproducts.de&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/span&gt;
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      &lt;strong&gt;Pressekontakt: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Alexander Hirsch &lt;br /&gt;Script Corporate+Public Communication &lt;br /&gt;Feuerbachstr. 26-32 &lt;br /&gt;60325 Frankfurt am Main &lt;br /&gt;Tel.: +49 69 92020 - 875 &lt;br /&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:a.hirsch@script-com.de"&gt;a.hirsch@script-com.de&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{F4FCBE42-0A54-4FA4-BA71-FB874379CACC}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2012/01/0109-air-products-to-divest-homecare-business-in-continental-europe-to-the-linde-group.aspx</link><title>Air Products Announces Plan to Divest Homecare Business in Continental Europe to The Linde Group</title><description>Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it has reached agreements for The Linde Group to purchase its Homecare business in Belgium, Germany, France, Portugal and Spain. The transactions are subject to regulatory approval and employee consultation requirements. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The total purchase price for Air Products’ Continental Europe Homecare business will be €590 MM, subject to terms agreed upon completion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The agreements cover the sale of Air Products’ patient-based oxygen-therapy, sleep-therapy and infusion-therapy services in Continental Europe. This business serves a total patient base around 260,000 in all five countries and had revenue of approximately €210 MM last year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chairman, President and CEO John McGlade said, “Over many years, our Continental European Homecare team has run a successful business, helping us to build several leadership positions. With the more recent trends towards concentrators and non-oxygen therapies, we feel it is no longer a natural fit with our core gases business. Our growth strategy lies in the energy, environmental and emerging markets in which we continue to see significant opportunities.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The company is assessing several options in regards to its remaining Homecare interests in the UK, Ireland, Argentina and Brazil. Air Products will continue to operate these businesses as part of its portfolio, competing to win new business and providing quality patient care. More broadly, Healthcare continues to offer profitable opportunities through the supply of merchant gases and related services to hospitals and other care providers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products 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 2011, Air Products had revenues of $10.1 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,900 employees around the globe. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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.&lt;/span&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{8AC17EB3-20E2-4D31-A968-6D31222F1424}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/12/1215-air-products-announces-north-america-price-increase-for-liquid-and-bulk-helium-gases.aspx</link><title>Air Products Announces North America Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Helium Gases</title><description>Effective January 1, 2012, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: APD) will be implementing a price increase for liquid and bulk helium gases in North America. Specific adjustments are being communicated directly to customers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The price increase is the result of several factors. The global helium market continues to experience severe shortages in the supply needed to meet the world’s growing demand. The industry-wide shortage has made it increasingly difficult to maintain Air Products’ global system for meeting customer requirements, and unfortunately this situation is expected to continue well into the future. Air Products has incurred increased costs to operate in this manner, as its worldwide helium team is managing this difficult situation on a daily basis in order to maintain uninterruptible supply to customers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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. &lt;/span&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{6759CED5-705D-4538-885F-4549BE4A18C6}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/11/1114-air-products-healthcare-souligne-le-lien-entre-diabete-et-apnee-du-sommeil.aspx</link><title>Air Products Healthcare souligne le lien entre diabète et apnée du sommeil </title><description>A l'occasion de la Journée Mondiale du Diabète1 et du prochain Congrès du Sommeil2, Air Products Healthcare met à disposition du grand public, via les professionnels de santé, un nouveau titre dans la collection des Carnets du Sommeil de l'INSV (Institut National du Sommeil et de la Vigilance) : « Sommeil &amp;amp; Diabète ». Ce livret de 16 pages explique dans un langage simple la pathologie, ses symptômes, ses liens avec le sommeil et les solutions existantes, le tout complété par des conseils pratiques pour améliorer la qualité de vie du patient. En supplément, un agenda du sommeil permet au lecteur de préparer sa première consultation avec un spécialiste. Ce carnet est accompagné d'une affiche « Troubles du Sommeil – Attention Diabète » pour sensibiliser les patients sur ce sujet. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En s'associant à la publication de ce N°8 des Carnets du Sommeil, Air Products Healthcare, Spécialiste dans la prise en charge des patients sous insulinothérapie par pompe et traités pour le syndrome d'apnée du sommeil, a pour objectif de mettre en avant le lien qui peut exister entre le diabète et l'altération de la qualité du sommeil. La filiale médicale du Groupe Air Products montre ainsi une fois de plus sa volonté à établir des relations fondées sur le dialogue et le partenariat avec les médecins et tous les professionnels de santé afin de mieux servir le patient et lui assurer une meilleure qualité de vie. