<rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Sustainability News Releases</title><link>http://www.airproducts.com/rss-listings/sustainability.aspx</link><description>The latest Sustainability News Releases from Air Products</description><language>en</language><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{15096FE4-BB17-4D06-BDC6-5774867B8027}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/05/0518-carburos-metalicos-dedica-semana-de-la-seguridad-a-la-prevencion-domestica-laboral-y-de-ocio.aspx</link><title>Carburos Metálicos dedica su novena “Semana de la Seguridad” a la prevención doméstica, laboral y de ocio</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="166" align="left" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos dedica su novena &amp;ldquo;Semana de la Seguridad&amp;rdquo; a la prevenci&amp;oacute;n dom&amp;eacute;stica, laboral y de ocio" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-05-18-carburos-safety-week-1.jpg?h=166&amp;amp;w=215&amp;la=en" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; height: 166px; width: 215px; float: left;" /&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y perteneciente al grupo Air Products, ha organizado la novena edici&amp;oacute;n de su 'Semana de la Seguridad' desarrollando m&amp;aacute;s de 220 actividades en torno a la seguridad en el hogar, el lugar de trabajo y tambi&amp;eacute;n durante el tiempo de ocio, como los viajes o las vacaciones. Esta iniciativa, en la que han tenido la oportunidad de participar los 600 empleados en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, se engloba en el programa europeo que la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a organiza cada a&amp;ntilde;o en los 17 pa&amp;iacute;ses en los que est&amp;aacute; presente Air Products, el grupo matriz de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img height="161" align="right" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos dedica su novena &amp;ldquo;Semana de la Seguridad&amp;rdquo; a la prevenci&amp;oacute;n dom&amp;eacute;stica, laboral y de ocio" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-05-18-carburos-safety-week-2.jpg?la=en" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; float: right;" /&gt;La campa&amp;ntilde;a de este a&amp;ntilde;o ha girado en torno a una idea principal: &amp;lsquo;Seguridad en todas partes&amp;rsquo;. Con este lema, el objetivo ha sido destacar la importancia de la seguridad en todos los &amp;aacute;mbitos cotidianos, respondiendo as&amp;iacute; a la m&amp;aacute;xima prioridad de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos: reforzar la seguridad para reducir el riesgo de accidentes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Un equipo especializado de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos ha elaborado un programa de formaci&amp;oacute;n con actividades adecuadas a cada &amp;aacute;mbito de actuaci&amp;oacute;n. Estas actividades se enmarcan en la prevenci&amp;oacute;n de riesgos y la respuesta en caso de accidente. Asimismo, se han incluido sesiones pr&amp;aacute;cticas de ergonom&amp;iacute;a para el trabajo en oficina, para mejorar la salud postural de los empleados y prevenir as&amp;iacute; dolores y lesiones. Otra de las actividades ha consistido en impartir consejos b&amp;aacute;sicos sobre diet&amp;eacute;tica y nutrici&amp;oacute;n, enfocado a conseguir que los empleados cuiden de su salud a trav&amp;eacute;s de una dieta sana y equilibrada, adecuada a sus gustos y nivel de actividad. Durante la Semana de la Seguridad tambi&amp;eacute;n se organizaron acciones orientadas al tiempo de ocio de los trabajadores de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, orientadas a mejorar la seguridad en su d&amp;iacute;a a d&amp;iacute;a, como las charlas y talleres de seguridad en el domicilio, pautas y consejos de utilizaci&amp;oacute;n segura de Internet o para concienciar de la conducci&amp;oacute;n segura.&lt;br /&gt;
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Las actividades se han desarrollado del 25 al 29 de abril en las plantas y oficinas que la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a tiene repartidas por todo el territorio espa&amp;ntilde;ol. El tema escogido para este a&amp;ntilde;o refuerza el compromiso de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos con la seguridad, tanto en sus empleados como en sus propias instalaciones. Seg&amp;uacute;n afirma Francesco Maione, director general de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, &amp;ldquo;la seguridad es una de las piedras angulares de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y del grupo Air Products. Trabajamos para disminuir el riesgo de incidentes para nuestros trabajadores y contratistas y contribuir al objetivo de cero accidentes que nos hemos marcado en Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos. La &amp;lsquo;Semana de la Seguridad&amp;rsquo; de este a&amp;ntilde;o da buena muestra del gran valor que damos en la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a a concienciar a nuestros empleados sobre la importancia que tiene la prevenci&amp;oacute;n en cualquier actividad de nuestra vida cotidiana&amp;rdquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Seguridad, prioridad para Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
La prevenci&amp;oacute;n de riesgos laborales es un valor estrat&amp;eacute;gico en el funcionamiento de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, al que destina a&amp;ntilde;o tras a&amp;ntilde;o importantes recursos para el desarrollo de innovadores sistemas de seguridad. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a se caracteriza por tener implantado un proceso de mejora continua de las medidas de seguridad,&amp;nbsp;tanto en los procesos de producci&amp;oacute;n como en el funcionamiento de sus instalaciones.&lt;br /&gt;
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Como muestra de la importancia de la seguridad para Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cabe destacar el hito que alcanz&amp;oacute; la planta de producci&amp;oacute;n de hidr&amp;oacute;geno (HYCO) que Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos tiene en Tarragona, la cual suma ya en mayo m&amp;aacute;s de 950 d&amp;iacute;as de funcionamiento ininterrumpido, un r&amp;eacute;cord de operaci&amp;oacute;n en continuo que ejemplifica la apuesta de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a con la excelencia y fiabilidad. La planta HYCO se trata del &amp;uacute;nico centro de producci&amp;oacute;n de hidr&amp;oacute;geno en Catalunya y uno de los de mayor capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n del pa&amp;iacute;s, un referente dentro del grupo Air Products.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con 119 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, es l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y un referente en el sector qu&amp;iacute;mico en temas de seguridad, innovaci&amp;oacute;n y sostenibilidad.|&lt;br /&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad diaria de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1200 toneladas de gas licuado (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona) que dan servicio a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{CD739346-926A-45D4-8E4C-5AE282EBBB28}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/05/0513-air-products-named-oustanding-service-provider-to-china-chemical-parks.aspx</link><title>Air Products Named Outstanding Service Provider to China Chemical Parks</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="156" align="left" alt="China Vice President Feng Yan and Asia Vice President Brandon Fu receive the award at the award ceremony." width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-05-13-china-supplier-award.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" /&gt;Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;), a world-leading industrial gases company, has been named an Outstanding Service Provider to China Chemical Parks by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) in recognition of the company&amp;rsquo;s proven record in supplying domestic chemical parks. As announced yesterday in Wuhan at the 2016 China Chemical Industry and Chemical Park Forum, which over 750 industry government officials and leading companies attended to exchange ideas on the future of China&amp;rsquo;s chemical parks and chemical industry, Air Products is the only industrial gases provider among the 10 companies who won this award.&lt;br /&gt;
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Organized by CPCIF, a non-profit government thinktank for the industry&amp;rsquo;s management, the award recognizes companies who provide excellent services to chemical parks and are competitive in areas including safety records and environmental performance. Endorsement by chemical parks is a key selection factor.   &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been supporting the global petrochemical industry for over 70 years, serving in roles from chemical park gases supply advisor to investor to operator. The company has abundant experience in building and operating large gas supply pipeline networks safely to serve multiple customers. It is now running the world&amp;rsquo;s largest pipeline network along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The 1,000 kilometer pipeline stretches from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana, supplying hydrogen from 22 plants to refineries and the petrochemical industry. On the U.S. West Coast, Air Products operates a pipeline system in Silicon Valley, California, that provides major semiconductor manufacturers with reliable high-volume nitrogen supply. &lt;br /&gt;
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In China, Air Products has also established a solid position in the chemical industry. It has built gas supply pipeline systems at leading industrial parks in Nanjing and Tianjin, and serves a diverse group of customers from oil refiners to various petrochemical companies in the parks. As a leading integrated gases supplier in Nanjing Chemical Industry Park, Air Products supplies over 30 companies there, as well as other liquid gases customers in Nanjing. In January 2016, the company signed a framework agreement with Dalian Xizhong Island Petrochemical Park, one of China&amp;rsquo;s seven refinery and petrochemical bases, to become the sole industrial gases supplier for companies in the park. 	&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;We are honored to be the only industrial gases company to receive this prestigious award. It is a testament to our strong expertise, integrated solutions and excellent customer service contributing to the local chemical parks and clusters,&amp;rdquo; said &lt;a href="/Company/about-us/leadership/industrial-gases/choon-seong-saw.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Saw Choon Seong&lt;/a&gt;, China president, Industrial Gases, Air Products. &amp;ldquo;It is great to see that our integrated gases supply solutions and innovative gases applications support the sustainability initiatives of China&amp;rsquo;s chemical parks as we help our customers improve productivity, safety and environmental performance. We will continue to leverage our deep industry know-how to support the transformation and upgrade of chemical parks and fulfill our sustainability target under the the country&amp;rsquo;s 13th Five-year Plan.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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At the Wuhan Forum, Air Products shared its insights and global experience in chemical park infrastructure. The company advocates an integrated design for public utilities inside chemical parks, including industrial gases supply and wastewater treatment, in order to achieve management efficiency, synergy and resource savings. Air Products offers integrated gases supply solutions, including centralized gas supply from large air separation units and efficient gas delivery via pipelines, tankers, cylinders or other supply models to meet various customer needs. Air Products&amp;rsquo; innovative and sustainable applications for the petrochemical industry, such as Halia&amp;reg; wastewater treatment technology, Cryo-condap&amp;reg; VOC recovery solution, and oxyfuel enrichment technology for sulfur recovery, were also featured at the Forum. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company celebrating 75 years of operation. The company&amp;rsquo;s core Industrial Gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the world&amp;rsquo;s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The company&amp;rsquo;s Materials Technologies business serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. &lt;br /&gt;
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The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9 billion and was ranked number 284 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. Approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries strive to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{6A624828-6775-48C7-B714-C84CC6438853}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/05/0513-air-products-named-oustanding-service-provider-to-china-chemical-parks-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司荣获中国化工园区优秀服务商奖</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="156" align="left" alt="空气产品公司中国区副总裁冯燕（左）和亚洲区副总裁傅黎代表公司领奖" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-05-13-china-supplier-award-cn.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" /&gt;全球领先的工业气体公司&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;空气产品公司 (Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD) 今天宣布获得由中国石油和化学工业联合会颁发的&amp;ldquo;中国化工园区优秀服务商&amp;rdquo;奖。这是十家获奖企业中唯一的工业气体供应商。空气产品公司获此殊荣是由于其多年来在为中国化工园区服务中所展现的突出的专业能力和卓越的服务水平。&lt;br /&gt;
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中国石油和化学工业联合会担负中国石化行业管理和发展的政府顾问的重要角色。其组织并发布的这一奖项旨在表彰为中国化工园区提供卓越服务的企业，并要求获奖企业在安全和环保等领域有出色的表现。奖项的一个重要评选指标来自于化工园区的推荐和认可。&lt;br /&gt;
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该奖项是正在武汉召开的2016中国化工园区和产业发展论坛上发布的。这一论坛汇聚了约750名来自政府机构和石化行业的领先企业的代表，共同为中国化工园区和石化产业的未来发展出谋划策。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司拥有70多年为全球石化产业服务的深厚经验。在服务化工园区上，公司不但可以作为园区工业气体设施规划的顾问，还可以作为供气设施的投资者和运营者，提供一体化的服务。公司在建造和运营大型供气管网领域有着非常丰富的经验，这些管网可以非常安全地向多家客户供应气体。公司目前在美国墨西哥湾沿岸运营着全球供应能力最大的供气管网 -- 该管网长达1000多公里，从美国德州的休斯敦航道一直延伸到路易斯安那州的新奥尔良，结合了20多家氢气厂的供应能力向沿岸的炼油厂和石化厂供气。在美国西海岸的加州，空气产品公司在硅谷建立了大型的供气管网，为重要的半导体企业提供可靠、高流量的管道氮气。&lt;br /&gt;
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在中国，空气产品公司在化工行业也确立了稳固的市场地位。公司在南京、天津等主要的工业园区建设了供气管网系统，为园区内从炼油到化工等多个行业的客户服务。在南京化学工业园，空气产品公司创新型的一体化气体供应模式同时服务于园区内30多家企业，并可辐射周边地区，为其它南京的客户提供液态气体。2016年1月，公司与大连西中岛石化产业园签订了框架协议，将作为唯一的工业气体供应商为未来园区内的企业服务。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司中国区总裁苏俊雄表示：&amp;ldquo;成为唯一获此殊荣的工业气体供应商，我们感到非常荣幸。这证明了我们雄厚的专业实力、一体化的解决方案和卓越的客户服务为本地化工园区和产业集群的发展作出了贡献。看到我们的一体化气体供应解决方案和创新的气体应用技术支持中国化工园区的可持续发展，帮助我们的客户提升了生产效率以及安全和环保业绩，非常令人振奋。我们将继续利用我们深厚的行业知识来支持化工园区的转型和升级，助力全行业实现中国十三五规划的可持续发展目标。&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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在武汉的产业论坛上，空气产品公司分享了其对化工园区公用工程设施建设的提议和全球经验。公司建议，为了更好地提升园区管理效率和协同效应，并集约化利用资源，化工园区的公用工程，如工业气体供应和废水处理等，需要一体化的规划。空气产品公司的一体化气体供应解决方案包括从大型空分装置集中供气，并通过管道、槽车、钢瓶等多种供应模式高效地输送气体，以满足客户的不同需求。在论坛上，空气产品公司还展示了其服务于石化行业的创新和可持续性的气体应用技术，如Halia&amp;reg; 废水处理技术，Cryo-condap&amp;reg; 有机挥发物回收净化解决方案以及提升硫回收效率的富氧技术。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约。证券交易所代码：APD）是一家世界领先的工业气体公司。今年正值其运营75周年。工业气体是公司的核心业务，提供空分和工艺气体、以及相关的设备，主要为炼油石化、金属、电子和食品饮料等制造产业服务。空气产品公司同时也是一家全球领先的液化天然气工艺技术和设备供应商。公司的另一项业务&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;材料技术服务于半导体、聚氨酯、清洁剂与涂料和粘合剂等行业。&lt;br /&gt;
