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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Live teleconference: 913-312-0699
Passcode: 9240687
Internet broadcast: Available on the Event Details page on Air Products’ Investor Relations web site.

Telephone replay: 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820 (international)
Passcode: 9240687
This will be available from 4:00 p.m. USET on May 6 through 4:00 p.m. ET on May 13.
Internet replay: Available on the Event Details page on Air Products’ Investor Relations web site.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

空气产品公司将以38亿美元向赢创出售材料技术板块的功能材料业务

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Versum Materials™ Makes Debut; Will Showcase Broad Range of Additives that Enable High-Performance Coatings at 2016 American Coatings Show

Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400

Attendees looking for the distinctive green Air Products (NYSE: APD) logo at the 2016 American Coatings Show (ACS), April 11-14, Indianapolis, Ind., will instead find the company’s market-leading portfolio of epoxy curatives, resins and diluents, and additives for industrial and institutional coatings under a different name and look. Air Products will be showcasing its innovative products in booth #2240 as Versum Materials, the new brand name for Air Products’ Materials Technologies business.

“The ACS represents an ideal venue to communicate about the company’s innovative and advanced technologies for the coatings market. We want the industry to know that Versum Materials is committed to furthering its leadership position in the industry,” said Guillermo Novo, executive vice president for Materials Technologies.

Among the products and recognized brand names being showcased in the booth:

Defoamers and deaerators such as Airase® Structured Siloxane Defomers Line (SSDL™) enabling predictable performance and faster selection.
Pigment grind aids such as ZetaSperse® 3800, the company’s newest broad utility dispersant.
Dispersants such as Surfynol® 107L, a liquid, nonionic wetting agent and molecular defoamer with a unique chemistry that offers a range of surface active performance benefits, is nonfoaming, and will disrupt the foam stabilization properties of other formulation components.
Superwetters such as Dynol™ 960 and 980 for improved flow and leveling.
Epoxy curing agents and modifiers such as Anquamine® curing agents, Amicure® curing agents and polycarbamides, and chemical resistant epoxy curing agents.

Technical representatives will be available throughout the Expo (April 12-14) to answer formulators’ questions and provide insight on optimizing the manufacture, performance and environmental qualities of coatings.

In addition, the company’s senior principal applications chemist, Sudhir Ananthachar, will be presenting a paper, “Polycarbamide Resins for Industrial Direct-to-Metal Coatings Applications,” which will share study results reviewing the chemistry and application properties of polycarbamide technology in direct-to-metal and top coat formulations benchmarked against aliphatic polyurethanes and other competing technologies.

Six “Exhibitor Spotlights” will also be available in booth #159:

TUESDAY, APRIL 12

9:40 – 9:55 a.m. -- Epoxy Moisture Vapor Barrier for Flooring, presented by Shafiq Fazel, Senior Applications Chemist
1:00 – 1:15 p.m. -- High Temperature, High Chemical Resistance Curing Agent, presented by Sudhir Achar, Senior Applications Chemist
4:40 – 4:55 p.m. -- Low Temperature Epoxy Curing Agents, presented by Sudhir Achar, Senior Applications Chemist

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13

2:40 – 2:55 p.m. -- A New Molecular Defoamer Ideal for Pigmented Systems, presented by K. Michael Peck, Senior Principal Research Engineer
3:40 – 3:55 p.m. -- New Defoamers for Water-based Coatings: Performance and Sustainability, presented by Jeanine Snyder, Principal Development Chemist

THURSDAY, APRIL 14

9:40 – 9:55 a.m. -- The Influence of Surfactants on Colorant Acceptance in Paints and Coatings, presented by Jim Reader, Lead Chemist

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

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

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, 2015.

空气产品公司推出创新型添加剂产品新力军—Surfynol® 107L表面活性剂和ZetaSperse® 3800分散剂

Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500

空气产品公司 (纽约证券交易所代码:APD) 材料技术部门宣布推出最新研发的动态润湿剂/分子消泡剂Surfynol® 107L，以及高分子分散剂ZetaSperse® 3800，进一步丰富了其创新型添加剂产品线。

空气产品公司最新的Surfynol 107L表面活性剂，是一款基于双子结构的非离子型动态润湿剂/分子消泡剂。Surfynol 107L表面活性剂不添加任何APEs（烷基酚聚氧乙烯基化合物）、有机硅氧烷、以及含氟表面活性剂，适用于要求低VOC（挥发性有机化合物）或零VOC配方的研发。这一独特的化学性质赋予了该产品一系列的表面活性性能优势，其本身不会产生泡沫，并且还能去除其它配方成分所产生的泡沫，从而带来优异的消泡和脱气效果。

ZetaSperse 3800分散剂是一款应用广泛的透明液体分散剂，适用于分散不含树脂或含有微量树脂体系中的所有类型颜料和粒子。ZetaSperse 3800分散剂是一款不含溶剂、具有40%有效成分的水溶液，非常适用于零VOC的配方。该款高性能分散剂针对使用的便利性而设计，是具备多个分散体系的通用型分散剂中的理想选择。该产品同样适用于新配方的研发以及有问题配方的调整。ZetaSperse 3800分散剂非常适合用于水性体系下固体、颜填料的稳定和分散，包括颜料色浆浓缩液、涂料油漆、油墨印刷以及工业应用过程。

空气产品公司添加剂业务亚洲区商务经理周军表示：“此次推出的Surfynol 107L表面活性剂和ZetaSperse 3800分散剂丰富了我们的产品线，使我们能更好地帮助配方设计师应对水性应用中的各种挑战。这些新产品具备了功能性和环保效益的双重优点，它们是涂料、油墨和胶粘剂配方的最佳选择。作为水性技术的开拓者，空气产品公司将不断推动创新，提供各种可持续的解决方案，帮助我们的客户取得成功。”

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）是一家世界领先的工业气体公司。今年正值其运营75周年。工业气体是公司的核心业务，提供空分和工艺气体、以及相关的设备，主要为炼油石化、金属、电子和食品饮料等制造产业服务。空气产品公司同时也是一家全球领先的液化天然气工艺技术和设备供应商。公司的另一项业务——材料技术服务于半导体、聚氨酯、清洁剂与涂料和粘合剂等行业，而该业务计划在2016年9月前完成从空气产品公司的拆分，成立独立公司。

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。

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Air Products Adds Surfynol® 107L Surfactant and ZetaSperse® 3800 Dispersant to Its Innovative Portfolio of Additives

Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE:APD) Materials Technologies segment introduces the latest addition to its innovative portfolio of molecular defoamers and dynamic wetting agents—Surfynol® 107L, and polymeric dispersant — ZetaSperse® 3800.