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est avec ce même objectif qu'Air Products Healthcare a conçu en 2010 le Programme Adhérence APMedicalDirect&amp;reg;, un système innovant de suivi en ligne des patients pris en charge pour l'apnée du sommeil, l'oxygénothérapie et la ventilation, afin d' améliorer leur observance aux traitements ainsi que la qualité des soins. Aujourd'hui, plus de 350 000 personnes à travers l'Europe peuvent ainsi compter sur le service et les équipes pluridisciplinaires d'Air Products Healthcare qui met le patient au cœur de son métier. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;La journée mondiale du Diabète &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Organisée par la Fédération Internationale du Diabète (FID) et soutenue par l’OMS, c’est la plus importante campagne mondiale de sensibilisation au diabète. Lancée en 1991 en réponse à l’escalade de l’incidence du diabète dans le monde, elle rassemble tous les 14 novembre (jour anniversaire de Frederick Banting, premier à avoir développé la théorie à l’origine de la découverte de l’insuline en 1922) des millions de personnes dont les leaders d’opinion, les professionnels et prestataires de soins de santé, les médias, les malades et le grand public. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.journee-mondiale.com/42/14_novembre-diabete.htm"&gt;www.journee-mondiale.com/42/14_novembre-diabete.htm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Le Congrès du sommeil &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Organisé par La Société Française de Recherche et Médecine du Sommeil et la Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française, le Congrès du Sommeil est un lieu d’échanges et de rencontres entre professionnels de la santé, chercheurs, décideurs publics, associations de patients, prestataires de soins à domicile, industriels et fournisseurs de matériels, qui rassemble chaque années plus de 2 000 participants. Le prochain Congrès du sommeil aura lieu du 24 au 26 novembre 2011 à Strasbourg. Air Products Healthcare y participera et vous donne rendez-vous sur le stand N°52 Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.lecongresdusommeil.com/"&gt;www.lecongresdusommeil.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A propos d’Air Products Healthcare &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;A l'écoute et au service du patient et des professionnels de santé, Air Products Healthcare – filiale médicale du groupe Air Products – fournit des services d'oxygénothérapie, pression positive continue, ventilation assistée, aérosolthérapie, aspiration trachéale, perfusion, nutrition et insulinothérapie par pompe à plus de 20 000 patients en France et 350 000 patients en Europe suivant ses traitements et soignés à domicile. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.fr/homecare"&gt;www.airproducts.fr/homecare&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{88CF889A-C232-4190-8CDC-F68E8AB240BC}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/10/1025-big-supplies-medical-oxygen-to-help-patients-in-flood-areas.aspx</link><title>BIG Supports O2 Medical Grade to Help Patients in Flood Areas </title><description>Management of Bangkok Industrial Gas Co., Ltd. or BIG led by Senior Executive Director Chaiwat Niyomkarn (5th from right), recently teamed up to Ayudhya province to present 70 cylinders of oxygen medical grade to the Center of Flood Relief in Ayudhya to help patients get stuck there. The support will continue until the flood situation is eased. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This inundated is the worst of its kind as there are many victims waiting for helps. Stocks of oxygen are critical as the delivery was very difficult and some gas operations are closed. BIG has contacted the Public Health Ministry to offer the help. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first delivery has departed to Ayudhya in the morning of 17 October 2011 together with dried foods, rice, drinking water, and other essential items have been donated from BIG employees. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For more information please contact: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Bangkok Industrial Gas Co., Ltd. &lt;br /&gt;Ms. Jintana Prasertkarnchana &lt;br /&gt;Tel. 0-2685-8566 / Fax. 0-2685-6790 / &lt;br /&gt;Email : &lt;a href="mailto:jintanak@bigth.com"&gt;jintanak@bigth.com&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{A260BB31-503C-4B06-BE46-2F121DFF6AD6}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/09/0929-air-products-secures-25-percent-stake-in-gases-businesses-of-abdullah-hashim-group-uk.aspx</link><title>Air Products Secures 25% Stake in Gases Businesses of Abdullah Hashim Group</title><description>