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2015财年，公司的销售额为99亿美金，在美国上市公司财富500强中排名第284位。其遍布全球50多个国家和地区的约2万名员工，为所有客户提供可持续性的产品和解决方案，以及卓越的服务，致力于将空气产品公司打造成世界最安全和最佳的工业气体公司。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司中文网站：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt;。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2015年9月30日结束。&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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邮件：&lt;a href="mailto:jennifer.tsao@ebacomms.com"&gt;jennifer.tsao@ebacomms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{5CFB1735-ED27-40A2-8FBA-1CFCF446431D}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/04/0427-air-products-temoigne-de-son-engagement-de-chargeur-responsable-durant-la-sitl-2016.aspx</link><title>Air Products Temoigne de son Engagement de Chargeur Responsable Durant la SITL2016</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="161" align="left" alt="Air Products Temoigne de son Engagement de Chargeur Responsable Durant la SITL2016" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-04-27-fret21-a.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" /&gt;Le 23 mars 2016, Fabrice Langlais- Northern Continent Supply Chain Manager Packaged Gases d&amp;rsquo;Air Products- t&amp;eacute;moignait lors d&amp;rsquo;une conf&amp;eacute;rence organis&amp;eacute;e par l&amp;rsquo;AUTF &amp;agrave; la SITL (Salon International du Transport et de la Logistique) sur la d&amp;eacute;marche mise en place par son Groupe, l&amp;rsquo;un des primo-signataires de la convention Fret 21 ratifi&amp;eacute;e le 20 mai 2015 &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;occasion du Climate Summit (Unesco Paris) en pr&amp;eacute;sence de Segol&amp;egrave;ne Royal- Ministre de l&amp;rsquo;environnement-, des Pr&amp;eacute;sidents de l&amp;rsquo;ADEME  et de l&amp;rsquo;AUTF et de 9 autres repr&amp;eacute;sentants d&amp;rsquo;entreprises d&amp;rsquo;envergure telles que Coca Cola, Carrefour&amp;hellip; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img height="161" align="right" alt="Air Products Temoigne de son Engagement de Chargeur Responsable Durant la SITL2016" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-04-27-fret21-b.jpg?la=en" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; float: right;" /&gt;Concern&amp;eacute; depuis des ann&amp;eacute;es par le d&amp;eacute;veloppement durable, il &amp;eacute;tait en effet naturel qu&amp;rsquo;Air Products s&amp;rsquo;implique comme il l&amp;rsquo;a fait d&amp;egrave;s son &amp;eacute;bauche dans ce programme d&amp;rsquo;engagement national visant &amp;agrave; r&amp;eacute;duire les &amp;eacute;missions de gaz &amp;agrave; effet de serre gr&amp;acirc;ce &amp;agrave; un effort de rationalisation du transport des gros chargeurs. En d&amp;eacute;veloppant des strat&amp;eacute;gies de transport multimodal (rail-route), en adoptant des camions plus l&amp;eacute;gers et &amp;eacute;conomiques et en optimisant ses livraisons de gaz conditionn&amp;eacute; comme de vrac, le Groupe souhaite donner l&amp;rsquo;exemple aux industriels de tous secteurs et d&amp;eacute;montrer qu&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;cologie peut rimer avec efficacit&amp;eacute; et &amp;eacute;conomie.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img height="161" align="left" alt="Air Products Temoigne de son Engagement de Chargeur Responsable Durant la SITL2016" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-04-27-fret21-c.jpg?la=en" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; float: left;" /&gt;Concr&amp;egrave;tement, Air Products a d&amp;rsquo;ores et d&amp;eacute;j&amp;agrave; suivi 4 actions selon la m&amp;eacute;thodologie mise en place par l&amp;rsquo;ADEME. &lt;br /&gt;
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Dans le cadre de sa logistique &amp;laquo; gaz en citerne &amp;raquo;. Air Products a enti&amp;egrave;rement revu les strat&amp;eacute;gies de cr&amp;eacute;ation des tourn&amp;eacute;es dans le but de r&amp;eacute;duire les distances entre les livraisons. Citons notamment l&amp;rsquo;augmentation de certains r&amp;eacute;servoirs jug&amp;eacute;s strat&amp;eacute;giques ou celle de la plage de d&amp;eacute;clenchement des livraisons.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img height="161" align="right" alt="Air Products Temoigne de son Engagement de Chargeur Responsable Durant la SITL2016" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-04-27-fret21-d.jpg?la=en" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; float: right;" /&gt;Trois autres initiatives se situent dans la distribution de &amp;laquo; gaz en bouteille &amp;raquo;. Tout d&amp;rsquo;abord, l&amp;agrave; aussi une r&amp;eacute;vision de la strat&amp;eacute;gie des tourn&amp;eacute;es, avec des zones de livraison redessin&amp;eacute;es et des fr&amp;eacute;quences adapt&amp;eacute;es. In fine, Air Products a r&amp;eacute;duit plus de 10% de sa flotte de distribution depuis 2014. Pour cette initiative, il a parfois impliqu&amp;eacute; ses clients, leur expliquant la finalit&amp;eacute; de l&amp;rsquo;action, et en grande majorit&amp;eacute; a &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; suivi. Le Groupe continue les discussions avec quelques clients dans l&amp;rsquo;objectif de les convaincre d&amp;rsquo;adh&amp;eacute;rer &amp;agrave; cette action.&lt;br /&gt;
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Par ailleurs, Air Products a mis en place depuis 2013 des liaisons rail-route entre ses diff&amp;eacute;rents sites pour le transport des gaz conditionn&amp;eacute;s. L&amp;rsquo;utilisation de ferroutage n&amp;rsquo;est pas nouvelle dans le cadre du transport de citernes ou de containers de gaz, mais est novateur dans l&amp;rsquo;optique de gaz en bouteilles multi produits. Le principal d&amp;eacute;fi dans cette initiative a &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; l&amp;rsquo;aspect r&amp;eacute;glementaire du transport de mati&amp;egrave;re dangereuse (RID, ADR).&lt;br /&gt;
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Enfin, comme l&amp;rsquo;activit&amp;eacute; se fait en transport d&amp;eacute;di&amp;eacute;, Air Products a adopt&amp;eacute; des camions plus l&amp;eacute;gers avec un design innovant offrant une plus grande capacit&amp;eacute; de chargement. L&amp;rsquo;un de ces camions a &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; test&amp;eacute; en 2013 durant 4 semaines et a permis de r&amp;eacute;aliser de 10 &amp;agrave; 15% d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;conomies en carburant &amp;agrave; charge constante. Finalement, Air Products a augment&amp;eacute; la capacit&amp;eacute; de chargement et supprim&amp;eacute; environ 1 voyage toutes les 10 navettes. Ce camion p&amp;egrave;se en effet, 2 tonnes de moins que le mod&amp;egrave;le standard ce qui permet de charger 2 tonnes de marchandises suppl&amp;eacute;mentaires. Pour ce faire, il a m&amp;ecirc;me d&amp;ucirc; homologuer en France ces &amp;eacute;quipements autrichiens, avec l&amp;rsquo;aide de son prestataire, les transports Bert ; preuve s&amp;rsquo;il en est de l&amp;rsquo;importance d&amp;rsquo;un vrai partenariat avec les transporteurs.&lt;br /&gt;
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La s&amp;eacute;curit&amp;eacute; totale et le d&amp;eacute;veloppement durable sont deux valeurs cardinales pour Air Products. Le d&amp;eacute;veloppement durable est un important pilier d&amp;rsquo;Air Products et un facteur de croissance dans les relations de la soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; avec ses clients, ses employ&amp;eacute;s et la soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; civile. Il est fond&amp;eacute; sur trois concepts :&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Cro&amp;icirc;tre de fa&amp;ccedil;on responsable en proposant &amp;agrave; ses clients des solutions efficaces et durables.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Conserver les ressources et r&amp;eacute;duire l'empreinte environnementale gr&amp;acirc;ce &amp;agrave; des techniques de pointe. Air Products s&amp;rsquo;est fix&amp;eacute; des objectifs de performance environnementale ambitieux pour les gaz &amp;agrave; effet de serre, l'&amp;eacute;nergie, l'eau, les d&amp;eacute;chets et les &amp;eacute;missions, et mesure ses progr&amp;egrave;s de mani&amp;egrave;re continue pour am&amp;eacute;liorer ses propres op&amp;eacute;rations. C&amp;rsquo;est dans cette logique qu&amp;rsquo;il a sign&amp;eacute; la convention &amp;laquo; Fret 21, les chargeurs s&amp;rsquo;engagent &amp;raquo;. Le Groupe s&amp;rsquo;est engag&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; r&amp;eacute;duire de 7% les gaz &amp;agrave; effet de serre dans le p&amp;eacute;rim&amp;egrave;tre sp&amp;eacute;cifi&amp;eacute;, dans un horizon de 3 ans. Il souhaite donner l&amp;rsquo;exemple aux industriels de tous secteurs et d&amp;eacute;montrer qu&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;cologie peut rimer avec efficacit&amp;eacute; et &amp;eacute;conomie.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Prendre soin de ses employ&amp;eacute;s, de ses clients et de son tissu &amp;eacute;conomique et social Prot&amp;eacute;ger sa l&amp;eacute;gitimit&amp;eacute; d&amp;rsquo;entreprise et sa croissance. Air Products construit une culture de s&amp;eacute;curit&amp;eacute;, de simplicit&amp;eacute;, de rapidit&amp;eacute;, et de confiance en soi. Z&amp;eacute;ro accident est le seul objectif possible. Air Products est mondialement reconnu pour son engagement en la mati&amp;egrave;re et figure dans les palmar&amp;egrave;s suivants des entreprises les plus performants dans ce domaine : Dow Jones Sustainability Index, FTSE4Good,Ethibel, CDP Global 500 climate Disclosure Leadership Index, CR Magazine des top 100 Corporate Citizens (top 10 pour le secteur chimique)...Et en avril 2015, Le groupe Air Products a &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; une nouvelle fois distingu&amp;eacute; par le Corporate Responsability Magazine (CR magazine) pour ses performances et ses efforts en mati&amp;egrave;re de d&amp;eacute;veloppement durable. Il figure ainsi dans la liste des 100 meilleurs &amp;laquo; Corporate citizens &amp;raquo; dress&amp;eacute;e par cette revue cl&amp;eacute;.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Et Fabrice Langlais de terminer son t&amp;eacute;moignage tr&amp;egrave;s &amp;eacute;cout&amp;eacute; par ces mots : &amp;laquo; En fait, il ne peut y avoir qu&amp;rsquo;une conclusion, c&amp;rsquo;est de souligner combien chaque chargeur peut profiter de nous rejoindre et notre souhait de voir ce mouvement s&amp;rsquo;amplifier. Nous avons une responsabilit&amp;eacute; en tant que chargeur. La bonne nouvelle est que r&amp;eacute;duire les gaz &amp;agrave; effets de serre signifie aussi optimiser la supply chain &amp;raquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;A propos de Fret 21 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Fret 21 est la &amp;laquo; marque &amp;raquo; sous laquelle le Groupe regroupe ses initiatives transport et Supply Chain. Cela permet d&amp;rsquo;avoir une lisibilit&amp;eacute; claire pour les communications en interne mais aussi en externe. Cette marque f&amp;eacute;d&amp;egrave;re en interne, car c&amp;rsquo;est un objectif noble. &lt;br /&gt;
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Cette marque commence &amp;agrave; &amp;ecirc;tre connue aupr&amp;egrave;s des clients, au m&amp;ecirc;me titre qu&amp;rsquo; &amp;laquo; Objectif CO2, les transporteurs s&amp;rsquo;engagent &amp;raquo;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Les groupes de travails sont dynamiques, permettent d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;changer des id&amp;eacute;es et de partager les d&amp;eacute;fis. Et comme les soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute;s sont diff&amp;eacute;rentes mais poss&amp;egrave;dent toutes la m&amp;ecirc;me envie de progresser dans le domaine, comme elles sont toutes &amp;agrave; la pointe dans leur propre secteur, des solutions originales &amp;eacute;mergent pour chaque Supply Chain. Probablement plus qu&amp;rsquo;un simple benchmarking entre soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute;s qui ont &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; suivis la m&amp;ecirc;me &amp;eacute;volution sur des march&amp;eacute;s identiques&amp;hellip;&lt;br /&gt;
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Le parrainage et le pilotage par l&amp;rsquo;AUTF et de l&amp;rsquo;ADEME, est un gage de s&amp;eacute;rieux et de succ&amp;egrave;s. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;A propos d'Air Products&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE : APD) est une soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; de gaz industriels majeure qui f&amp;ecirc;te cette ann&amp;eacute;e ses 75 ans. Son c&amp;oelig;ur de m&amp;eacute;tier dans les gaz industriels est la fourniture de gaz de l'air, des gaz de proc&amp;eacute;d&amp;eacute;s et des gaz sp&amp;eacute;ciaux, ainsi que des technologies et des &amp;eacute;quipements d&amp;eacute;di&amp;eacute;s aux industriels de la m&amp;eacute;tallurgie, de l&amp;rsquo;agroalimentaire et de la boisson, du raffinage et de la p&amp;eacute;trochimie. Le groupe est &amp;eacute;galement l&amp;rsquo;un des leaders mondiaux dans le domaine de la  liqu&amp;eacute;faction du gaz naturel.Sa division &amp;laquo; Materials Technologies &amp;raquo; qu&amp;rsquo;Air Products entend dissocier du Groupe d&amp;rsquo;ici Septembre 2016, dessert quant &amp;agrave; elle les industries des semi conducteurs, des polyur&amp;eacute;thanes, du nettoyage et du rev&amp;ecirc;tement ainsi que de l&amp;rsquo;adh&amp;eacute;sif.&lt;br /&gt;
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Environ 20 000 collaborateurs r&amp;eacute;partis dans plus de 50 pays s&amp;rsquo;emploient &amp;agrave; faire d&amp;rsquo;Air Products le gazier le plus s&amp;ucirc;r et le plus performant du monde tout en offrant des solutions respectueuses de l&amp;rsquo;environnement et un service d&amp;rsquo;excellence &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;ensemble de leurs clients.  Au cours de l'exercice 2015, les ventes d'Air Products ont atteint 9,9 milliards de dollars et plac&amp;eacute; le groupe au 284e rang du classement annuel de Fortune  Pour plus de renseignements, rendez-vous sur &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.fr"&gt;www.airproducts.fr&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form  for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2015. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{264D4AAD-5737-4C08-A227-D9E160E9E135}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/04/0425-air-products-named-to-corporate-responsibility-magazine-best-corporate-citizen-list.aspx</link><title>Air Products Again Named to Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens List</title><description>&lt;p&gt;For the fifth consecutive year, Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) has been named to Corporate Responsibility Magazine&amp;rsquo;s (CR Magazine) &lt;a href="http://www.thecro.com/100-best/cr-magazine-reveals-17th-annual-100-best-corporate-citizens-list/" target="_blank"&gt;100 Best Corporate Citizens List (2016)&lt;/a&gt;, which recognizes public companies with outstanding corporate responsibility performance.&lt;br /&gt;