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

ZetaSperse 3800 dispersant is a clear liquid broad-utility dispersant applicable across all pigment and particle types in resin-free and resin-minimal systems. ZetaSperse 3800 dispersant is a solvent free 40% active in water solution, making it suitable for zero-VOC formulations. This high performance dispersant is designed for ease of use, which is an ideal choice as a single workhorse dispersant for multiple dispersions. It is also good for new formulation development and problematic formulations troubleshooting. ZetaSperse 3800 dispersant is suitable for the stabilization and dispersion of a wide range of solids, pigments and fillers in aqueous applications, including colorants and pigment concentrations, coatings and paints, inks and graphic arts, and industrial processes.

“The launch of Surfynol 107L and ZetaSperse 3800 enable us to offer formulators a wide variety of options to address challenges in waterborne applications,” said Michael Zhou, Asia business manager of Air Products Additives. “These new products provides both functional and environmental benefits which is best for coating, ink and adhesive formulations. As a pioneer in water-based technology, Materials Technologies will continue to drive innovative and sustainable solutions to help our customers’ succeed,” added Zhou.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Air Products Announces Intent to Spin-Off Materials Technologies Business

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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。

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Air Products to Highlight Latest Epoxy Additives for Flooring and Protective Coatings at European Coatings Show

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

Air Products’ (NYSE:APD) Epoxy Additives team will highlight its latest innovations for flooring and protective coatings at the European Coatings Show (ECS) 2015 in Nuremberg, Germany, from April 21-23.

Air Products will showcase at stand #4-339 epoxy additives that can provide formulators with solutions for robust coatings with high aesthetics, low emissions, and fast cure for minimal downtime. Featured products include Amicure® IC-221 and IC-321 curing agents for ultrafast, beautiful, low emissions flooring, as well as the company’s latest innovations in its Total Reactive Technology™ curing agents.

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

Air Products develops epoxy additives that respond to existing and future trends and drivers in the market, including sustainability, low emissions, fast return to service, robustness under varying conditions, improved productivity, and service life extension. To learn more about Air Products’ complete range of epoxy additives, please visit our ECS15 page.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Air Products to Increase Prices for Select Epoxy Curing Agents and Adhesion Promoters

Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that, effective September 1, 2014, or as contracts allow, it will increase prices globally by up to 20 cents per kilogram for select Ancamide^®, Ancamine^®, Anquamine™, Anquawhite^®, and Sunmide^® epoxy curing agents, as well as select Nourybond^® adhesion promoters.

The increase is necessary to offset higher raw materials costs, including recent price increases on tetraethylenepentamine, triethylenetetramine, and polyetheramines.

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

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

Air Products Dynol™ 960 and 980 Superwetting Surfactants Receive 2014 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards

Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD), a leading global supplier of performance materials, has recently won the 2014 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards for the Coating Industry in China for its Dynol 960 and Dynol 980 superwetting surfactants. As a global leader of water-based technology for specialty additives, Air Products has received this prestigious award for the fourth consecutive year.

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

Michael Zhou, Asia marketing manager of Air Products’ Specialty Additives, represented the company to receive the recognition at the awards ceremony in Shanghai. “We are honored to have received this prestigious award again. Dynol 960 and Dynol 980 surfactants are a technological breakthrough resulted from our deep knowledge of the coating industry and our customers’ needs combined with our 40+ years’ experience in material science and surface chemistry. As a pioneer in water-based technology, we will continue to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to help our customers address challenges in water-based formulations.”

Organized by Ringier Trade Media, the Ringier Technology Innovation Awards was launched in 2006 and are regarded as one of the most important awards in China’s coating industry to recognize significant contributors who have made contributions for the advancement of industry through technological innovation, efficiency improvements, or creating a new marketing opportunity.

This year, 60 nominating products from 40 different multinationals and domestic players competed for the awards. The independent panel of judges comprising experts from China's authoritative associations, universities and research institutes eventually recognized 25 innovative products across 7 different categories: resins, pigments, additives, green paints, emulsions, equipments and technologies. Air Products’ Dynol 960 and Dynol 980 surfactants were selected as one of the winners in the category of additives.

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

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

空气产品公司Dynol™ 960 和Dynol 980 高效润湿剂荣获“2014年涂料工业-荣格技术创新奖” 创新、高性能及环保涂料的涂料解决方案获业内认可

Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400

空气产品公司（纽约证券交易所代码：APD），全球领先的功能材料供应商，近日宣布其新型的Dynol 960和Dynol 980 高效润湿剂荣获“2014年涂料工业－荣格技术创新奖 ”。作为全球水性特种添加剂行业的技术领导者之一，空气产品公司已连续四年获得这一奖项。

此次获奖的Dynol 960和Dynol 980 高效润湿剂是基于硅氧烷技术的创新型产品，可应用于各种水性配方体系，能显著地提高难润湿基材的润湿效果，帮助配方师满足日益严格的环境标准和改善水性配方中的产品性能。相比于传统的有机硅润湿剂，Dynol 960和Dynol 980 高效润湿剂拥有卓越的性能，同时提供出色的静态及动态润湿、与体系的较好的相容性及本身低泡的特性。另外，Dynol 960和Dynol 980高效润湿剂均未添加任何有害污染物、烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚或挥发性有机化合物。这些优越的特点使得Dynol 960和Dynol 980高效润湿剂应用于对表观要求较高的水性木器漆、塑胶漆、金属涂料及油墨印刷等行业时能发挥出色的性能。