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    &lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has agreed to acquire a 25 percent stake in the gases and equipment businesses of Abdullah Hashim Industrial Gases &amp;amp; Equipment Co. Ltd. (AHG), a company of the privately-owned Abdullah Hashim Group, based in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary local closing conditions. Financial terms are not being disclosed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AHG is the largest private industrial gases company in Saudi Arabia. It is comprised of three businesses, including industrial gases, equipment, and consumables and refrigerants. AHG has three main production locations in Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh, plus distribution centers at key locations across The Kingdom. AHG also has a purchase agreement with National Industrial Gases Company (NIGC) at Jubail and Yanbu for liquid products. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“AHG is a long-established, respected and financially strong business, run by an experienced leadership team,” said Howard Castle-Smith, Air Products’ vice president and general manager, Tonnage Gases, Europe and Middle East. “Merchant gases growth in The Kingdom is high, and margins are strong, making it an attractive investment. It’s also a significant new platform from which to pursue tonnage gases opportunities in The Middle East.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products and AHG have a long-standing relationship and currently operate two joint ventures. One is an on-site facility supplying oxygen and nitrogen for Shadeed Iron &amp;amp; Steel’s production plant in the Sohar Industrial Port of Oman. The other plant supplies nitrogen and hydrogen to Emirates Float Glass in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“We see Air Products as the ideal partner to expand our business across The Middle East,” said Khalid Hashim, AHG’s managing director. “Our relative strengths – AHG in the supply of merchant gases and Air Products in large scale tonnage plants – make us stronger together. Of course, Air Products is a leader in merchant gases in many other parts of the world, and I expect us to benefit from their capability in new technologies and product innovation that we will offer to our customers and prospects.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abdullah Hashim Group was founded in 1955 and is owned and operated by the Hashim family. The industrial gases business is a combination of liquid/bulk, pipeline products and a range of packaged gases products. AHG has a particularly strong presence in refining, primary metals markets, medical, food and aviation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products built the first ever air separation unit (ASU) in the Middle East in the 1950s and has 40 years of operating experience in the region. The company has been working with the petrochemical and refinery industries for decades, building, owning and operating ASUs and hydrogen production plants. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products designed and built two of the world’s largest ASUs for Qatar Oryx GTL at its site in Ras Laffan. Air Products also owns an operating facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in the United Arab Emirates. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the Abdullah Hashim Group &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Abdullah Hashim Group, a family-owned Saudi company, has been in business for more than half a century. Turnover exceeds USD 450MM, and employs around 1,800 people. The group’s activities are in three main areas – the import and distribution of automotive vehicles, agricultural and industrial equipment, including the agency for Honda cars and motorcycles in Saudi Arabia; the distribution of welding equipment and related supplies; and the manufacture and distribution of a wide range of industrial and medical gases from three main production locations and seven distribution centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abdullah Hashim Gases offers project engineering infrastructure, including project design and installation, as well as extensive regional operation support and back-up liquid gases distribution. For more information, visit www.ahg.com.sa. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{33E9EE43-60E9-487F-8112-F6DD28AE0015}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/09/0915-air-products-increases-prices-for-liquid-and-bulk-industrial-gas-products.aspx</link><title>Air Products Announces North American Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Industrial Gas Products</title><description>Effective, October 1, 2011, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: APD) will increase product pricing and monthly service charges for merchant customers in North America. The pricing adjustments include increases of: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;– 5 to 10% for liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, liquid argon, liquid and bulk hydrogen; and; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;– 3 to 5% for monthly service charges. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some price adjustments may be outside of these ranges based on other specific situations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The revised prices will offset higher operating costs and increased input costs. Air Products is taking aggressive actions internally to mitigate rising costs by reinvesting to improve efficiencies and maintain reliable supply. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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. &lt;/span&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{45C40E2F-B986-4EBE-8998-D0BB51EC7FCD}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/08/0815-air-products-increases-prices-for-liquid-and-bulk-helium-gases-in-north-america.aspx</link><title>Air Products Announces North America Price Increase for Liquid and Bulk Helium Gases</title><description>Effective September 1, 2011, or as contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: APD) will be implementing a price increase of 15 percent for liquid and bulk helium gases in North America. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The pricing adjustment is the result of several factors including the continued strong demand over the past year for helium and significant reductions in supply. The helium market has been tight across the globe with product allocations implemented by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and with many other global helium sources producing below capacity. Additionally, new helium sources located primarily outside of the U.S. are extremely expensive, wholesale prices for crude and processed liquid helium have increased, and costs have escalated for power and diesel. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products’ worldwide helium team is managing this difficult situation on a daily basis so that it can continue to bring uninterruptible supply to customers. It is expected that demand will exceed supply for the next two to three years, thus creating ongoing shortages in the market. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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. &lt;/span&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{36C8481D-5772-4E85-8C20-33909D4D6237}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/07/0707-air-products-wins-royal-philips-electronics-supplier-award.aspx</link><title>Air Products Wins Royal Philips Electronics Supplier Award</title><description>
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&lt;div&gt;Air Products (NYSE: APD), the world’s largest producer and supplier of liquid and gaseous helium, announced today it won the “Innovation for Growth 2010” award in Royal Philips Electronics Supplier Awards program. Air Products received the award for its work together with Philips to significantly reduce the amount of helium used at Philips’ Latham, New York manufacturing facility. The award was presented by Philips at a recent event held in Andover, Massachusetts. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Customer service is essential in today’s globally competitive market and we are very proud to have our dedicated efforts in this essential area recognized by Philips,” said John Van Sloun, general manager, Worldwide Helium at Air Products. “We worked closely with Philips in restructuring a segment of its operations to reduce their overall usage of helium. The result benefits Philips from an operations and cost standpoint, and we retain a satisfied customer.” Van Sloun added that the reduced sales of helium to Philips will be used to grow Air Products' helium business beyond magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to supply the increasing demand for the product in several other product markets. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At Latham, Air Products and Philips are making further investments into the MRI manufacturing process by constructing new equipment that will enhance the helium recovery and recycle processes within the factory. The project is scheduled to be completed during the summer of 2012, and once operational the new equipment will significantly reduce the amount of helium purchased by Philips. Air Products had previously worked with Philips at its facility in Best, Holland to install a similar system. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In selecting the winner, Philips noted that its judges were convinced that Air Products deserved the Innovation Award. Philips added that in a tough market situation with strong upward helium price pressure, Air Products worked together with Philips to mitigate this price pressure by restructuring the Latham Factory operations and investing in new equipment, resulting in the significant reduction in helium consumption. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philips uses liquid helium at Latham to cool down the magnets they manufacture for the MRI industry and to test them prior to final placement at medical imaging facilities. A substantial amount of helium is used in the manufacturing and testing of these MRI magnets, which must be cooled to -452 degrees Fahrenheit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products assists the global MRI industry with vital service by keeping the superconducting magnets at cryogenic temperatures to provide the highest quality medical imaging. An MRI system with a superconducting magnet consists of many wound coils of wire through which a current of electricity is passed to create a magnetic field. This requires a significant amount of energy and is achieved through superconductivity, or reducing the resistance in the wires to almost zero by continually bathing the wire coils in liquid helium. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Helium is used in many unique and valued applications beyond MRI including: lifting for high altitude scientific research balloons, blimps and party balloons; fiber optics and semi-conductor manufacturing; metallurgy; breathing atmospheres for deep diving or unique blood gas medical mixtures; analytical chemistry; pressurizing and purging pipes, vessels, and other critical equipment; leak detection; and other advanced applications. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p class="notes"&gt;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. &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{64D5F38B-6660-469D-B5C5-89845862AC8A}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/04/0419-air-products-teams-up-with-marie-curie-in-data-protection-expertise-exchange.aspx</link><title>Air Products Teams Up with Marie Curie in Data Protection Expertise Exchange</title><description>Industrial gas and chemicals manufacturer Air Products and end of life care charity Marie Curie Cancer Care have joined forces to share skills and expertise in the area of data privacy and protection. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two organisations, which both handle personal data, identified an opportunity to share experience and knowledge about data privacy, based on parallels in their respective fields of work. Marie Curie Cancer Care provided care to more than 31,000 terminally ill patients at home or in its nine hospices last year, and Air Products' Healthcare division provides home oxygen to over 325,000 patients throughout Europe. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On 6 April 2010, the Government's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was handed extended powers to enhance the enforcement of the UK Data Protection Act. For many organisations these moves demonstrate the increasing importance in all sectors around handling personal and sensitive data. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The agreement between the two organisations saw Air Products share with Marie Curie its experience of developing and integrating a data protection programme which included lessons learned from both technical and change management perspectives. Marie Curie will use the expertise to inform the design of a new employee training and awareness programme to be launched this spring. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shash Patel, Director of Information Risk Management and Privacy at Air Products explained: "It is more and more necessary to proactively manage the way in which data is handled; from risk assessing and monitoring "data assets', to employee change management programmes which foster a strong culture of individual responsibility. All of this requires focused resources and we recognise that lessons from Air Products' data protection journey are of real value to others with similar obstacles. Sharing this experience with Marie Curie Cancer Care means that we are not only helping a leading UK charity, but we are continuing to define standards in the area of data protection as a whole." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the Charities Aid Foundation's World Giving Index 2010, 29% of the UK's charitable giving occurs through volunteering activity. Shash added: "Philanthropy is an important corporate responsibility, however in some cases, sharing relevant skills and knowledge can be of greater long-term value. With Marie Curie Cancer Care we have seen firsthand that this kind of partnership works and as part of the data protection movement, together we're adopting a new kind of best practice that really makes a difference." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trevor Lake, Company Secretary at Marie Curie Cancer Care commented: "Spending time with the Air Products Data Protection team has helped us to understand the challenges in creating a robust and effective data handling programme for the long-term and how to overcome these. Their contribution of expertise and tried-and-tested approaches has saved us both time and money. Privacy and confidentiality are priorities for Marie Curie Cancer Care and we'd like to thank Air Products for helping us continue to set the highest standards so that our patients, employees, volunteers and supporters know that their data is in safe hands." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;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 &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Marie Curie &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Marie Curie Cancer Care is one of the UK's largest charities. Employing more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, it provided care to more than 31,000 terminally ill patients in the community and in its nine hospices last year and is the largest provider of hospice beds outside the NHS. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funding &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Around 70 per cent of the charity's income comes from the generous support of thousands of individuals, membership organisations and businesses, with the balance of our funds coming from the NHS. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Marie Curie Nurses &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;The charity is best known for its network of Marie Curie Nurses working in the community to provide end of life care, totally free for patients in their own homes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Research &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The charity provides core funding for two centres for palliative care research, the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit at University College London and the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool. It also supports palliative and end of life care research through its project grant funding streams, the Marie Curie Cancer Care Research Programme (administered by Cancer Research UK) and the Dimbleby Marie Curie Cancer Care Research Fund. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Supporting the choice to die at home &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Research shows around 65 per cent of people would like to die at home if they had a terminal illness, with a sizeable minority opting for hospice care. However, more than 50 per cent of cancer deaths still occur in hospital, the place people say they would least like to be. Since 2004 Marie Curie Cancer Care has been campaigning for more patients to be able to make the choice to be cared for and die at home. &lt;/span&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{BDFBED59-7FE2-43FE-B504-5730E2B69660}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/03/0323-air-products-lands-contract-with-genesis-for-keepcold-cryogenic-service.aspx</link><title>Air Products Lands Contract with Genesis for KeepCOLD&amp;reg; Cryogenic Services</title><description>