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The top 100 corporate responsibility leaders are selected from the large-cap Russell 1000&amp;reg; based on an assessment of 260 data points of disclosure and performance measures across seven categories including: environment, climate change, employee relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy and community support.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;I am very proud of this achievement. Air Products&amp;rsquo; employees understand the importance of &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Sustainability&lt;/a&gt; in advancing our five-point strategy,&amp;rdquo; said &lt;a href="/Company/about-us/leadership/seifi-ghasemi.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Seifi Ghasemi&lt;/a&gt;, chairman, president and chief executive officer at Air Products. &amp;ldquo;Sustainability is a fundamental principle at Air Products and key to our value proposition.  It is also the cornerstone of our relationships with customers, shareholders, and our neighbors in the communities where we operate around the globe. We are very honored to again be recognized for our performance and citizenship.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Aligning its sustainability efforts under the economic, environmental and social categories of &amp;ldquo;Grow, Conserve and Care,&amp;rdquo; Air Products seeks to grow responsibly through &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability/sustainable-offerings.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;sustainability-driven opportunities&lt;/a&gt; that benefit our customers and the world; that conserve resources and reduce environmental footprints through cost-effective improvements; and which care for employees, customers and communities, while protecting the company&amp;rsquo;s license to operate and grow. Air Products &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability/sustainable-offerings/industrial-gases.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;serves dozens of industries&lt;/a&gt;, providing gases, materials, technologies and applications solutions that improve customers&amp;rsquo; energy efficiency, productivity, environmental performance and productivity. &lt;br /&gt;
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To learn more about Sustainability at Air Products, visit the company&amp;rsquo;s Sustainability web site at: &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/Sustainability"&gt;www.airproducts.com/Sustainability&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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About Corporate Responsibility Magazine&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
SharedXpertise Media LLC is the publisher of CR Magazine (www.thecro.com), the leading voice of the corporate responsibility profession and the publisher of the 100 Best Corporate Citizen&amp;rsquo;s List, which has been ranked one of America&amp;rsquo;s three most-important business rankings according to PR Week.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company celebrating 75 years of operation. The company&amp;rsquo;s core Industrial Gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the world&amp;rsquo;s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The company&amp;rsquo;s Materials Technologies business serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. &lt;br /&gt;
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The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9 billion and was ranked number 284 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. Approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries strive to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2015. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{9C84C8B0-9A8A-4B94-8436-5CD8826196F6}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/04/0405-gasin-celebra-50-anos-de-sucesso-em-portugal-portuguese.aspx</link><title>Gasin Celebra 50 Anos de Sucesso em Portugal</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fabrica de Perafita abriu-se aos funcion&amp;aacute;rios e familiares para visitas, experi&amp;ecirc;ncias, demonstra&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es, festa com bolo de anivers&amp;aacute;rio e outras surpresas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Gasin quer continuar fazer parte da recupera&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o econ&amp;oacute;mica portuguesa  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img height="184" align="left" alt="Gasin Celebra 50 Anos de Sucesso em Portugal" width="450" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-04-05-gasin-50th-1.jpg?h=184&amp;amp;w=450&amp;la=en" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; height: 184px; width: 450px; float: left;" /&gt;A Gasin, empresa de refer&amp;ecirc;ncia no sector dos gases industriais e hospitalares em Portugal deu in&amp;iacute;cio, este fim de semana, &amp;agrave;s comemora&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es dos 50 anos de actividade no territ&amp;oacute;rio que se v&amp;atilde;o prolongar ao longo de 2016 e envolver trabalhadores, clientes, stakeldores nacionais e as comunidades locais onde est&amp;aacute; inserida. &lt;br /&gt;
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Raramente abertas ao exterior, as instala&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es da Gasin receberam este s&amp;aacute;bado mais de 150 funcion&amp;aacute;rios e familiares para uma festa e um dia diferente. Ao longo da tarde, sobretudo os mais pequenos, conheceram as instala&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es, os produtos ali produzidos e o estado em que s&amp;atilde;o produzidos, realizaram experi&amp;ecirc;ncias e participaram numa festa que terminou com uma largada de bal&amp;otilde;es com h&amp;eacute;lio e com bolo de anivers&amp;aacute;rio.      &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img height="159" align="right" alt="Gasin Celebra 50 Anos de Sucesso em Portugal" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-04-05-gasin-50th-2.jpg?la=en" style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px; float: right;" /&gt;At&amp;eacute; final do ano est&amp;atilde;o programadas m&amp;uacute;ltiplas iniciativas de comemora&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o, entre elas, um evento solid&amp;aacute;rio que vai envolver de novo os funcion&amp;aacute;rios e que no final ter&amp;aacute; como benefici&amp;aacute;rio a comunidade local.    &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Acreditamos que a principal raz&amp;atilde;o do nosso sucesso em Portugal tem sido os funcion&amp;aacute;rios da Gasin que diariamente levam a nossa marca, os nossos produtos e os nossos servi&amp;ccedil;os aos clientes a qualquer parte do Pa&amp;iacute;s, continente e ilhas. Esta festa &amp;eacute; o reconhecimento do empenho e da dedica&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o que revelam com a companhia, o que muito tem contribu&amp;iacute;do para a Gasin se manter na vanguarda no sector&amp;rdquo; explica Paulo Magalh&amp;atilde;es, Director Comercial Portugal.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada em 1966, Gasin integra desde os anos 90 a Air Products, um dos l&amp;iacute;deres mundiais do sector dos gases industriais. Em Portugal, produz, distribui e comercializa gases industriais e medicinais sendo l&amp;iacute;der em diversos sectores: &amp;acirc;mbito hospitalar, CO2 para tratamento de &amp;aacute;guas e gaseifica&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o de bebidas, entre outros.&lt;br /&gt;
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O modo de actua&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o da companhia no sector passa por conhecer de perto as necessidades dos clientes e proporcionar-lhes solu&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es &amp;uacute;nicas e inovadoras que acrescentem valor aos produtos e sejam mais sustent&amp;aacute;veis.      &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;A par dos funcion&amp;aacute;rios e dos nossos produtos e solu&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es inovadoras, esta forma de trabalhar com os cliente explica o sucesso da companhia ao longo dos anos. Hoje a opera&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o portuguesa representa 10% da factura&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o da Air Products no Sul da Europa e queremos continuar a apostar no pa&amp;iacute;s no sector industrial e medicinal. Queremos continuar a crescer e a acrescentar valor aos nossos clientes e aos seus produtos. Queremos continuar a fazer parte da recupera&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o econ&amp;oacute;mica de Portugal&amp;rdquo; refere Francesco Maione, Vice-presidente para o Sul da Europa no grupo Air Products.&lt;br /&gt;
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A Gasin baseia o seu crescimento na inova&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o e &amp;eacute; a &amp;uacute;nica empresa de g&amp;aacute;s que tem implementado um sistema de rastreabilidade total dos seus produtos e recipientes, mesmo no canal de retalho. &lt;br /&gt;
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Recentemente a Gasin ajudou ao estabelecimento em Portugal de uma empresa multinacional que desenvolve produtos inovadores na agro-ind&amp;uacute;stria que chegam depois &amp;agrave; mesa dos consumidores portugueses e europeus. Al&amp;eacute;m de lhes ter proporcionado uma solu&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o &amp;uacute;nica para tratamento biol&amp;oacute;gico das &amp;aacute;guas residuais, a Gasin integrou ainda a equipa que conseguiu congelar fruta fresca em peda&amp;ccedil;os de modo de modo a manter todas as propriedades de sabor e textura do produto ap&amp;oacute;s descongela&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o. Esta empresa est&amp;aacute; j&amp;aacute; a preparar a expans&amp;atilde;o da actividade em Portugal.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ainda nos Gases industriais, a Gasin est&amp;aacute; ainda a apoiar o processo de crescimento da produ&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o de uma multinacional de refrigerantes com f&amp;aacute;brica em Lisboa. Um dos maiores clientes, exporta a partir de Portugal kits de h&amp;eacute;lio descart&amp;aacute;veis para todo o mundo que s&amp;atilde;o depois usados para encher bal&amp;otilde;es e fazer a alegria das crian&amp;ccedil;as. Em Portugal a Gasin participa activamente no tratamento da &amp;aacute;gua pot&amp;aacute;vel consumida pelos portugueses, fornecendo gases decisivos para o seu tratamento. &lt;br /&gt;
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A Gasin toca positivamente a vida dos consumidores portugueses. Est&amp;aacute; presente indirectamente na sua vida quotidiana desde que se levantam at&amp;eacute; que se deitam por via de produtos e servi&amp;ccedil;os proporcionados pelos nossos clientes. &lt;br /&gt;
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A sustentabilidade das atividades da empresa est&amp;aacute; centrada em 3 eixos: Crescer (acrescentar valor aos clientes e proporcionar-lhes desempenhos mais sustent&amp;aacute;veis), Conservar (adop&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o interna pela Air Products de objectivos ambientais agressivos &amp;ndash; emiss&amp;atilde;o de gases, consumo de &amp;aacute;gua e energia - para as opera&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es da companhia) e Cuidar (ser a empresa mais segura do sector com zero acidentes e zero incidentes).&lt;br /&gt;
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A Air Products, grupo a que pertence a Gasin aparece mencionada em tr&amp;ecirc;s dos principais &amp;iacute;ndices mundiais de sustentabilidade.  &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre a Gasin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
A Gasin &amp;eacute; uma empresa de refer&amp;ecirc;ncia no sector dos gases industriais, medicinais e hospitalares que produz, distribui e comercializa gases imprescind&amp;iacute;veis para mais de 30 sectores e actividades distintas : metalurgia, vidro, &amp;aacute;guas, alimenta&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o, ambiente, sa&amp;uacute;de, energia, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laborat&amp;oacute;rios, congela&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o, refrigera&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o, lazer e bebidas, entre outros. A companhia disponibiliza uma ampla gama de produtos e solu&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es aos seus clientes bem como novas tecnologias, materiais e equipamentos destinados &amp;agrave; aplica&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o destes gases &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada em 1966, a Gasin comemora 50 anos de opera&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o. A empresa &amp;eacute; actualmente l&amp;iacute;der no fornecimento de H&amp;eacute;lio L&amp;iacute;quido para Resson&amp;acirc;ncia Magn&amp;eacute;tica e um dos principais fornecedores no sector hospitalar, no fornecimento de CO2 para tratamento de &amp;aacute;guas residuais e pot&amp;aacute;veis bem como para a gaseifica&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o de bebidas e uma refer&amp;ecirc;ncia na ind&amp;uacute;stria no seu sector de actividade em seguran&amp;ccedil;a, inova&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o e sustentabilidade. &lt;br /&gt;
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A Gasin conta com 60 profissionais nas opera&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es em Portugal, com uma rede de 25 distribuidores (Portugal Continental e Ilhas) que garantem a cobertura nacional e disp&amp;otilde;e de 2 Centros de Actividade - Matosinhos e Cac&amp;eacute;m -, 2 Unidades Fabris de Enchimento, 1 F&amp;aacute;brica de separa&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o de gases do ar (Maia), 1 Laborat&amp;oacute;rio de Metrologia + 1 Laborat&amp;oacute;rio para Produ&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o de Gases Puros, Misturas e Controlo de Qualidade. Em Barcelona existe um Centro de Excel&amp;ecirc;ncia de I&amp;amp;D com responsabilidades nas &amp;aacute;reas da agricultura, alimenta&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o, tratamento de &amp;aacute;gua e aplica&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es de CO2. &lt;br /&gt;