空气产品公司功能材料部亚洲区特种添加剂业务市场部经理周军代表公司出席了在上海举行的颁奖典礼。“能够再次获得此项殊荣，我们深感荣幸。Dynol 960和Dynol 980 高效润湿剂是我们在技术方面的一个突破，这是基于我们对涂料行业和客户需求的深刻理解，并结合我们在材料科学和表面化学方面40多年的经验的成果。作为水性技术的开拓者，空气产品公司仍将不断推动创新，提供各种可持续的解决方案，帮助客户应对水性体系配方中的各类挑战。”

“荣格技术创新奖”为荣格工业传媒于2006年启动，现已成为中国涂料行业的重要奖项之一，旨在表彰那些通过技术创新在促进行业发展、提高生产力、提高经济效率并创造市场机会方面作出重大贡献的创新产品和技术。

今年，来自40家国内外企业的60项产品与技术分别参与了七大类别奖项的角逐：树脂、颜料、助剂、绿色涂料、乳液、设备及技术。由国内权威行业协会、科研院校及用户企业的专家组成的评委团最终评选出25项创新产品与技术获此奖项。空气产品公司的Dynol 960和Dynol 980 高效润湿剂则是助剂类别的获奖企业之
一。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）提供空分、工艺和特种气体，功能材料，相关设备及技术。70多年来，公司一直帮助客户提高生产效率和能源效益，以实现可持续性发展。空气产品公司同时被汤森路透和福布斯杂志评为全球最具创新力企业之一，其遍布全球50多个国家和地区的 21000多名员工为能源、环境和新兴市场提供有效的解决方案，包括半导体材料、加氢炼化、煤气化、天然气液化以及先进的涂料和粘合剂等。2013财年度，空气产品公司的销售额为102亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司中文网站：www.airproducts.com.cn 。

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

Air Products Introduces Dynol™ 977E and 979E Superwetting Surfactants for Waterborne Siding Board Coatings

Mon, 12 May 2014 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD), a leading global supplier of high performance specialty additives for waterborne systems, today introduced two new superwetting surfactants -- Dynol 977E and 979E for siding board coatings, adding to its innovative portfolio for waterborne formulations.

Specially designed to address the challenges facing formulators on airless-spray of siding board coatings, the new superwetting surfactants provide better coverage and leveling performance on rugged surfaces with equal or less dosage used in the formulations.

“Air Products is committed to delivering innovative and high performance solutions to the challenges in waterborne coatings. We proudly unveil these two new superwetting surfactants to support the growing needs of spray-applied formulations,” said Yuji Miyake, principal application chemist of specialty additives for Air Products Asia. “Formulators can take advantage of Air Products’ technologies to achieve their goal, whether it is productivity, product performance, cost competitiveness or environmental performance.

Dynol 977E and 979E superwetting surfactants are optimized siloxane-based surfactants that can provide a superior balance of properties including high atomization, very low equilibrium and dynamic surface tension reduction, and good system compatibility. These low-odour products contain no added alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs) and are easy to handle. They complement Air Products’ existing non-silicone superwetting products, enabling the company to offer a complete portfolio of superwetting surfactants to help customers quickly solve the problems associated with coating difficult-to-wet substrates.

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

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

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

エアープロダクツ社は水系無機建材塗料用スーパーウエッター添加剤ダイノール(Dynol TM)９７７Eとダイノール(Dynol)９７９Eを発売開始します

Mon, 12 May 2014 00:00:00 -0400

世界各国で多様な水系コーティングマーケットに様々な高機能特殊添加剤を開発・販売しているエアープロダクツジャパン株式会社（本社：川崎市）は水系塗料用の機能性製品を拡充しており、新たに２種類の無機建材塗料用スーパーウエッティング界面活性剤「ダイノール９７７E」と「ダイノール９７９E」を発売します。

これ等の製品は主に無機建材ボードをエアーレススプレーで塗装する際に発生する様々な問題を解決する目的で開発されており、このスーパーウエッティング界面活性剤を塗料に添加すれば、ボード表面に圧加工ざれた意匠性を損なうことなく、従来の添加剤の添加量と同等かそれ以下でも塗料の付回り性やレベリング性を格段に向上させることができます。

「エアープロダクツ社は常に水系塗料マーケットの進展と共に先進的で高機能な問題解決法を提案してきました。水系塗料のスプレー塗装の需要が広がる中で、今回新たに２つのスーパーウエッティング界面活性剤を上市できることを非常に嬉しく思います。是非、塗料設計に携われる方には当社の技術と製品を十分ご利用して頂き、生産性の向上や、製品の機能性向上、コストの低減、更に環境対応といった難題にチャレンジして頂きたいと思います。」とエアープロダクツアジアの特殊添加剤技術部の主席研究員である三宅裕児氏はコメントしている。

スーパーウエッティング界面活性剤「ダイノール９７７E」と「ダイノール９７９E」は最適化されたシロキサン系界面活性剤であり、塗料に良好な親和性を持ちながら、静的表面張力や動的表面張力を極めて低く出来るので、スプレー塗装時の霧化が非常に良くなるといったバランスの良い特徴を持ちます。製品中にはアルキルフェノール類等の環境負荷物質を含まず、添加も容易です。これ等の新製品は既に販売している非シロキサン系スーパーウエッティング界面活性剤に無い特徴を有し、塗料が非常に濡れ広がり難い基材への塗装を容易にする事が出来ます。