		&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced today the signing of a long-term contract with Genesis Medical Imaging, Inc., one of the United States’ largest independent MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) service providers based in Huntley, Illinois. Under the agreement, Air Products will supply its KeepCOLD&amp;reg; Cryogenic Services product offering for approximately 150 magnets currently installed by Genesis for MRI scans at medical service providers across the country. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The contract with Genesis is the largest we have signed in the independent sector to date. We believe this market will present further opportunities and we will continue to grow that end of the business with our established offerings,” said Shawn Smith, product manager - North America Helium at Air Products. “In this growing market we are able to use the wealth of experience we have gained working closely with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), be able to continue to provide that experience to our OEM customers, and now transition that knowledge to our work with Genesis and other independents as well.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Air Products’ enviable quality and OEM experience make a superb fit with Genesis’ unique position to provide customers the excellence and security of an OEM relationship with the pricing and responsiveness of independent service,” said Robert Dakessian, Genesis president and CEO. “Air Products’ reliability can mean more uptime, another step in Genesis’ promise of continuous improvement in quality and value from a service partner you can trust.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Smith said he believed Air Products’ 20 years of MRI servicing experience, as well as its product offerings’ flexibility to meet the specific needs of the customer, were essential to gaining the Genesis contract. “We have been and are the leading third-party service provider in this industry,” Smith said. “This contract enables Air Products to continue to expand our customer base in this market and to increase our present work with the independent MRI segment of the medical services industry.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products, the largest international supplier of helium, assists the MRI industry with vital service by keeping the superconducting magnets at cryogenic temperatures to provide the highest quality medical imaging. An MRI system with a superconducting magnet consists of many wound coils of wire through which a current of electricity is passed to create a magnetic field. This requires a significant amount of energy and is achieved through superconductivity, or reducing the resistance in the wires to almost zero by continually bathing the wire coils in liquid helium at approximately -452 degrees Fahrenheit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are more than 12,000 MRI magnets using Air Products' helium and cryogenic gases to keep them cold and superconducting for the medical services industry. This current total includes more than half of the existing magnets in U.S. and internationally. At more than 7,500 KeepCOLD sites Air Products performs 13,000 helium fills annually, which has led to long-standing relationships with the leading MRI original equipment manufacturers. For more information on Air Products’ KeepCOLD product services go to &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/helium/applications/mri.htm"&gt;www.airproducts.com/helium/applications/mri.htm&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;h3&gt;About Air Products &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;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 &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;h3&gt;About Genesis &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;Genesis Medical Imaging is the largest independent service organization to offer a total solution for CT and MRI needs, including nationwide service contracts, mobiles, refurbished CT &amp;amp; MRI equipment, cryorefrigeration and magnet services. Visit &lt;a href="http://www.genesismedicalimaging.com/"&gt;www.genesismedicalimaging.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;p class="notes"&gt;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. &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{4BA4557B-C1A2-43FA-82DE-2E55CCC82BE9}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/02/0217-air-products-to-site-new-asu-and-modernize-middletown-ohio-operations.aspx</link><title>Air Products to Site New ASU and Modernize Middletown, Ohio Operations</title><description>Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it will build, own, and operate a new air separation unit (ASU), a new hydrogen production facility and will make additional investment in an existing ASU and liquefier which has been producing industrial gases in Middletown, Ohio. The new facilities, planned to be on-stream in the fourth quarter of 2012, will provide additional capacity to meet customer demand for industrial gases and merchant liquid products in the region. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Air Products has supplied customers in Middletown and the surrounding region with on-site and merchant gases since the 1960s. This new investment shows commitment to our customers in the Midwest market, it will expand our capability to serve the area, and it provides significant modernization of our operations there,” said Wilbur Mok, vice president–Tonnage Gases North America for Air Products. Mok noted that the new facilities will replace some smaller existing operations at this location to meet the increased demand for both on-site and merchant industrial gas products. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new ASU will have production capacity of over 700 tons per day of combined pipeline and merchant oxygen output, and total argon capacity for the site will increase. Air Products will also generate hydrogen at Middletown to meet customer requirements with its PRISM&amp;reg; Hydrogen Generator steam methane reformer (SMR) producing over one million cubic feet per day of hydrogen. Air Products’ on-site hydrogen product offerings were enhanced by the 2008 acquisition of this novel and patented SMR technology with flexibility to meet the varied hydrogen capacity requirements of a customer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;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. &lt;/span&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{051FEAE6-E0C2-4DA8-92AC-850EF5F15E77}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2011/02/0208-nueva-guia-de-educacion-sanitaria-de-carburos-medica.aspx</link><title>"¿Vivir sin Fumar? Podemos Conseguirlo: Nueva Guia de Educacion Sanitaria de Carburos Medica </title><description>