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Desde 1995 integra o Grupo norte-americano Air Products, uma das maiores empresas mundiais do sector e l&amp;iacute;der em v&amp;aacute;rios continentes. Em 2015 registou uma factura&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o de 9,9 mil milh&amp;otilde;es de d&amp;oacute;lares e ocupa a posi&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o 284 na lista anual Fortune 500. Com mais de 20.000 trabalhadores em 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses ambiciona ser a empresa de gases industriais mais segura e com melhor desempenho do sector e proporcionar uma oferta sustent&amp;aacute;vel e um servi&amp;ccedil;o de excel&amp;ecirc;ncia a todos os clientes. A Air Products &amp;eacute; l&amp;iacute;der mundial em produ&amp;ccedil;&amp;atilde;o e venda de hidrog&amp;eacute;neo H2. Para mais informa&amp;ccedil;&amp;otilde;es www.gasin.com e &lt;a href="http://www.emquemconfias.pt"&gt;www.emquemconfias.pt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="mailto:rui.carvalho@prconsulting.pt"&gt;Rui Carvalho&lt;/a&gt; | PR Consulting&lt;br /&gt;
Tel. 351 914391836&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{A6DDF32B-12E2-4096-8864-0AA23365D2CB}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/02/0225-air-products-receives-best-social-responsibility-brand-award-2015.aspx</link><title>Air Products Receives Best Social Responsibility Brand Award 2015 </title><description>&lt;img align="left" alt="Air Products accepts the award in the festival with the other winners. " src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-02-25-china-social-responsibility-award.jpg?la=en" style="margin-right: 6px; margin-bottom: 6px; float: left;" /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;), a world leading industrial gases supplier and U.S. Fortune 500 company, today announced it has recently received the &amp;lsquo;Best Social Responsibility Brand Award 2015&amp;rsquo; at the 5th China Charity Festival held in Beijing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The award recognizes the company for its good corporate citizenship and social responsibility contributions. Air Products was among 50 leading companies, including Dow Chemical, Pfizer and Starbucks, being awarded. &lt;br /&gt;
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Co-organized annually by over 30 Chinese media, including China.com, sohu.com, China News Agency and China Daily, the China Charity Festival is a non-profit event advocating philanthropic spirit and behaviors of individuals and organizations. Candidates are evaluated for their projects&amp;rsquo; social benefits through various indicators, such as sustainability, creativity, adaptability and credibility. Air Products was recommended by one of the co-organizing media and selected by the judging panel comprising the media, organizations and associations. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="/Company/about-us/leadership/industrial-gases/choon-seong-saw.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Saw Choon Seong&lt;/a&gt;, China president, Industrial Gases, at Air Products said, &amp;ldquo;Sustainability is at the core of Air Products&amp;rsquo; business strategies, and this award is another testimonial of our longstanding commitment to corporate social responsibility. China&amp;rsquo;s economy is entering a new normal while sustainability remains the government&amp;rsquo;s top priority in the 13th five-year period. We will continue to create more value for local communities and customers through our sustainable offerings, technologies and safety expertise.&amp;rdquo;  &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been serving the China market for nearly 30 years with its leading edge technologies and solutions that help customers improve productivity, efficiency, quality and environmental performance. On corporate social responsibility, the company has been initiating and actively taking part in a variety of programs and activities, including the LIN (liquid nitrogen) Ambassador Program to demonstrate to local schools and communities the application of gas science in our daily lives through experiments; technology development to support sustainable industrial growth; and involvement in the recent Shenzhen landslide rescue efforts through its expertise in safety and gas cylinder transportation. &lt;br /&gt;
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About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company celebrating 75 years of operation. The company&amp;rsquo;s core Industrial Gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the world&amp;rsquo;s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The company&amp;rsquo;s Materials Technologies business, which Air Products intends to spin-off by September 2016, serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. &lt;br /&gt;
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The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9 billion and was ranked number 284 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. Approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries strive to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2015. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{E8E49971-797B-4B49-BCB5-B89D88071B4A}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2016/02/0225-air-products-receives-best-social-responsibility-brand-award-2015-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司荣获2015年度责任品牌奖</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img  align="left" alt="空气产品公司和其他获奖者在公益节上接受颁奖。"  src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2016/2016-02-25-china-social-responsibility-award-cn.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-right: 6px; margin-bottom: 6px" /&gt;全球领先的工业气体供应商、美国财富500强&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;空气产品公司(Air&amp;nbsp;Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD) 宣布在北京举办的第五届中国慈善节上获颁&amp;ldquo;2015年度责任品牌奖&amp;rdquo;。该公司因其良好的企业公民形象和在社会责任领域所作的贡献，与其他50多家领先企业，包括陶氏化学、辉瑞中国和星巴克等同获此奖项。&lt;br /&gt;
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中国公益节是由包括中国网、中新网、中国日报网和搜狐焦点公益基金等30多家大众媒体联袂发起的年度盛会。该非盈利性活动旨在弘扬公益精神，倡导的公益行为。公益节所设各奖项对候选个人及单位机构项目的社会效益进行多维度的评估，如可持续性、创新性、广泛性和可信性等。空气产品公司由其中一家第三方媒体推荐，经由媒体、机构和协会代表组成的评委会审议后，最终评选而出。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司工业气体部中国区总裁苏俊雄表示：&amp;ldquo;可持续性是空气产品公司业务战略的核心。该奖项是对我们在企业社会责任上长期实践的又一肯定。中国经济进入新常态，可持续发展依然是政府在第十三个五年规划中的头等工作重心。通过可持续的产品、技术和安全运营专业知识，我们将持续为所在的当地社区和客户创造更多价值。&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司以其具有领先优势的技术和解决方案帮助客户提高生产力、效率、产品质量和环保绩效，至今已服务中国市场近30年。在企业社会责任领域，空气产品公司发起并积极参与了多个项目和活动以推动可持续发展。其中包括：液氮大使项目，通过实验向当地学校和社区展示气体科学在生活中的应用；推动创新型解决方案的研发来支持工业气体行业的可持续发展；及近期支援深圳光明新区&amp;ldquo;12&amp;bull;20&amp;rdquo;特大滑坡事故救灾，以专业技能安全处理了救灾过程中挖掘出来的气瓶。&lt;br /&gt;
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关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）是一家世界领先的工业气体公司。今年正值其运营75周年。工业气体是公司的核心业务，提供空分和工艺气体、以及相关的设备，主要为炼油石化、金属、电子和食品饮料等制造产业服务。空气产品公司同时也是一家全球领先的液化天然气工艺技术和设备供应商。公司的另一项业务&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;材料技术服务于半导体、聚氨酯、清洁剂与涂料和粘合剂等行业，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。&lt;br /&gt;
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2015财年，公司的销售额为99亿美金，在美国上市公司财富500强中排名第284位。其遍布全球50多个国家和地区的约2万名员工， 为所有客户提供可持续性的产品和解决方案，以及卓越的服务，致力于将空气产品公司打造成世界最安全和最佳的工业气体公司。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司中文网站：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt;。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2015年9月30日结束。&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{8A091759-C1B7-4340-BE26-9B872320E02B}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/11/1130-air-products-named-a-thomson-reuters-2015-top-100-global-innovator-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司荣登汤森路透2015全球创新百强榜</title><description>&lt;p&gt;近日，汤森路透(Thomson Reuters)发布了2015年&amp;ldquo;全球创新百强&amp;rdquo;(TOP 100 GLOBAL INNOVATORS)名单，世界领先的工业气体公司&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;空气产品公司(Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD) 因其在全球卓著的创新成就，再次荣登榜单。该项目由汤森路透知识产权与科技事业部发起，根据一系列与专利相关的指标，评选出全球100家最具创新力的公司和机构。请点击&lt;a href="http://www.stateofinnovation.com" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.stateofinnovation.com&lt;/a&gt; 阅读完整的榜单。&lt;br /&gt;
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汤森路透2015年&amp;ldquo;全球创新百强&amp;rdquo;榜的评选方法主要依据四项标准，包括：专利总量、专利授权成功率、专利组合的全球覆盖率，以及基于引用的专利影响力。该评选使用这些客观标准在全球范围内遴选出那些不断推出新发明，保护专利不受侵权并积极实现专利的商业化的企业和机构。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司董事会主席、总裁兼首席执行官Seifi Ghasemi表示：&amp;ldquo;空气产品公司是基于一个创新的理念成立的。这次获选印证了创新一直是公司的核心价值，它激励着我们的员工每天积极应对紧迫的商业挑战。&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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汤森路透&amp;ldquo;全球创新百强&amp;rdquo;榜单的评选今年已迈入第五年，该榜单每年皆超越领先的金融指数，成为更可信赖的投资标的参考，并证明了企业研发资金的增长、全球专利申请和新市场开发有助于创造更多的营业收入并提升地区经济活跃度。&lt;br /&gt;
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在中国，空气产品公司秉承了其全球的创新动力，是首个在国内建立同类型研发中心的跨国工业气体公司。公司的上海研发中心是其全球的第二大研发中心，拥有先进的工业气体生产和应用的研发能力，服务于各种高增长及环保节能市场，包括低排放燃烧、金属加工和制造、电子封装、废水处理、食品速冻、工业深冷等行业。公司也与国内多所院校和研究院开展了各类前沿技术的联合研发，及举办相关技术的研讨会，如与华中科技大学联手推动先进燃烧技术在清洁能源中的应用，与北京科技大学合作进行吸附理论及数学模型的研究，与华南理工大学联合开展绿色水净化技术研究，与天津大学合作规整填料塔传质特性研究等，并于去年与西安交通大学合作召开了国内首届大型空分新技术及工业气体应用技术论坛。公司还在多所院校设立奖学金，并提供实习生计划，帮助培养优秀的科研人才。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）是一家世界领先的工业气体公司。今年正值其运营75周年。工业气体是公司的核心业务，提供空分和工艺气体、以及相关的设备，主要为炼油石化、金属、电子和食品饮料等制造产业服务。空气产品公司同时也是一家全球领先的液化天然气工艺技术和设备供应商。公司的另一项业务&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;材料技术服务于半导体、聚氨酯、清洁剂与涂料和粘合剂等行业，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。&lt;br /&gt;
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2015财年，公司的销售额为99亿美金，在美国上市公司财富500强中排名第284位。其遍布全球50多个国家和地区的约2万名员工，为所有客户提供可持续性的产品和解决方案，以及卓越的服务，致力于将空气产品公司打造成世界最安全和最佳的工业气体公司。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司中文网站：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt;。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2015年9月30日结束。&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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邮件：&lt;a href="mailto:http://www.stateofinnovation.com"&gt;yumi.liu@ebacomms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{643A08F6-E9DC-4136-A2C9-C40A6F0A3976}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/11/1123-air-products-named-a-thomson-reuters-2015-top-100-global-innovator.aspx</link><title>Air Products Named a Thomson Reuters 2015 Top 100 Global Innovator</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) was recently named a Thomson Reuters 2015 Top 100 Global Innovator, recognizing its achievements as one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most innovative companies. The program, an initiative of the IP &amp;amp; Science business of Thomson Reuters, honors the 100 corporations and institutions around the world that are at the heart of innovations as measured by a series of proprietary patent-related metrics. The full report is available at &lt;a href="http://www.stateofinnovation.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.stateofinnovation.com&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;
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The Thomson Reuters 2015 Top 100 Global Innovator methodology is based on four principle criteria: overall patent volume, patent application-to-grant success rate, global reach of the portfolio, and patent influence as evidenced by citations. This objective formula identifies the companies around the world that are discovering new inventions, protecting them from infringers and commercializing them. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Air Products was founded on an innovative idea, and this recognition is testament that innovation continues to be a core value that drives our employees to address pressing business challenges each day,&amp;rdquo; said &lt;a href="/Company/about-us/leadership/seifi-ghasemi.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Seifi Ghasemi&lt;/a&gt;, Air Products&amp;rsquo; chairman, president and CEO. &amp;ldquo;We not only create new products and technologies that solve our customers&amp;rsquo; problems and improve their operations, but many of our innovations also deliver environmental and energy benefits for Air Products and customers alike.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Now in its fifth year, the Thomson Reuters 2015 Top 100 Global Innovator program has annually outperformed leading financial indices, serving as a trustworthy investment resource and a testament to increased R&amp;amp;D funding, global patent filing and new market development, resulting in greater revenue and enhanced regional economic activity. &lt;br /&gt;
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About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company celebrating 75 years of operation. The company&amp;rsquo;s core Industrial Gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the world&amp;rsquo;s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The company&amp;rsquo;s Materials Technologies business, which Air Products intends to spin-off by September 2016, serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. &lt;br /&gt;
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The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9 billion and was ranked number 284 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. Approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries strive to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{295DF8FE-8B8F-4243-B500-36077CF0B9EB}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/11/1116-air-products-earns-place-on-climate-disclosure-leadership-index.aspx</link><title>Air Products Again Earns Place on CDP S&amp;P 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) has again earned a place on the CDP S&amp;amp;P 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) for transparent and quality disclosure of climate-related information.&lt;br /&gt;
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The CDLI includes the top 10 percent of reporting companies scored on a scale of 100 for completeness of reported information and carbon emissions and energy data quality. For 2015, Air Products received a disclosure score of 100% and was graded a B on emissions performance.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Air Products has participated in every CDP request for climate strategy information since its inception,&amp;rdquo; noted &lt;a href="/Company/about-us/leadership/corporate/joseph-m-pietrantonio.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Joe Pietrantonio&lt;/a&gt;, vice president, Environment, Health, Safety &amp;amp; Quality and chair of the company&amp;rsquo;s Sustainability Leadership Council. &amp;ldquo;We believe in openly sharing data as evidenced by our 100% disclosure score and using that data to drive improvements for our customers and for our company.&amp;rdquo;  &lt;br /&gt;