エアープロダクツ社は、４０年以上に渡る材料科学と界面化学の豊富な経験を持ち、溶剤系から水系へ転換し機能性向上や環境対応を目指すお客様と向き合ってきた技術的パイオニアです。エアープロダクツ社の特殊添加剤事業は多くの用途に展開しておりますが、特に自動車塗料やインキ、接着剤、特殊コーティングといった分野では水系開発に大きく携わってきました。

詳しい情報は製品データシートをご参照ください。

エアープロダクツ社について
エアープロダクツ社（ニューヨーク証券取引所銘柄コード：APD）は、工業ガス、特殊ガス及びガス関連機器設備、機能性材料（パフォーマンスマテリアルズ）、これらに関わる技術を提供しております。70年以上にわたり、同社は顧客の生産性、エネルギー効率及び持続可能性を高めてまいりました。またトンプソン・ロイター及びフォーブスマガジンによって、同社は世界で最も革新的な企業の一つに選ばれており、50か国以上で21,000人を超える従業員が、エネルギー、環境及び新興市場に効率的なソリューションを提供しております。これには、半導体、水素精製、石炭ガス化、天然ガスの液化、高度塗装及び接着剤の分野が含まれております。2013 年会計年度には、同社は102億ドルの売り上げを計上しております。詳細につきましては国本社ホームページwww.airproducts.com （英文）をご覧ください。

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

日本語によるお問い合わせ:
エアープロダクツジャパン株式会社
特殊添加剤営業部
電話: (044) 542-1550

Air Products to Increase Prices for Select Epoxy Curing Agents and Adhesion Promoters

Mon, 05 May 2014 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that, effective June 1, 2014, or as contracts allow, it will increase prices globally by up to 20 cents per kilogram for select Ancamide®, Ancamine®, and Sunmide® epoxy curing agents and select Nourybond® adhesion promoters.

The price increases are necessary to recover higher operating and raw material costs, including recent price increases for tetraethylenepentamine (TEPA).

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

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

Air Products Introduces New Epoxy Curing Agents at ACS 2014

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

Air Products (NYSE:APD) will launch several new products and feature the company’s waterborne and solvent-free epoxy and isocynate curing agents for use in coating and construction applications at this year’s American Coatings Show (ACS) in Atlanta, Ga., from April 8 to 10.

Based upon the industry success of Ancamine® 2280 and Ancamide® 2353 curing agents, Air Products developed Ancamine® 2764 and Ancamide® 2767 curatives as the next generation epoxy curing agents for industrial coatings and construction applications. These two new products are formulated to offer faster cure, reduced viscosity, and improved color and color stability.

Air Products’ long-standing experience in the area of high-performance epoxy curing agents for industrial maintenance applications has led to the development of Ancamine® 2748 and Ancamide® 2749 curatives, the company’s next generation curing agents for use in demanding, high chemical-resistant applications.

“Air Products offers an unmatched portfolio of curing agents engineered to withstand the toughest applications and environments,” said Bruce Thoet, Americas business manager for Air Products. “Our products can deliver the cost-in-use and high performance our customers demand.”

Ancamine® 2739 reactive amine curative for epoxy resins can provide excellent water-spot and blush resistance in adverse cure conditions while meeting even the most stringent regulatory and emissions requirements.

Amicure® IC-322 curative was developed to help cure aliphatic isocyanates to address customers’ needs for high-performance topcoats with satin or low-gloss appearance. Amicure IC-322 curative is Air Products’ third offering in its Polycarbamide flooring product line and builds upon the company’s Amicure® IC-221 and IC-321 curing agents features and benefits. Amicure IC-322 curative can deliver low gloss for seamless flooring applications while still providing fast cure and return to service, excellent UV stability, and durability.

For more information on Air Products’ complete line of epoxy curing agents, stop by booth 1115 during ACS or visit www.airproducts.com/acs.

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

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

Air Products Launches New Superwetting Surfactants at ACS 2014

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Neue Epoxidhärter von Air Products auf der ECS 2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Air Products to Feature Epoxy Curing Agents at ECS 2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Air Products to Highlight Surface Science Expertise at ECS 2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

空气产品公司推出Airase™消泡剂

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

空气产品公司 (Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)今日推出其最新研发的Airase™SSDLTM系列有机硅消泡剂产品。该系列包括七种有机硅消泡剂，其专门设计可使水性配方获得最佳性能。这些新款消泡剂可展现互相关联的可预测的性能，为配方师提供一种更为便捷的消泡剂系统性筛选工具。

Airase SSDL消泡剂不含任何有害空气污染物和烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚，不含任何挥发性有机化合物，非常适用于油漆、涂料、染料、油墨、粘合剂以及其他工业应用。与传统的有机硅消泡剂相比，该系列产品的pH稳定性大大得到改善，能使涂料和油墨配方具备优异的稳定性和持久性。

空气产品公司特种添加剂市场经理Christopher Henkee表示："我们很高兴推出Airase系列消泡剂，该系列新产品易于使用，特别适合水性油墨和涂料配方。空气产品公司将会继续致力于研发创新的解决方案，使我们的客户在竞争中占尽先机，脱颖而出。"

该系列的每款产品在消泡性和相容性之间都有着各自的平衡。该系列中各款消泡剂互相之间拥有着性能的联系性，使配方师能够系统地对消泡剂进行筛选。如需更多信息，请登录 www.airproducts.com/airase。

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

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

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联系人：常东升
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Air Products Introduces Airase™ Defoamers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Air Products Airase ™ 8070 Deaerator Receives 2012 Ringier Coatings Technology Innovation Awards

Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE:APD), a leading global supplier of performance materials, has won the 2012 Ringier Coatings Technology Innovation Awards for its new Airase™ 8070 deaerator, a high performance, siloxane polyether-based deaerator for controlling microfoam and pinholes in waterborne coatings, especially those applied with high-speed techniques such as airless or air-assisted spray. It’s the second consecutive year for Air Products to receive the awards.