		&lt;p&gt;Más de trece millones de personas fuman en nuestro país, y según los datos disponibles, son muchas las que desean dejarlo aunque reconocen que es proceso es complicado. Con el objetivo de ayudar a ganar la batalla contra el tabaco y bajo el lema "Al lado de los pacientes", Carburos Médica ha editado la guía "¿Vivir sin fumar? Podemos conseguirlo", una guía de educación sanitaria que ofrece una serie de consejos y recomendaciones para dejar el hábito tabáquico y, por tanto, mejorar así el estado físico y la calidad de vida. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ser realista, estar motivado y saber solicitar ayuda sanitaria son las principales herramientas para dejar de fumar. La guía editada por Carburos Médica propone pautas a seguir antes de decidir el día concreto de dejar el hábito, durante ese mismo día, así como en los posteriores. Así antes de la fecha señalada, es importante elaborar una lista de motivos por los que hemos decidido dejar de fumar, avisar a las personas del entorno y, por supuesto, consultar con los profesionales sanitarios la decisión tomada para que nos orienten. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una vez que se ha fijado el día es fundamental deshacerse de todos los ceniceros, mecheros y demás utensilios. Según este manual, también es clave no desanimarse si no se consigue dejarlo a la primera, así como seguir un horario de comidas regular, no consumir alcohol, cafés y aperitivos que suelen ir asociados al tabaco, beber líquido abundante y evitar ambientes con humo y personas fumadoras. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Según explica la guía, para mantenerse sin fumar resulta de gran ayuda rodearse de personas que quieran dejar el tabaco con las que poder compartir la experiencia, así como realizar ejercicios de relajación y respiración profunda, ejercicio físico moderado, y sobre todo, comenzar a realizar actividades distintas que rompan la rutina diaria y nos mantengan distraídos. &lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;h3&gt;Dolencias de los Fumadores &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;Más de 40 componentes del humo del tabaco son cancerígenos. El tabaquismo es la causa reconocida de varios tipos de cáncer y su consumo está claramente asociado con el desarrollo de numerosas enfermedades, no solamente relacionadas con el aparato respiratorio como el cáncer de pulmón, la EPOC, las infecciones respiratorias, etc., sino que también es causa de patologías que afectan a otros órganos como pueden ser las enfermedades cardiovasculares (infarto agudo de miocardio, trombosis y hemorragias cerebrales), enfermedades digestivas (úlcera péptica), enfermedades ginecológicas (impotencia, esterilidad), enfermedades psiquiátricas, enfermedades periodontales, etc. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para animar a los fumadores a dejar el hábito esta guía incluye los beneficios del abandono del tabaco a corto y largo plazo. Si veinte minutos después del último cigarrillo mejoran la circulación periférica, la presión arterial y la frecuencia cardíaca, 24 horas más tarde el riesgo de muerte súbita disminuye y se recuperan los sentidos del olfato y del gusto. Durante los tres primeros meses de deshabituación disminuye la tos, aumenta la capacidad física y respiratoria y mejora la circulación. Tras un año sin fumar, el riesgo de infarto se reduce al 50%, mientras que a partir de los cinco años la tasa media de muerte por cáncer de pulmón se reduce de 137 a 72 por cada 100.000 personas. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="notes"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Médica-Grupo Air Products &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Compañía pionera en la innovación de mejoras para los pacientes con enfermedades respiratorias, Carburos Médica cuenta con más de 65 años de experiencia en el sector sanitario y es líder nacional en gases medicinales y en servicios sanitarios a domicilio. Su mentalidad fundamentalmente sanitaria le hace única dentro del sector gasista de nuestro país, explorando y desarrollando nuevos caminos que, en colaboración con diferentes socios, beneficien la salud y calidad de vida de la sociedad. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Air Products presta servicio a clientes en los mercados tecnológico, energético, sanitario e industrial de todo el mundo, ofreciendo una oferta global de productos, servicios y soluciones en gases atmosféricos, especiales y de proceso, así como materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios químicos. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fundada en 1940, Air Products es líder en mercados clave como semiconductores, refinería de hidrógeno, servicios de asistencia sanitaria, licuefacción de gas natural y recubrimientos avanzados y adhesivos. La compañía es reconocida por su cultura innovadora, su excelencia operacional y su compromiso con la seguridad y el medioambiente y está incluida en el Dow Jones Sustainability y el FTSE4Good Indices. La compañía opera en más de 40 países y cuenta con más de 18.300 empleados en todo el mundo, con unos ingresos en el año fiscal de 2010 de 9 billones de dólares. Más información en &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>