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CDP works with 822 institutional investors, representing more than US$95 trillion in assets, providing the world&amp;rsquo;s only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information.&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition to the CDLI, Air Products remains a component of other prestigious sustainability indices and is &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability/sustainability-recognition.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;recognized for its sustainability practices and achievements&lt;/a&gt; around the globe. The company&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/~/media/Files/PDF/company/CDP-2015-response.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;2015 CDP submission&lt;/a&gt; and more information is available on its &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;sustainability web site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company celebrating 75 years of operation. The company&amp;rsquo;s core Industrial Gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the world&amp;rsquo;s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The company&amp;rsquo;s Materials Technologies business, which Air Products intends to spin-off by September 2016, serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. &lt;br /&gt;
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The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9 billion and was ranked number 284 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. Approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries strive to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{167823BE-7744-4331-97CB-6A18DBFE36CF}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/11/1102-air-products-publishes-gri-sustainability-report.aspx</link><title>Air Products Publishes GRI Sustainability Report</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) has published its latest &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability/sustainability-reports.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Sustainability Report&lt;/a&gt;, reporting its economic, environmental and social performance according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 3.1 Guidelines. &lt;br /&gt;
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GRI, which provides the world&amp;rsquo;s most widely used standards on sustainability reporting and disclosure, confirmed that the report was prepared at Application Level A+. The Report details the company&amp;rsquo;s 2014 performance aligned to its &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #009a49;"&gt;Grow&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;bull; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #00a8e1;"&gt;Conserve&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&amp;bull; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ea7125;"&gt;Care&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;approach to sustainability management.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Much has changed over our 75 years of operation, but what hasn&amp;rsquo;t changed are the core values of Air Products, including our commitment to sustainability,&amp;rdquo; said Chairman, President and CEO Seifi Ghasemi. &amp;ldquo;By improving our customers&amp;rsquo; operations while working to improve our own, we drive our profitability and advance our mission to create value for our shareholders.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #009a49;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grow&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:  More than 50 percent of Air Products&amp;rsquo; prior-year revenues were from improving customers&amp;rsquo; energy efficiency and emissions, and about half of the company&amp;rsquo;s R&amp;amp;D budget was applied toward environmental and energy innovations. Air Products supplies gases and applications technology to dozens of industries, with technology ranging from oxyfuel burners, to steam methane reforming, to liquefied natural gas process equipment.&lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #00a8e1;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conserve&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: With more than 750 Air Products production facilities around the world, the company designs its plants and manages its operations to continually improve its operating efficiencies. As a result, the company has met nearly all of it &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/company/Sustainability/our-environmental-targets.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;environmental sustainability goals&lt;/a&gt; to reduce energy consumption, greenhouse gases, water use, hazardous waste, and other emissions. The company has also avoided over $450 million in cumulative energy and water costs since 2007 due to these improvements.&lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ea7125;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Care&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:  The company is striving for zero accidents and zero incidents, tied to its goal of becoming the safest and most profitable industrial gas company in the world, providing excellent service to customers. Air Products&amp;rsquo; social responsibility approach also includes employee development, community engagement, supplier relationship management, and governance practices.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability/sustainability-recognition.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Recognized for Sustainability&lt;/a&gt; Leadership&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products continues to be recognized for its sustainability commitment and practices, including being named to the 2015/2016 Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index, the 2015/2016 STOXX&amp;reg; Global ESG Leaders Indices, the Ethibel Excellence Global Sustainability Index and Pioneer and Excellence Registers for 2015, and one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List for CR Magazine for 2015, among others. Access the company&amp;rsquo;s latest GRI report and more information about sustainability on Air Products&amp;rsquo; &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;sustainability web site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases company celebrating 75 years of operation. The company&amp;rsquo;s core Industrial Gases business provides atmospheric and process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical,&amp;nbsp;metals, electronics, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the world&amp;rsquo;s leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The company&amp;rsquo;s Materials Technologies business, which Air Products intends to spin-off by September 2016, serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. &lt;br /&gt;
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The company had fiscal 2015 sales of $9.9 billion and was ranked number 284 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. Approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries strive to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing Industrial Gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{9A3219E9-DFF7-4596-ADF0-D34AFED0DD09}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/10/1006-air-products-sponsors-welding-contest-organized-by-taiwan-ministry-of-labor.aspx</link><title>Air Products Sponsors Welding Contest Organized by Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor for the Second Year </title><description>&lt;img height="121" align="left" alt="(L to R) Hao Feng-Ming, Political Deputy Minister of Taiwan&amp;rsquo;s Ministry of Labor, and Abel Chi Chiang Chao, Packaged Gases Business Manager, Taiwan Industrial Gases, Air Products at the Award Ceremony." width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-10-06-taiwan-skills-competition.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" /&gt;Air Products San Fu, a subsidiary of leading global industrial gases supplier Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;), has since 2014 sponsored the Welding Contest at the 44th and 45th National Skills Competitions organized by Taiwan&amp;rsquo;s Ministry of Labor, providing shielding gases for semi-automatic welding during the contest and for the one-year training of Taiwan&amp;rsquo;s welding representatives at the WorldSkills Competitions held in August 2015 in S&amp;atilde;o Paulo, Brazil and scheduled for 2017 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Organized annually in Taiwan since 1968, the Competition is the biggest vocational skills development and education event in Taiwan.  This year&amp;rsquo;s competition took place in September, with over 700 participants competing in 47 categories including welding. Open to contestants aged 21 years or under, the Welding Contest offers young welding talent a valuable opportunity to hone their vocational skills and gain experience for their professional development.  The top three winners will qualify for next year&amp;rsquo;s selection competition, which will select the representatives to represent Taiwan at the WorldSkills Competition.   &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Welding skill is critical in many industries.  As a leading supplier of shielding gases, Air Products recognizes the importance of building a sustainable pool of welding talent,&amp;rdquo; said Eugene Lu, general manager, Taiwan Industrial Gases, Air Products.  &amp;ldquo;We are glad to be able to take part in this meaningful event organized by the Ministry of Labor and to sponsor the Welding Contest for the second year. We will continue to support Taiwan&amp;rsquo;s talent and technological development through different efforts.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products is a global leading supplier of shielding gases for welding applications and is recognized for its high-quality gases, flexible supply options and reliable supply network. The company&amp;rsquo;s shielding gases are widely used in various types of manual, mechanized and robotic welding for different materials such as carbon and alloy steels, stainless steel, aluminium and alloys. Bringing many benefits to customers, including faster welding, better weld quality, less spatter and reduced post-weld cleaning, Air Products&amp;rsquo; shielding gases also protect welders&amp;rsquo; health and help maintain a safe working environment through low-fume emission rates and ultra-low ozone exposure levels. &lt;br /&gt;
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Since 1987, Air Products has been investing and operating in Taiwan through its subsidiary Air Products San Fu and supplies industrial and specialty gases, specialty chemicals, performance materials and related equipment to many industries including electronics, semiconductor, flat panel display and petrochemicals.  Serving all parts of Taiwan through approximately 700 employees and more than 18 production facilities with strong and reliable supply capabilities, Air Products San Fu has also established leading positions in all key science industry parks to serve its semiconductor and TFT-LCD customers.  &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products&amp;rsquo; materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{2772F858-015C-4DAA-B83C-352983655D69}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/10/1006-air-products-sponsors-welding-contest-organized-by-taiwan-ministry-of-labor-chinese.aspx</link><title>Air Products贊助臺灣第45屆全國技能競賽的銲接比賽項目</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="121" align="left" alt="三福氣體瓶裝氣體事業部營業經理趙基強(右)與勞動部政務次長郝鳳鳴於頒獎典禮合照。" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-10-06-taiwan-skills-competition-chinese.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" /&gt;全球領先的工業氣體供應商 Air Products (NYSE: APD)子公司 ─ Air Products三福氣體，自2014年起分別為勞動部主辦的第44屆與第45屆全國技能競賽銲接職類贊助了競賽中半自動銲接使用的保護氣體，並為2015年臺灣參加第43屆巴西聖保羅國際技能競賽(WorldSkills)選手贊助為期一年培訓所使用的保護氣體。&lt;br /&gt;
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臺灣自1968年開始舉辦第一屆競賽，為臺灣最大型的職業訓練與技職教育賽事。今年的競賽於9月14日至9月19日舉行，統計近700位選手參與包括銲接等47個競賽職類。銲接競賽參加對象限21歲或以下的選手，給予青年銲接技工一個磨練職業技能和獲取經驗的寶貴機會。前三名選手將參加明年選手選拔賽資格，有機會代表臺灣參加下一屆在阿布達比舉辦的第44屆國際技能競賽。&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products三福氣體總經理呂永正表示：&amp;ldquo;在許多行業中，銲接是關鍵的技能。作為領先的保護氣體供應商，Air Products深刻了解確保銲接人才永續發展的重要性。 我們很高興能夠參與這次由勞動部主辦而極富意義的活動，以及連續第二年贊助銲接職類的賽事。我們將透過不同方式繼續支持本地技術的發展與人才的培育。 &amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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自1987年起，Air Products 就透過子公司三福氣體在臺灣投資營運，供應工業氣體、特殊氣體、特用化學品、高性能材料以及相關設備給電子、半導體、面板、石化等眾多產業。三福氣體大約有 700名員工，超過18座生產設施，以強大而可靠的供應能力服務全臺各地。此外，公司在各大科學園區也是重要的供應商，服務半導體及TFT-LCD領域的客戶。&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products是全球領先的銲接保護氣供應商，以高品質的氣體、靈活的供應模式和穩定可靠的供應網絡而馳名。我們的銲接保護氣適用於各種手動、機械和機器人銲接，能用於不同材質，包括不锈鋼、碳鋼、低合金鋼、鋁和鋁合金等；給客戶帶來眾多好處，包括提高銲接速度、更高品質的銲接、減少飛濺以及大幅降低後製加工成本，更能減少操作中產生的煙塵及臭氧，為操作人員提供更有效的保護和建立安全的工作環境。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;關於Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) 是一家領先的工業氣體公司。近75年來，公司為金屬、食品與飲料、煉油與石化和液化天然氣等製造產業提供空氣、製程用及特殊氣體，以及相關設備。Air Products的材料科技業務服務於半導體、聚氨酯、清潔劑與塗料和膠黏劑行業。其遍布全球50多個國家和地區的20,000多名員工，為客戶提供永續性產品和解決方案以及卓越的服務，致力於將Air Products打造成世界最安全和最佳的工業氣體公司。在2014會計年度，Air Products的銷售額為104億美元，在美國《財富》雜誌全球500大企業中名列第276位。欲瞭解詳情，請瀏覽公司中文網站：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.tw"&gt;www.airproducts.com.tw&lt;/a&gt;。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;附註：此新聞稿中可能包含1995年《私人證券訴訟改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陳述。這些前瞻性陳述基於本新聞稿發布日期時管理關於重大風險因素的預期和假設所作出。由於管理層可能没有預期到一些因素，請以實際情况為準，這些因素包括公司10K表中的風險因素，因為本會計年度已於2014年9月30日结束。&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{FA3D7425-2F00-4586-A3C1-5E6B6CF623CB}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/09/0917-air-products-recognized-for-leadership-by-dow-jones-sustainability-index-spanish.aspx</link><title>El grupo Air Products, reconocido un año más por su liderazgo por el Índice de Sostenibilidad del Dow Jones </title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;El grupo Air Products, al que pertenece su filial espa&amp;ntilde;ola Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, ha vuelto a ser incluida en el &amp;Iacute;ndice de Sostenibilidad Dow Jones de Norteam&amp;eacute;rica (en ingl&amp;eacute;s, Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index - DJSI), entre el 20% de las principales compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;as de su sector por su actuaci&amp;oacute;n en materia de sostenibilidad corporativa. &lt;br /&gt;
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Anualmente, RobecoSAM invita a m&amp;aacute;s de 3.000 compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;as cotizadas a completar su Evaluaci&amp;oacute;n de Sostenibilidad Corporativa, que se utiliza para valorar sus pr&amp;aacute;cticas econ&amp;oacute;micas, medioambientales, sociales y de gobierno. Basada en una evaluaci&amp;oacute;n de criterios de sostenibilidad generales y espec&amp;iacute;ficos para cada sector, las compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;as que destacan por su gesti&amp;oacute;n de oportunidades y riesgos relacionados con la sostenibilidad son seleccionadas para su inclusi&amp;oacute;n en los &amp;iacute;ndices DJSI.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Durante varios a&amp;ntilde;os, el grupo Air Products tambi&amp;eacute;n ha sido incluido en el &amp;Iacute;ndice Mundial DJSI y este a&amp;ntilde;o ha mejorado su rendimiento y resultados en diversas categor&amp;iacute;as. &lt;br /&gt;