“We are honored that our new Airase™ 8070 deaerator has won this prestigious award which represents our long-standing commitment to deliver high performance and environment-friendly products to China’s coatings industry,” said Ricky Yuen, commercial manager of Specialty Additives, Air Products Asia, at the awards ceremony on May 15 in Shanghai. “We will continue to develop innovative solutions to help formulators address challenges of waterborne coatings with our technology and market leadership strengths in water-based applications.”

Unlike most conventional defoamers which are active only at the coating of the surface, Airase™ 8070 deaerator is highly effective in eliminating microfoam, a major problem faced by low-VOC waterborne formulators, and reducing pinholes and craters in coating film to improve gloss, depth of image among other aesthetical properties. With strong compatibility, the zero-VOC deaerator is ideal for coating formulators seeking minimum surface defects, durability and high performance and is recommended for water-based applications such as wood furniture coatings, joinery and industrial coatings applied onto metal, plastic.

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

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

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 18,000 employees in over 40 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.

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.

空气产品公司Airase™ 8070脱气剂荣膺“2012年涂料工业-荣格技术创新奖”

Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

空气产品公司（纽约证券交易所代码：APD），作为全球领先的功能材料供应商，今日宣布其新产品Airase™ 8070脱气剂获得了“2012年涂料工业－荣格技术创新奖”。该脱气剂是一种聚醚改性硅氧烷配合的高性能脱气剂，在水性涂料应用中，尤其是高速水性施工工艺中（如无气或混气式喷涂），可以高效地控制微泡产生，有效防止微泡引起的针孔。这是空气产品公司连续第二年获得这一奖项。

空气产品公司亚洲区特种添加剂商务总监阮荣华于本月在上海举行的颁奖典礼上表示：“我们对于新型脱气剂Airase™ 8070获得这一殊荣深感荣幸。这一奖项展示了我们长期以来为中国涂料行业开发高性能及环保型产品的不变承诺。我们将继续开发创新的解决方案，以我们的技术强项及在水性应用领域多年的市场领导地位来协助配方师应对各类挑战。”

不同于大多数传统的仅在漆膜表面有效的消泡剂，Airase™ 8070脱气剂对于消除漆膜内部存在的微泡效果优异，解决了低VOC水性体系配方师的难题。此外，它还可以有效减少和杜绝以往漆膜中常常出现的针孔、缩孔等表面缺陷，改善漆膜光泽度和质感，增加外观美观度。这一高兼容、零VOC排放的脱气剂对于追求美观、耐久的漆膜品质的高性能水性涂料配方师来说是理想的选择，适用于包括木器漆、金属漆和塑胶漆等针对不同基材的涂料体系。

空气产品公司在材料科学和表面化学领域拥有40多年的经验，是从溶剂向水性体系转变中行业的领先者，满足客户在涂料性能及环保方面的需求。空气产品公司特种添加剂部致力于为汽车、油墨、木漆器、黏合剂、特种涂料等水性应用开发创新型的产品。

“荣格技术创新奖”于2006年启动，旨在表彰那些通过技术创新在促进行业发展、提高生产力、提高经济效率并创造市场机会方面作出重大贡献的创新产品和技术。该技术创新奖于2011年始设涂料行业奖项。作为该奖项的评判标准，参评产品必须适用于中国市场，同时达国际涂料行业领先水平，并被判定为可引领中国涂料行业的发展到达新的高度。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）提供空分、工艺和特种气体，功能材料，相关设备及技术。70多年来，空气产品公司一直帮助客户提高生产效率和能源效益，以实现可持续性发展。拥有18,000多名员工的空气产品公司，在全球40多个国家和地区开展业务，为能源、环境和新兴市场，包括半导体材料、加氢炼化、煤气化、天然气液化以及先进的涂料和粘合剂等，提供创新型的解决方案。2011财年度，空气产品公司的销售额达约100亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站：www.airproducts.com。

注释：此新闻稿中可能包含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2011年9月30日结束。

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Air Products Introduces New Environmentally Friendly Superwetting Surfactants and Pigment Dispersant for Aqueous Coatings Applications

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:30:00 -0400

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (May 7, 2012) – Air Products (NYSE:APD) today has introduced two new superwetting surfactants and one new pigment dispersant for use in the coatings industry. These new alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) free surfactants are designed to deliver improved value and superior performance versus competing products.

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

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

“Air Products’ experience in surface science continues to drive innovative and environmentally conscientious solutions for our coatings customers,” said Solomon Lemma, global business manager, Specialty Additives and Personal Care, for Air Products. “These new additives for the coatings industry can provide improved performance while eliminating or significantly reducing pollutants such as APEs and VOCs.”

To learn more about these new additives, visit Air Products’ booth 1911 at the American Coatings Show in the Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Ind., from May 8 to 10, 2012. Starting May 11, please visit www.airproducts.com/ACS to view and hear the presentations given by representatives from Air Products.

Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. More than 18,000 employees in over 40 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.

Air Products Introduces New Epoxy Curing Agents

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:07:00 -0400

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (May 7, 2012) – Air Products (NYSE:APD) today introduced a number of new waterborne and solvent-free epoxy curing agents as well as its new isocynate curing agents, or polycarbamide technology, for use in a variety of coatings applications at the American Coatings Show 2012 in the Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, Ind. These curing agents offer improved performance, handling and lower cost versus incumbent products.

Amicure® IC-221 and Amicure® IC-321 curatives are new amine curing agents specifically engineered for use with standard HDI trimer isocyanates, resulting in polycarbamide or aliphatic polyurea coatings designed for industrial and institutional flooring coatings. Both products are designed to deliver sufficient working time to be applied by brush, roll or airless spray equipment while providing very rapid return to service. Performance features include low temperature cure, low color and excellent UV durability and surface appearance and zero VOC. Amicure IC-221 curative offers extremely rapid hardness development, while Amicure IC-321 curative allows for rapid hardness development with an extended working time.

Ancamine® 2726 and Ancamine® 2735 curatives are Air Products’ newest cycloaliphatic amine epoxy curing agents and offer performance and cost advantages for industrial flooring and protective coatings.

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

“Air Products continues to deliver innovative, solutions-based offerings for the coatings industry,” said Bruce Thoet, commercial manager for Air Products. “These new curing agents can deliver cost and performance advantages to a number of high-growth markets while being worker and environmentally friendly.”

To learn more about these new curing agents, visit Air Products’ booth 1911 in the Indiana Convention Center from May 8 to 10, 2012. Starting May 11, please visit www.airproducts.com/ACS to view and hear the presentations given by representatives from Air Products.

空气产品公司EnviroGem® 360在中国荣获“2011年涂料工业荣格技术创新奖”

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

空气化工产品公司 (Air Products，简称空气产品公司，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)，全球领先的功能材料供应商，其产品EnviroGem® 360表面活性剂，一款应用于建筑和工业涂料市场的高性能非离子型高效润湿剂和成膜助剂近期荣获“2011年涂料工业荣格技术创新奖”。该奖项于2011年6月14日在上海颁发，旨在表彰那些为中国涂料行业做出重大贡献的创新产品和技术。

空气产品公司亚洲区功能材料部副总裁兼总经理Craig Williams表示：“EnviroGem 360赢得了由中国顶级行业专家组成的评审团的一致认可，对此我们感到很自豪。该奖项肯定了空气产品公司通过技术创新以及在水性涂料应用方面的多年领导地位对中国涂料行业所做出的杰出贡献。我们承诺将公司的尖端技术和高性能可持续发展解决方案引进到中国，并通过我们的本地研发能力、广阔的销售渠道以及对市场需求的持续关注,帮助本地客户满足行业增长需求及日益严格的环保要求。”

EnviroGem 360表面活性剂广泛应用于木材、金属、塑料涂层等水性涂料应用领域。它可以在不造成VOC排放的情况下增强低能基底的润湿性，减少泡沫，降低最低成膜温度（MFFT），并减少涂料缺陷。由于该表面活性剂不包含溶剂和烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚（APE），而APE会在环境中长存并被怀疑是内分泌干扰素，因此该产品是一款绿色环保的表面活性剂。此外，该表面活性剂可生物降解，是有机硅和氟表面活性剂的高性能替代品。

“荣格技术创新奖”于2006年启动，旨在表彰那些通过技术创新在促进行业发展、提高生产力、提高经济效率并创造市场机会方面作出重大贡献的创新产品和技术。作为该奖项的评判标准，参评产品必须适用于中国市场，同时达国际涂料行业领先水平，并被判定为可引领中国涂料行业的发展到达新的高度。

关于空气产品公司
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）在全球为工业制造、能源、技术和医疗护理等领域的客户提供独特的产品和生产方案，其中包括工业气体产品、特种气体、功能材料和相关设备及服务。自1940年成立以来，空气产品公司已在半导体材料、加氢炼制、家居保健服务、天然气液化、高级涂料和粘合剂等主要高增长市场上确立了领先地位。公司在创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的保护承诺方面得到了广泛的赞誉。拥有18,300多名员工的空气产品公司，业务遍及全球40多个国家，2010年的销售额达90亿美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站：www.airproducts.com。

关于荣格公司
荣格工业传媒有限公司作为领先的B2B工业资讯提供者，通过专业杂志、网站、会议活动、公共关系营销和移动媒体等渠道，为中国、亚太及中东地区的行业领导者提供广泛的技术信息、解决方案和应用资讯，以帮助他们提高生产力并改善营销能力。

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2009年9月30日结束。

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Air Products Increases Prices for Epoxy Additives

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

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

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

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

Air Products Launches Total Reactive Epoxy Curing Agent Technology and Expands Defoamer Range

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products is launching the next generation of epoxy curing agent technology to assist formulators of polymer-based systems in designing solutions that bring benefits for the environment and are effective across a range of coating applications. The technology is being launched at the European Coatings Show in Nürnberg (29-31 March 2011).

In the development of Total Reactive Technology, Air Products has applied its extensive knowledge of epoxy chemistry and its performance in polymer-based systems, in order to develop a modified polyamine curing agent that is 100% reactive (when it reacts with the epoxy resin) and eliminates the need for a plasticiser.

Having already gained accreditation for indoor flooring use, systems using Total Reactive Technology are suitable for high performance driven applications due to their fast-curing properties at ambient and low temperatures. The plasticiser-free technology is also more sustainable, generating near negligible emissions throughout the lifetime of the finished floor or wall covering.

Providing enhanced versatility, the technology gives formulators greater control and additional flexibility to manage their own recipes and modify systems in order to meet the requirements of changing end user needs.

According to experts at Air Products, the new generation technology provides exciting complementary technology to the increasing popularity of water-based systems.

Mike Cook, Global Technology Manager, at Air Products, said:

“The sustainability of water-based systems, which use water in place of a plasticiser, has already made them the preferred solution for most formulators. But the industry has continued to look for alternative enhancements and Total Reactive Technology provides a new, hi-tech amine-based solution that combines flexibility, efficacy and an assurance of near zero emissions.”

Air Products offers an extensive range of epoxy curing agents and modifiers for a wide variety of applications, including protective coatings, civil engineering, adhesives and composites. The company is also the market leader in waterborne technology and is leading the development of plasticiser-free technologies.

New Range of Defoamers

Air Products is also launching a new range of defoamers and deaerators at this year’s European Coatings Show. These hi-tech additives are used in coatings, inks, adhesives and in other industrial applications to ensure more effective coverage and a smoother, more aesthetic finish.This complete range of foam control agents based on organic, silicone and molecular chemistry is helping manufacturers to produce high performance coatings that are more durable, more efficient and kinder to the environment. They are particularly useful for water-based formulations and can also be used in epoxy flooring systems, in combination with Air Products’ epoxy curing agent technology.
In addition to its epoxy curing agents, Air Products offers a range of speciality additives including multifunctional surfactants, defoamers and pigment dispersing additives for waterborne coatings, inks, adhesives and construction chemicals.