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Seifi Ghasemi, presidente y CEO del grupo Air Products, ha manifestado que "nuestro enfoque de gesti&amp;oacute;n de la sostenibilidad basado en el lema 'Crecer, Conservar y Cuidar' se asienta en nuestra creencia fundamental de que las buenas pr&amp;aacute;cticas de sostenibilidad aportan valor a nuestros accionistas a largo plazo y una ventaja competitiva. Nuestra inclusi&amp;oacute;n este a&amp;ntilde;o en el &amp;iacute;ndice DJSI Norte Am&amp;eacute;rica es un honor y quiero felicitar a todos los que forman parte del &amp;Iacute;ndice por su af&amp;aacute;n para la mejora continua en materia de sostenibilidad. Con la nueva estructura de nuestra compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a y el enfoque en convertirnos en la empresa m&amp;aacute;s segura y rentable de gases industriales del mundo, estamos refinando nuestro programa de sostenibilidad y  buscando oportunidades para ofrecer a&amp;uacute;n m&amp;aacute;s valor para nuestros accionistas".&lt;br /&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s del &amp;Iacute;ndice Norteamericano DJSI, Air Products pertenece a otros &amp;iacute;ndices de sostenibilidad y es reconocido a nivel internacional por sus pr&amp;aacute;cticas y logros en esta materia. M&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre sostenibilidad en Air Products y Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, en la p&amp;aacute;gina web www.airproducts.com/company/Sustainability.aspx.&lt;br /&gt;
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La estrategia de sostenibilidad de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en Espa&amp;ntilde;a&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
En Espa&amp;ntilde;a, Air Products opera a trav&amp;eacute;s de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el mercado dom&amp;eacute;stico y que apuesta por la responsabilidad corporativa en varios frentes. En nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a adapta la filosof&amp;iacute;a 'Crecer, Conservar y Cuidar' para llevar a cabo acciones relevantes que reflejan el claro compromiso de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos con la sostenibilidad. &lt;br /&gt;
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En el &amp;aacute;mbito de la acci&amp;oacute;n social, adem&amp;aacute;s de colaborar activamente con organizaciones como Manos Unidas, el Banco de Alimentos y la Asociaci&amp;oacute;n Espa&amp;ntilde;ola Contra el C&amp;aacute;ncer, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a impulsa la iniciativa &amp;ldquo;Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&amp;rdquo;, que busca contribuir a mejorar el estado an&amp;iacute;mico y la calidad de vida de los ni&amp;ntilde;os hospitalizados con enfermedades graves, sus familias y el personal sanitario que les atiende. En este sentido, el pasado mes de julio Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte presentaron su proyecto de humanizaci&amp;oacute;n y decoraci&amp;oacute;n de la Unidad de Di&amp;aacute;lisis del Servicio de Nefrolog&amp;iacute;a Infantil del madrile&amp;ntilde;o Hospital Universitario La Paz.&lt;br /&gt;
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Por otra parte, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos colabora con las comunidades de los entornos de sus plantas en diversos proyectos medioambientales y sociales. En 2014, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a y Vidrieras Canarias pusieron en marcha un proyecto en Telde (Gran Canaria) mediante el cual Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos aprovecha el CO2 sobrante de la producci&amp;oacute;n de vidrios y cristales de una f&amp;aacute;brica vecina para aplicarlo en la industria alimentaria, evitando as&amp;iacute; la liberaci&amp;oacute;n de este gas en la atm&amp;oacute;sfera y preservando el entorno.&lt;br /&gt;
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En abril de 2015, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y los regantes de La Pobla de Mafumet llegaron a un acuerdo por el que la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a puso a disposici&amp;oacute;n de los agricultores de la zona de manera gratuita el agua amoniacal generada en la actividad productiva de su planta industrial, con el fin de contribuir a abonar los campos de cultivo del t&amp;eacute;rmino municipal.&lt;br /&gt;
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El &amp;Iacute;ndice de Sostenibilidad Dow Jones (DJSI) se cre&amp;oacute; en 1999 como el primer punto de referencia de sostenibilidad a nivel global. Los &amp;iacute;ndices son ofrecidos por RobecoSAM en colaboraci&amp;oacute;n con S&amp;amp;P Dow Jones Indices LCC. La empresa sigue la actuaci&amp;oacute;n de las acciones de las compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;as l&amp;iacute;deres en el mundo en t&amp;eacute;rminos de criterios econ&amp;oacute;micos, ambientales y sociales. Los &amp;iacute;ndices sirven como puntos de referencia para los inversores que tienen en cuenta consideraciones de sostenibilidad en sus carteras de valores, y proporcionan una plataforma de participaci&amp;oacute;n efectiva para las empresas que deseen adoptar las mejores pr&amp;aacute;cticas sostenibles. M&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre DJSI, en la p&amp;aacute;gina web &lt;a href="http://www.sustainability-indices.com/"&gt;http://www.sustainability-indices.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Sobre el grupo Air Products&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der de gases industriales. Durante cerca de 75 a&amp;ntilde;os, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ha suministrado gases atmosf&amp;eacute;ricos, manufacturados y especializados, as&amp;iacute; como equipamiento a mercados de manufacturas como metales, alimentos y bebidas, refinos, petroqu&amp;iacute;micos y gas natural licuado. Los materiales y la tecnolog&amp;iacute;a de Air Products se emplean en diferentes sectores como semiconductores, poliuretanos, recubrimientos y adhesivos. M&amp;aacute;s de 20.000 trabajadores en 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses trabajan para convertir a Air Products en la mejor y m&amp;aacute;s segura compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a de gases industriales del mundo gracias a una oferta sostenible y a un excelente servicio al cliente. En el a&amp;ntilde;o fiscal 2014, Air Products obtuvo unos ingresos de 10.400 millones de d&amp;oacute;lares y alcanz&amp;oacute; el puesto 276 en la lista anual de 500 compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;as p&amp;uacute;blicas de la revista Fortune. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con 118 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, es l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y un referente en el sector qu&amp;iacute;mico en temas de seguridad, innovaci&amp;oacute;n y sostenibilidad.&lt;br /&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad diaria de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1.200 toneladas de gas licuado (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona) que dan servicio a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="mailto:pilar.urreta@manifestacom.com"&gt;Pilar Urreta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Tel. 93 342 51 59&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{52F81F1E-6641-4815-877B-F9C9F7F6474F}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/09/0914-air-products-recognized-for-leadership-by-dow-jones-sustainability-index.aspx</link><title>Air Products Recognized for Leadership by Dow Jones Sustainability Index</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a target="_blank" href="/investors/stock-information.aspx"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI) 2015/2016, again ranked among the top 20 percent of companies in its industry for corporate sustainability performance.&lt;br /&gt;
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Annually, RobecoSAM invites more than 3,000 publicly traded companies to complete its Corporate Sustainability Assessment, which is used to evaluate their economic, environmental, social and governance practices. Based on an assessment of general and industry-specific sustainability criteria, companies best managing sustainability opportunities and risks are then selected for inclusion in the DJSI Indices.&lt;br /&gt;
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For the past several years, Air Products had also been included in the DJSI World Index and this year, improved its performance and scores in many categories. However, the sustainability bar continues to rise and the company did not improve as strongly as some of the companies in its industry sector. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a target="_blank" href="/Company/about-us/leadership/seifi-ghasemi.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release"&gt;Seifi Ghasemi&lt;/a&gt;, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Air Products, said, &amp;ldquo;Our &amp;lsquo;Grow &amp;minus; Conserve &amp;ndash; Care&amp;rsquo; approach to managing sustainability is rooted in our fundamental belief that good sustainability practices lead to long-term shareholder value and competitive advantage. Our inclusion again this year in the DJSI North America Index is an honor, and I want to commend all of this year&amp;rsquo;s Index constituents for their drive for continuous improvement in sustainability. With our new company structure and focus on becoming the safest and most profitable industrial gas company in the world, we are refining our sustainability program and looking for opportunities to deliver even more value for our stakeholders over time.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition to the DJSI North America Index, Air Products remains a component of other sustainability indices and is &lt;a target="_blank" href="/Company/Sustainability/sustainability-recognition.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release"&gt;recognized for its sustainability practices and achievements&lt;/a&gt; around the globe. For more information about sustainability at Air Products, visit: &lt;a target="_self" href="http://www.airproducts.com/company/Sustainability.aspx"&gt;www.airproducts.com/company/Sustainability.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices were launched in 1999 as the first global sustainability benchmarks. The indices are offered by RobecoSAM in collaboration with S&amp;amp;P Dow Jones Indices LCC. The family tracks the stock performance of the world's leading companies in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria. The indices serve as benchmarks for investors who integrate sustainability considerations into their portfolios, and provide an effective engagement platform for companies who want to adopt sustainable best practices. For more about DJSI, visit: &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.sustainability-indices.com/"&gt;http://www.sustainability-indices.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products&amp;rsquo; materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best&amp;nbsp;performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{89D196DD-F26F-41DC-9708-AB03A51B9161}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/08/0811-air-products-rated-as-most-attractive-employer-in-china.aspx</link><title>Air Products Rated as Most Attractive Employers by Future Natural Sciences Talents in China for Third Consecutive Year</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/financial-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;), a U.S. Fortune 500 company and leading global industrial gases supplier, has been selected for the third year in a row as one of China&amp;rsquo;s Most Attractive Employers Top 100 (formerly &amp;rdquo;Top 100 IDEAL&amp;trade; Employers&amp;rdquo;) by a group of university students majoring in natural sciences in the Universum Chinese Student Survey 2015. The company ranks No. 85, up 10 places from last year.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the survey, Air Products achieves a top ranking in &amp;ldquo;environmental &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;sustainability&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo; and is highly associated with &amp;ldquo;clear path for advancement.&amp;rdquo; In addition to natural sciences students, the company is also rated as a top 100 attractive employer and ranked 73rd by health/medicine students.&lt;br /&gt;
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Over 55,000 students in the fields of natural sciences, business, engineering, law, health/medicine, and humanities/liberal arts/education from 109 top universities across China participated in the 2015 survey during the period of October 2014 to April 2015. Conducted annually by Universum, a global talent company specializing in employer branding in China since 2006, the survey has been jointly organized by the China Daily&amp;rsquo;s 21st Century English Newspaper for the third year. Its results reveal how China&amp;rsquo;s university students perceive their future career and employers in China. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;People are at the core of everything we do at Air Products. We will continue to welcome the opportunity to work with schools and institutions to cultivate talents to build a more sustainable future together,&amp;rdquo; said Saw Choon Seong, China president, Industrial Gases at Air Products. &amp;ldquo;In our continuous effort to work with communities where we operate, it is a great honor and privilege to have received China&amp;rsquo;s Most Attractive Employers Top 100 honor for another year. It demonstrates that our talent development programs in and outside of the company have indeed won the hearts and minds of the future talents.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Congratulations for your remarkable survey results, especially for raising your rating among natural sciences students and for extending your positive impact to health/medicine students,&amp;rdquo; William Wu, country manager China, Universum commented on Air Products&amp;rsquo; achievement. &amp;ldquo;I believe such a reputable employer image will contribute to your greater success in the future!&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been serving the China market for nearly 30 years with its leading edge technologies and solutions that help customers improve productivity, efficiency, quality and environmental performance. It has been collaborating with China&amp;rsquo;s leading universities and other parties on talent cultivation through research and development efforts, best practice and knowledge transfer, campaign sponsorships, scholarships, internship programs and career development programs etc. to inspire future talents particularly on innovation and creative thinking. &lt;br /&gt;
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The company has launched joint research programs with more than a dozen universities, including Tsinghua University, Xi&amp;rsquo;an Jiaoting University, Tianjin University, Zhejiang University, China University of Geosciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jilin University, University of Science and Technology Beijing and South China University of Technology. It has also established scholarship programs in nearly 10 leading universities including Xi&amp;rsquo;an Jiaotong University, Tianjin University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and East China University of Science and Technology. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products&amp;rsquo; materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{0A7BEE45-0D01-488D-9B1C-D0FB23AFB690}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/08/0811-air-products-rated-as-most-attractive-employer-in-china-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司连续第三年获选中国理科生眼中最具吸引力雇主</title><description>&lt;p&gt;美国财富500强、全球领先的工业气体供应商&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;空气产品公司(Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)，在2015年的优兴咨询中国大学生职业倾向调查中，连续第三年被选为理科生眼中最具吸引力百强雇主之一（即之前的&amp;ldquo;百强理想雇主&amp;rdquo;）。公司在榜单上排名第85位，比去年上升10位。&lt;br /&gt;
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在调查中，空气产品公司在&amp;ldquo;环境可持续性&amp;rdquo;一项获得了高名次(a top is not equal to the top)，并同时被认为具有&amp;ldquo;明确的职业提升路径&amp;rdquo;。除理科生外，医药卫生专业的学生也将公司视为最具吸引力的百强雇主，排名第73。&lt;br /&gt;
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从2014年10月到2015年4月，来自全国109所重点高校的理科、商科、工科、法律、医药卫生及人文社科专业的55000多名学生参与了此次调查。该调查由专注于雇主品牌的全球人才战略公司优兴咨询于2006年起每年在中国开展。今年是该机构第三年与中国日报社21世纪英文报共同组织这一调查。调查的结果显示中国大学生对未来职业和雇主的看法。 &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司工业气体部中国区总裁苏俊雄表示：&amp;ldquo;在空气产品公司，人才是一切的核心。我们将继续寻求与各大院校和科研机构合作的机会来培养人才，共同创造可持续发展的未来。在与社区不断协同合作中能再次获选中国百强最具吸引力雇主，我们感到非常荣幸。这证明了我们在公司内外开展的人才培养项目已经深得大学生们的信任和喜爱。&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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优兴咨询中国区经理吴岗在称赞空气产品公司今年所取得的成就时说：&amp;ldquo;祝贺空气产品公司今年提升了对中国理科和医药卫生学生的吸引力，并给他们留下了积极的印象。我相信这一积极的雇主品牌形象将会帮助空气产品公司在吸引人才的道路上越走越远！&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司以其具有领先优势的技术和解决方案帮助客户提高生产力、效率、产品质量和环保绩效，至今已服务中国市场近30年。公司一直以来都在和高校及其他机构紧密合作，从多方面着手培养人才，其中包括研发、最佳实践分享和专业知识转让、奖学金项目、实习生计划和职业发展计划等，以此鼓励未来人才全方面发展，特别是在创新和创造性思维方面。&lt;br /&gt;
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公司已经和国内十多所院校开展了各类前沿技术的联合研发，其中包括清华大学、西安交通大学、天津大学、浙江大学、中国地质大学、华中理工大学、吉林大学、北京科技大学、华南理工大学等。此外，它还在包括西安交通大学、天津大学、上海交通大学和华东理工大学在内的近十所院校设立了奖学金。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）是一家领先的工业气体公司。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最佳的工业气体公司。2014财年度，空气产品公司的销售额为104亿美元，在美国上市公司财富500强中排名第276位。欲获得更多信息，请登陆公司中文网站：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt;。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2014年9月30日结束。&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;媒体垂询：&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
博达公关北京办事处 &lt;br /&gt;
联系人：刘彦妤 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;电话：(8610) 65228081&amp;ndash;208 &lt;br /&gt;
邮件：&lt;a href="mailto:yumi.liu@ebacomms.com"&gt;yumi.liu@ebacomms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{DAE8234F-C2DF-43DA-A158-DB5C2987A19C}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/07/0722-air-products-receives-best-brand-image-award-in-china-for-second-consecutive-year.aspx</link><title>Air Products Receives 2015 Best Brand Image Award in China for Second Consecutive Year</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Shanghai, China (22 July, 2015) &amp;ndash; Air Products (NYSE: APD), a US Fortune 500 company and a leading global industrial gases supplier, has been presented the &amp;ldquo;2015 Best Brand Image Award&amp;rdquo; for the second consecutive year in recognition of its public image and brand influence in China. Air Products was among 40 leading companies from various industries, including Unilever, Shiseido and Haier, receiving the recognition at the 4th China Finance Summit held in Beijing on July 22. &lt;br /&gt;
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Launched in 2012, the China Finance Summit is an annual event focusing on the country&amp;rsquo;s macro economy and finance industry and is co-organized by mainstream media to share business wisdom and explore the driving force of China&amp;rsquo;s economic transformation and development. Attendees include leaders from the media, financial institutions, and multinational and local corporations. The theme of this year was &amp;ldquo;Business Wisdom and Innovative Exploration Under the New Normal.&amp;rdquo; China.com, Chinanews.com, cn.Reuters.com, Hexun.com, Shaanxi Satellite TV, PR Newswire, China Trade News, Asian Business Leaders and Manager Magazine were among the 30 plus co-organizing local business and general media. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s a great honor for us to have received this recognition for the second straight year,&amp;rdquo; said Saw Choon Seong, China president, Industrial Gases, at Air Products. &amp;ldquo;Air Products is committed to bringing innovative technologies and solutions, safety experise and excellent service to Chinese customers to support their sustainable growth. We are also glad to see our continuous investment in talent development and community outreach has benefited thousands of students and teachers and other community residents. We will continue to be a responsible corporate citizen and play our role in supporting China in building a sustainable future.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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The judging panel comprises representatives from research institutes, consulting firms, academia and the media. Candidates are judged based on six criteria &amp;ndash; company culture, social contribution, innovation capability, financial growth, brand influence and industry position, with particular focus on  the future leading role that a company would play within its industry in driving the economic growth of China.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been serving the China market for nearly 30 years with its leading edge technologies and solutions that help customers improve productivity, efficiency, quality and environmental performance. &lt;br /&gt;
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Apart from this most recent award, the company was rated among the &amp;ldquo;Top 100 Ideal Employers&amp;rdquo; by natural sciences talents in China for the three consecutive years (2013-2015), named a &amp;ldquo;Corporate Citizen Role Model&amp;rdquo; and granted the &amp;ldquo;2013 Green Chemical Award&amp;rdquo; by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation in recognition of its outstanding performance in sustainability.&lt;br /&gt;
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On corporate social responsibility, Air Products has been initiating and actively taking part in a variety of programs and activities to promote sustainability. These include the LIN (liquid nitrogen) Ambassador Program to demonstrate to local schools and communities the application of gas science in our daily life through experiments; participation in the REACH (Resiliency Education: Advocacy Collaboration &amp;amp; Hope) program to develop teenagers at middle schools in Shanghai through non-traditional subjects; scholarship programs in nearly 10 leading universities; driving technology development to support sustainable industrial growth; and sponsorship of China&amp;rsquo;s 2013 National University Chemistry Video Contest to advocate green gas technologies among the young generation.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products&amp;rsquo; materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{AFBE3653-CFA4-47A3-A32B-B8CE9185D8ED}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/07/0722-air-products-receives-best-brand-image-award-in-china-for-second-consecutive-year-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司连续第二年在华荣膺最佳品牌形象奖</title><description>&lt;p&gt;美国财富500强、全球领先的工业气体供应商&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;空气产品公司(Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD) 于今天在北京召开的第四届中国财经峰会上，获颁了&amp;ldquo;2015最佳品牌形象奖&amp;rdquo;，以表彰公司在中国良好的公众形象和品牌影响力。这是公司连续第二年获此奖项。在峰会上，共有包括联华利华、资生堂和海尔等共40家来自各行业的领先企业赢得这一奖项。&lt;br /&gt;
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中国财经峰会设立于2012年，是由国内众多财经及大众媒体联袂打造的年度思想盛会，聚焦中国宏观经济和财经领域话题，分享商业智慧，探索中国经济转型和发展的动力。与会人员包括众多传媒领袖，财经学者和跨国及本土企业的领军人物。本届中国财经峰会以&amp;ldquo;新常态下的企业智慧与创新探索&amp;rdquo;为主题，由中国网、中新网、路透中文网、和讯网、陕西卫视、美通社、中国贸易报、东方企业家、经理人等30多家财经及大众媒体共同主办。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司工业气体部中国区总裁苏俊雄表示：&amp;ldquo;我们深感荣幸能连续两年获此殊荣。空气产品公司致力于为中国厂商提供创新技术和解决方案、安全运营知识以及卓越的服务，以支持这些企业的可持续发展。我们非常高兴地看到公司在人才培养和社区公益领域的持续投资已经让数千名学生、老师以及社区居民受益。我们将继续担负企业公民的责任，为中国创建可持续发展的未来作出我们的贡献。&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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由研究机构、咨询公司、专家学者和媒体代表组成的评委会，对所有候选企业都依据&amp;ldquo;企业文化、社会贡献、创新能力、经济成长、品牌影响、行业地位&amp;rdquo;六个指标进行评估。评选更看重企业在其行业内对推动中国未来经济发展的引领作用。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司以其具有领先优势的技术和解决方案帮助客户提高生产力、效率、产品质量和环保绩效，至今已服务中国市场近30年。&lt;br /&gt;
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除这一最新奖项外，空气产品公司还连续三年（2013-2015）蝉联了中国理科生眼中的百强理想雇主榜单，并因在可持续发展方面的杰出成就，获得中国石油化工联合会授予的&amp;ldquo;企业公民楷模&amp;rdquo;称号，同时获得&amp;ldquo;2013年绿色化工奖&amp;rdquo;。&lt;br /&gt;
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在企业社会责任领域，空气产品公司发起并积极参与了多个项目和活动以推动可持续发展。其中包括：液氮大使项目，通过实验向当地学校和社区展示气体科学在生活中的应用；参加弹性教育项目 &amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;REACH (Resiliency Education: Advocacy Collaboration &amp;amp; Hope)，在上海的中学，通过开展诸如品质、自信、团队合作和情绪控制等非传统教育课题，培养青少年课本之外的成长优势；在全国近10所重点高校中设立奖学金项目来培养人才；推动创新型解决方案的研发来支持工业气体行业的可持续发展；赞助2013年全国高校化学视频大赛，向年轻一代倡导气体行业绿色创新科技等。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）是一家领先的工业气体公司。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：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt;。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2014年9月30日结束。&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;媒体垂询：&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
博达公关北京办事处 &lt;br /&gt;
联系人：刘彦妤 &lt;br /&gt;
电话：(8610) 65228081&amp;ndash;208 &lt;br /&gt;
邮件：&lt;a href="mailto:yumi.liu@ebacomms.com"&gt;yumi.liu@ebacomms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{5F19C858-F1FE-414D-8F79-34E756D167E3}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/07/0714-carburos-metalicos-y-fundacion-curarte-presentan-su-primera-iniciativa-conjunta.aspx</link><title>Carburos Metálicos y Fundación curArte presentan su primera iniciativa conjunta con el Hospital Universitario La Paz</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;La iniciativa &amp;ldquo;Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&amp;rdquo; responde a la voluntad de mejorar el estado de &amp;aacute;nimo y la calidad de vida de los ni&amp;ntilde;os hospitalizados con enfermedades graves&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;El proyecto, enmarcado dentro del Plan de Humanizaci&amp;oacute;n del Hospital La Paz, es  la primera colaboraci&amp;oacute;n con la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="145" align="left" alt="Air Products and heal Foundation present their first joint initiative with the University Hospital La Paz" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-07-14-carburos-1.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;"&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte han presentado esta ma&amp;ntilde;ana su primer proyecto conjunto de humanizaci&amp;oacute;n de un espacio hospitalario para ni&amp;ntilde;os, desarrollado con la colaboraci&amp;oacute;n del Hospital Universitario La Paz de Madrid. El proyecto ha transformado la decoraci&amp;oacute;n de la Unidad de Di&amp;aacute;lisis del Servicio de Nefrolog&amp;iacute;a Infantil Hospital Universitario La Paz.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;img height="124" align="right" alt="Air Products and heal Foundation present their first joint initiative with the University Hospital La Paz" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-07-14-carburos-2.jpg?la=en" style="float: right; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;"&gt;Cada d&amp;iacute;a reciben tratamiento de di&amp;aacute;lisis en esta unidad once ni&amp;ntilde;os y se realizan al a&amp;ntilde;o cerca de 2.000 tratamientos a enfermos renales. La di&amp;aacute;lisis es un proceso por el cual se ayuda al organismo, con m&amp;aacute;quinas espec&amp;iacute;ficas, a eliminar toxinas y el exceso de agua de la sangre en casos de insuficiencia renal aguda o progresiva. Generalmente es considerado como un tratamiento sustitutivo en espera de que se pueda realizar un trasplante renal. &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;img height="144" align="left" alt="Air Products and heal Foundation present their first joint initiative with the University Hospital La Paz" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-07-14-carburos-3.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;"&gt;La actuaci&amp;oacute;n llevada a cabo por Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte ha contado con el pleno apoyo del Hospital Universitario La Paz y con el respaldo de los profesionales de la unidad como ayuda terap&amp;eacute;utica a la calidad asistencial y el tratamiento a los pacientes.&lt;br&gt;
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Puesta en marcha en 2013 a trav&amp;eacute;s de su divisi&amp;oacute;n Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, &amp;ldquo;Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&amp;rdquo; es una iniciativa solidaria cuyo objetivo es contribuir a mejorar el estado de &amp;aacute;nimo y la calidad de vida de los ni&amp;ntilde;os hospitalizados con enfermedades graves, as&amp;iacute; como del personal sanitario y de los familiares que les atienden y acompa&amp;ntilde;an.&lt;br&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Esta iniciativa se inscribe dentro de uno de los ejes que articulan nuestra l&amp;iacute;nea estrat&amp;eacute;gica en materia de Responsabilidad Social Corporativa centrada en la sostenibilidad. Este eje se basa, entre otros aspectos, en &amp;lsquo;cuidar&amp;rsquo; no s&amp;oacute;lo de nuestros empleados, colaboradores y clientes, sino y, sobre todo, de las comunidades en las que estamos presentes. En este caso aprovechamos nuestra presencia desde hace 65 a&amp;ntilde;os, a trav&amp;eacute;s de Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, en hospitales de todo el pa&amp;iacute;s a los que suministramos gases medicinales para promover este tipo de proyectos en los que ya contamos con la confianza del personal sanitario y que, en &amp;uacute;ltima instancia, son un apoyo en el proceso de recuperaci&amp;oacute;n de los pacientes&amp;rdquo;, ha comentado Francesco Maione, Director General de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en Espa&amp;ntilde;a.&lt;br&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Nos ha encantado trabajar con Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en la Unidad de Di&amp;aacute;lisis Infantil del Hospital Universitario La Paz de Madrid. Nuestro deseo es que los ni&amp;ntilde;os que tienen que pasar tantas horas en esta unidad se sientan protagonistas de los video juegos con los que hemos revestido las paredes de toda la zona&amp;rdquo;, ha indicado Giuseppe Tringali, Presidente, Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte.&lt;br&gt;