For more information about epoxy curing agents and other additives available from Air Products, visit www.airproducts.com/epoxyadditives and www.airproducts.com/surfactants.

About Air Products
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.

Air Products Increases Prices for Epoxy Additives

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that, effective April 1, 2011, or as contracts allow, it will increase prices globallyby up to 5% for its range of epoxy curing agents, accelerators and adhesion promoters, and up to 10% for diluents and specialty resins.

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

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

Air Products Increases Prices for Epoxy Curing Agents, Diluents and Resins

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that, effective December 1, 2010, or as contracts allow, it will increase all list and off-list prices for its epoxy curing agents, diluents, and specialty epoxy resins within North America. Epoxy curing agents will increase five to 15 cents per pound, and epoxy resins and diluents will increase five to 30 cents per pound.

The price increase is necessary to address escalating operating and raw material costs.

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

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

Air Products to Increase Prices for Polyurethane Additives and Curatives

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that, effective October 1, 2010 in Asia and November 1, 2010 in all other regions, or as contracts allow, it will increase prices by up to 10% for Versalink ® curatives, Dabco® silicone and organic surfactants, Dabco® metal catalysts, and select Dabco® and Polycat® amine catalysts.

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

NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements 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, 2009.

空气产品公司宣布在亚洲区提高聚氨酯添加剂销售价格

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

空气产品公司(纽约证券交易所代码: APD ) 今天宣布从2010年10月1日起，将提高亚洲区部分Dabco®胺类催化剂，Dabco金属催化剂，Polycat®催化剂和Dabco表面活性剂产品销售价格，涨幅为可达到10%。

关于空气产品公司

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

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

空气产品公司在2010中国国际涂料展推介EnviroGem® 2010表面活性剂

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

空气化工产品公司（Air Products，简称空气产品公司，纽约证券交易所代码：APD）- 全球特种添加剂供应的领导者，将在2010中国国际涂料展期间，向中国和亚洲建筑涂料市场推介全新EnviroGem 2010表面活性剂。该产品不含溶剂及烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚(APE) ，在建筑涂料应用上具润湿及颜料分散功能，并帮助配方师达到零VOC的效果。

空气产品公司特种添加剂部门亚洲业务经理Koji Nakamura先生表示：“随着社会环保意识的增加，越来越多的客户要求使用不含APE成分的建筑涂料。为了迎合这一全球趋势，空气产品公司研发了可替代含APE表面活性剂的EnviroGem 2010。同时，随着中国经济的飞速发展，中国建筑涂料行业也正在快速成长。EnviroGem 2010已于较早前投入美国市场，并取得了非常好的客户反馈。我们相信EnviroGem 2010也一定会帮助中国及亚洲的配方师们解决他们所面临的日益增长的挑战。”

从绿色环保的角度看，EnviroGem 2010是替代含APE表面活性剂的理想选择。配方师只需在配方上作出微小调整甚至不作任何调整，就可以在保持原配方性能的同时，最大限度地缩短配方改良所需的时间，并能有效地控制配方成本。EnviroGem 2010拥有卓越的润湿性能，优异的颜料分散性，以及高效的抑泡效果。

作为一种多功能表面活性剂，除了建筑涂料，EnviroGem 2010也可以广泛应用于其它水溶性领域上，包括颜色分散剂、纸张涂料、工业涂料、油墨、农用化学品和黏合剂等。

在众多材料中，APE由于难以分解，且被质疑会扰乱人体内分泌系统，因此长期成为消费者和监管审查部门热议和重点审查的对象。

欲获得更多相关信息或其他表面活性剂信息，请登陆：www.airproducts.com/surfactants。

2010中国国际涂料展将于9月27日-28日在广州国际会议展览中心举行。空气产品公司参展主题为“实现可持续的涂料工业”，除EnviroGem 2010外，将同时展示一系列特种添加剂，包括Ancamide®固化剂和Surfynol®、Carbowet®和ZetaSperse®系列的润湿剂、消泡剂和分散剂。

关于空气产品公司

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

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

空气产品公司宣布提高亚洲地区环氧固化剂销售价格

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

空气产品公司（纽约证券交易所代码：APD）今天宣布从 2010 年 5 月 15 日起，提高亚洲地区环氧固化剂、特种树脂和稀释剂的销售价格，涨幅分别为 7%（环氧固化剂）和12%（特种树脂和稀释剂）。不断上涨的主要原材料费用是空气产品公司此次提高产品销售价格的主要因素。

关于空气产品公司

空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）在全球为工业制造、能源、科技和医疗护理等领域的客户提供独特的产品和生产方案，其中包括工业气体产品、特种和工艺气体、功能材料和相关设备及服务。自1940年成立以来，空气产品公司已在半导体材料、加氢炼制、家居保健服务、天然气液化、高级涂料和粘合剂等主要高增长市场上确立了领先地位。公司在创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的保护承诺方面得到了广泛的赞誉。拥有18,900多名员工的空气产品公司，业务遍及全球40多个国家，2009年的销售额达83亿多美元。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司网站:
www.airproducts.com。

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

Air Products Announces Price Increase for Epoxy Curing Agents in Asia

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced that effective May 15, 2010, it will increase prices for epoxy curing agents by 7% and specialty resin and diluents by 12% sold in Asia. This increase is necessary to offset escalating costs for key raw materials.

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

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

Air Products Introduces New Defoamers for Coatings Applications

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Air Products Launches Two New Environmentally Friendly Surfactants

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

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today introduced two new surfactants for the architectural coatings market that are alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE)-free and specially targeted for zero VOC coating formulations.

Carbowet® 13-40 is a VOC- and APE-free alternative to 30-40 mole ethoxylate surfactants for use in waterborne coatings, inks and adhesives. It provides excellent handling properties due to its liquidity. In addition, it offers substrate wetting, pigment wetting and stabilization, and emulsification in a variety of applications and polymer systems.

EnviroGem® 2010 is a solvent- and APE-free surfactant that contributes no VOCs to zero VOC coating formulations and provides exceptional handling properties, substrate wetting and pigment wetting in architectural coatings.

“As global trends and regulations move away from coatings with APE-containing ingredients, Air Products is developing APE-free alternatives to help ease our customers’ transition to these more environmentally friendly applications,” said Solomon Lemma, global business manager, Specialty Additives and Personal Care for Air Products.

Both Carbowet 13-40 and EnviroGem 2010 are environmentally friendly alternatives for APE-containing surfactants and require little to no reformulation by customers while providing the same wetting properties and very low foam.

APEs are increasingly under consumer and regulatory scrutiny because they are persistent in the environment and are suspected of being endocrine disruptors.

For more information on these new surfactants, please visit www.airproducts.com/surfactants.

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

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

Air Products Announces Price Increase for Polyurethane Additives

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced that, effective April 1, 2010, it will increase prices for all polyurethane amine and metal catalysts, and silicone and organic surfactants marketed under the Dabco® and Polycat® trade names by 6% globally.

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

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

Air Products Completes Sale of Polyurethane Pre-Polymers Business to COIM USA

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Air Products (NYSE:APD) today said it has completed the previously announced sale of the assets of its polyurethane pre-polymers business, marketed under the Airthane^® and Versathane^® tradenames to COIM USA Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of global polyurethane chemicals producer COIM SpA.

Included in the sale was Air Products’ manufacturing facility in Paulsboro, N.J. Terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.

“We are pleased to complete this sale of our pre-polymers business to COIM USA,” said Bob Thomas, global business director, Performance Materials, for Air Products. “Air Products will continue to focus on the global growth of our Dabco^® and Polycat^® polyurethane catalysts and surfactants, Versalink™ curatives and our new Innovathane^® and Ancarez^® ISO products for the Polyurea coatings and construction markets.”

Polyurethane pre-polymers are used in many cast elastomer markets, such as industrial tires and wheels, printing rollers, cutting and metal forming blankets, and custom parts for dynamic performance and durability.

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

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

Paints/Coatings News Releases

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

空气产品公司将以38亿美元向赢创出售材料技术板块的功能材料业务

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

Versum Materials™ Makes Debut; Will Showcase Broad Range of Additives that Enable High-Performance Coatings at 2016 American Coatings Show

空气产品公司推出创新型添加剂产品新力军—Surfynol® 107L表面活性剂和ZetaSperse® 3800分散剂

Air Products Adds Surfynol® 107L Surfactant and ZetaSperse® 3800 Dispersant to Its Innovative Portfolio of Additives

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

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

Air Products Announces Intent to Spin-Off Materials Technologies Business

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

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

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

Air Products to Highlight Latest Epoxy Additives for Flooring and Protective Coatings at European Coatings Show

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

Air Products to Increase Prices for Select Epoxy Curing Agents and Adhesion Promoters

Air Products Dynol™ 960 and 980 Superwetting Surfactants Receive 2014 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards

空气产品公司Dynol™ 960 和Dynol 980 高效润湿剂荣获“2014年涂料工业-荣格技术创新奖” 创新、高性能及环保涂料的涂料解决方案获业内认可

Air Products Introduces Dynol™ 977E and 979E Superwetting Surfactants for Waterborne Siding Board Coatings

エアープロダクツ 社は水系無機建材塗料用スーパーウエッター添加剤ダイノール(Dynol TM)９７７Eとダイノール(Dynol)９７９Eを発売開始します

Air Products to Increase Prices for Select Epoxy Curing Agents and Adhesion Promoters

Air Products Introduces New Epoxy Curing Agents at ACS 2014

Air Products Launches New Superwetting Surfactants at ACS 2014

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

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

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

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

Neue Epoxidhärter von Air Products auf der ECS 2013

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

Air Products to Feature Epoxy Curing Agents at ECS 2013

Air Products to Highlight Surface Science Expertise at ECS 2013

空气产品公司推出Airase™消泡剂

Air Products Introduces Airase™ Defoamers

Air Products Airase ™ 8070 Deaerator Receives 2012 Ringier Coatings Technology Innovation Awards

空气产品公司Airase™ 8070脱气剂荣膺“2012年涂料工业-荣格技术创新奖”

Air Products Introduces New Environmentally Friendly Superwetting Surfactants and Pigment Dispersant for Aqueous Coatings Applications

Air Products Introduces New Epoxy Curing Agents

空气产品公司EnviroGem® 360在中国荣获“2011年涂料工业荣格技术创新奖”

Air Products Increases Prices for Epoxy Additives

Air Products Launches Total Reactive Epoxy Curing Agent Technology and Expands Defoamer Range

New Range of Defoamers

Air Products Increases Prices for Epoxy Additives

Air Products Increases Prices for Epoxy Curing Agents, Diluents and Resins

Air Products to Increase Prices for Polyurethane Additives and Curatives

空气产品公司宣布在亚洲区提高聚氨酯添加剂销售价格

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空气产品公司在2010中国国际涂料展推介EnviroGem® 2010表面活性剂

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空气产品公司宣布提高亚洲地区环氧固化剂销售价格

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Air Products Announces Price Increase for Epoxy Curing Agents in Asia

Air Products Introduces New Defoamers for Coatings Applications

Air Products Launches Two New Environmentally Friendly Surfactants

Air Products Announces Price Increase for Polyurethane Additives

Air Products Completes Sale of Polyurethane Pre-Polymers Business to COIM USA

エアープロダクツ社は水系無機建材塗料用スーパーウエッター添加剤ダイノール(Dynol TM)９７７Eとダイノール(Dynol)９７９Eを発売開始します