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Como cada hospital es diferente, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte crean cada vez un proyecto a medida basado en estudios de investigaci&amp;oacute;n realizados en m&amp;aacute;s de 12 hospitales espa&amp;ntilde;oles y teniendo en cuenta la opini&amp;oacute;n de arquitectos, personal sanitario, pacientes y familiares. En el caso de la Unidad de Di&amp;aacute;lisis Infantil del Hospital La Paz de Madrid, el tema elegido deb&amp;iacute;a ser reconocido por todos los pacientes, que abarcan un rango de edad de entre 2 a 18 a&amp;ntilde;os. Por ello, se eligi&amp;oacute; como tema central el mundo de los videojuegos, al ser identificable por todas las edades. A trav&amp;eacute;s de las ilustraciones, el paciente ser&amp;aacute; el protagonista de su propio videojuego, y en las puertas se incorporar&amp;aacute;n elementos identificativos de la estancia a la que da paso. Esta actuaci&amp;oacute;n har&amp;aacute; que el ni&amp;ntilde;o se sienta en un entorno m&amp;aacute;s acogedor. En la unidad se han ilustrado varias  zonas como las salas de espera, pasillo de acceso a consultas, la sala de di&amp;aacute;lisis, el comedor de ni&amp;ntilde;os, la sala de Di&amp;aacute;lisis Peritoneal Ambulatoria y la sala de aislamiento. El proyecto ha sido realizado por el arquitecto Miguel Llano y la ilustradora Leticia Area.&lt;br&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;El Hospital La Paz ha apostado desde sus inicios por complementar la asistencia cl&amp;iacute;nica con otras actividades que han conformado estos a&amp;ntilde;os un Plan de Humanizaci&amp;oacute;n espec&amp;iacute;fico del Hospital Infantil. Su objetivo es conseguir que el ni&amp;ntilde;o, durante el tiempo que est&amp;aacute; ingresado, se encuentre como en casa. Este proyecto es un paso m&amp;aacute;s en todo el programa de ilustraci&amp;oacute;n del hospital infantil y con &amp;eacute;l se decora una de las zonas m&amp;aacute;s nuevas y en la que los ni&amp;ntilde;os pasan m&amp;aacute;s tiempo, como es nuestra Unidad de Di&amp;aacute;lisis Infantil&amp;rdquo;, ha explicado, por su parte, el Doctor Javier Cobas Gamallo, Subdirector Gerente del Hospital Universitario La Paz.&lt;br&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos colabora con la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte, entidad sin &amp;aacute;nimo de lucro, cuyo objetivo principal es mejorar la calidad de vida de los ni&amp;ntilde;os hospitalizados, a trav&amp;eacute;s de la humanizaci&amp;oacute;n de los entornos sanitarios, la promoci&amp;oacute;n del juego, la creatividad y el arte, contribuyendo a mejorar la cultura del cuidado y atenci&amp;oacute;n al paciente pedi&amp;aacute;trico.&lt;br&gt;
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Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica est&amp;aacute; presente en la mayor&amp;iacute;a de hospitales de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s como proveedor de gases medicinales, contribuyendo de forma directa a mejorar la salud y la calidad de vida de las personas hospitalizadas. Mediante el acuerdo de colaboraci&amp;oacute;n con la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte, y a trav&amp;eacute;s de su divisi&amp;oacute;n Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos reafirma su voluntad de ayudar a que los largos periodos de hospitalizaci&amp;oacute;n de los m&amp;aacute;s peque&amp;ntilde;os se llenen de optimismo e ilusi&amp;oacute;n.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con 118 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, es l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y un referente en el sector qu&amp;iacute;mico en temas de seguridad, innovaci&amp;oacute;n y sostenibilidad. &lt;br&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad diaria de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1200 toneladas de gas licuado (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona) que dan servicio a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
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Sobre Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, marca de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos que presta sus servicios al sector hospitalario, cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 65 a&amp;ntilde;os de experiencia en el &amp;aacute;mbito sanitario y es l&amp;iacute;der nacional en gases medicinales. Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica es l&amp;iacute;der en el suministro de gases y servicios a hospitales. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ofrece una amplia gama de productos y servicios encaminados a satisfacer todas las necesidades relacionadas con la utilizaci&amp;oacute;n de gases en los centros hospitalarios. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n visite &lt;a href="http://www.nosmuevelailusion.com"&gt;www.nosmuevelailusion.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
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Sobre Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
FUNDACI&amp;Oacute;N CURARTE es una organizaci&amp;oacute;n sin &amp;aacute;nimo de lucro, cuyo objetivo principal es mejorar la calidad de vida de los ni&amp;ntilde;os hospitalizados, humanizando los entornos sanitarios, promocionado el juego, la creatividad y el arte, contribuyendo as&amp;iacute; a mejorar la cultura del cuidado y atenci&amp;oacute;n al paciente pedi&amp;aacute;trico. M&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n en &lt;a href="http://www.fundacioncurarte.org"&gt;www.fundacioncurarte.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;M&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:victor@fjcommunications.com"&gt;V&amp;iacute;ctor Mu&amp;ntilde;oz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
T: +34 91 126 45 97&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{C453E4D9-754D-4658-8311-EB0D61A2FF25}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/06/0618-carburos-metalicos-concienciacion-sobre-seguridad-laboral-de-sus-empleados.aspx</link><title>Carburos Metálicos dedica una semana a la concienciación sobre seguridad laboral de sus empleados</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;En esta ocasi&amp;oacute;n, se han organizado m&amp;aacute;s de 220 actividades en todas las plantas y oficinas de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en Espa&amp;ntilde;a&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;En reconocimiento al compromiso de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a con la seguridad, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos ha obtenido los premios a la seguridad de FEIQUE y de COASHIQ&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="143" align="left" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos dedica una semana a la concienciaci&amp;oacute;n sobre seguridad laboral de sus empleados" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-06-18-carburos-safety-week-1.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;"&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, ha organizado la octava edici&amp;oacute;n de su 'Semana de la Seguridad' con m&amp;aacute;s de 220 actividades realizadas en torno a la seguridad y la salud en el lugar de trabajo. Esta iniciativa se enmarca en un programa europeo que la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a lleva a cabo anualmente en los 17 pa&amp;iacute;ses en los que est&amp;aacute; presente Air Products, el grupo matriz de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, y demuestra la gran apuesta en la concienciaci&amp;oacute;n de su plantilla sobre la importancia de trabajar en entornos laborales saludables y de forma segura. &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;img height="121" align="right" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos dedica una semana a la concienciaci&amp;oacute;n sobre seguridad laboral de sus empleados" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-06-18-carburos-safety-week-2.jpg?la=en" style="float: right; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;"&gt;Este a&amp;ntilde;o, la campa&amp;ntilde;a ha girado en torno a dos ideas principales: 'Excelencia en Seguridad' y 'Con&amp;oacute;cete a ti mismo'. Adem&amp;aacute;s de destacar la calidad y la utilidad de las medidas de seguridad de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, el objetivo ha sido transmitir a los empleados los conocimientos necesarios para mejorar sus h&amp;aacute;bitos y saber c&amp;oacute;mo evitar situaciones que podr&amp;iacute;an comprometer su seguridad personal en el trabajo. &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;img height="161" align="left" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos dedica una semana a la concienciaci&amp;oacute;n sobre seguridad laboral de sus empleados" width="215" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-06-18-carburos-safety-week-3.jpg?la=en" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;"&gt;Un equipo especializado de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos elabor&amp;oacute; un completo programa de sesiones formativas y actividades adaptadas a las caracter&amp;iacute;sticas de cada centro. Las plantas recibieron formaci&amp;oacute;n espec&amp;iacute;fica sobre la evaluaci&amp;oacute;n de riesgos en distintas situaciones (atm&amp;oacute;sferas explosivas, agentes qu&amp;iacute;micos), el manejo de calderas, los compresores de O2, los tamices moleculares o la alta tensi&amp;oacute;n. Mientras tanto, en las oficinas trataron el tabaquismo, la resiliencia, la gesti&amp;oacute;n de la energ&amp;iacute;a o la gesti&amp;oacute;n emocional.&lt;br&gt;
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Las actividades se han desarrollado del 18 al 22 de mayo en todas las plantas y oficinas de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Seguridad como base de la innovaci&amp;oacute;n&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es un referente en la industria, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional, gracias a los m&amp;aacute;s avanzados sistemas de seguridad de los que dispone en todas sus plantas y oficinas. La innovaci&amp;oacute;n implica estar al d&amp;iacute;a de forma constante, as&amp;iacute; que un equipo de expertos de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a trabaja continuamente en revisar y mejorar las medidas de seguridad de las que disponen tanto los procesos de producci&amp;oacute;n de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a como sus instalaciones, garantizando as&amp;iacute; la m&amp;aacute;xima seguridad del personal de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y su entorno. &lt;br&gt;
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Como ejemplo de la constante innovaci&amp;oacute;n en materia de seguridad que realiza la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a se encuentran los distintos sistemas y protocolos que aplica en sus centros, como es el caso de la planta de producci&amp;oacute;n de hidr&amp;oacute;geno (HYCO) que Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos tiene en Tarragona, la cual cuenta con el dispositivo &amp;ldquo;man down&amp;rdquo;. Este sistema, que el grupo Air Products aplica a nivel mundial, est&amp;aacute; dirigido a los operadores que trabajan solos en horario nocturno y alerta de una situaci&amp;oacute;n an&amp;oacute;mala cuando el dispositivo permanece inclinado m&amp;aacute;s tiempo del previsto. Tambi&amp;eacute;n son destacables los sistemas de medici&amp;oacute;n por triplicado, que avisan de errores en el funcionamiento cuando dos de las tres mediciones realizadas dan resultados alterados. De este modo se asegura la m&amp;aacute;xima calidad y fiabilidad de los procesos de la planta.&lt;br&gt;
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La seguridad, tanto de sus empleados como de las propias instalaciones de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, es un valor prioritario en todas las actividades que desarrolla Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos. Francesco Maione, director general de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, afirma: &amp;ldquo;En Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y, en general, en el grupo Air Products apostamos de forma inequ&amp;iacute;voca y constante por la seguridad. Nuestro objetivo es cero accidentes para nuestros empleados y contratistas. Por eso, organizamos en todos nuestros pa&amp;iacute;ses la 'Semana de la Seguridad' con el fin de concienciar a todos nuestros empleados y colaboradores con el mensaje de que la seguridad es lo primero. Hacer esta labor nos permite mejorar la prevenci&amp;oacute;n integral y disminuir el riesgo de incidentes o accidentes. Nuestro compromiso se basa en conseguir la m&amp;aacute;xima excelencia en seguridad, que es el valor m&amp;aacute;ximo de Air Products.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Premio de la industria en Espa&amp;ntilde;a&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
La labor de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en el &amp;aacute;mbito de la seguridad se ha visto nuevamente recompensada en 2015. En mayo, la Federaci&amp;oacute;n Empresarial de la Industria Qu&amp;iacute;mica Espa&amp;ntilde;ola (FEIQUE) ha otorgado a la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a el Premio a Seguridad FEIQUE 2014 por la labor que desarrolla en sus  plantas de Tarragona. Este reconocimiento lo concede FEIQUE a los centros de producci&amp;oacute;n de la industria qu&amp;iacute;mica de m&amp;aacute;s de 50 trabajadores que no han registrado ning&amp;uacute;n accidente con baja durante 2014.&lt;br&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s, este mismo mes, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos tambi&amp;eacute;n ha recibido el Premio Anual a la Gesti&amp;oacute;n de la Seguridad 2015 que concede la Comisi&amp;oacute;n Aut&amp;oacute;noma de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo de la Industria Qu&amp;iacute;mica y Afines (COASHIQ). Este galard&amp;oacute;n reconoce la labor de aquellas empresas del sector qu&amp;iacute;mico que han logrado los mejores valores de reducci&amp;oacute;n de accidentes laborales durante el a&amp;ntilde;o 2014.&lt;br&gt;
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"Para nosotros es un orgullo recibir los reconocimiento de FEIQUE y de COASHIQ en el &amp;aacute;mbito de la seguridad, puesto que para Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos los clientes son nuestra raz&amp;oacute;n de ser y la seguridad nuestra raz&amp;oacute;n de existir. La labor que hemos venido realizando todos estos a&amp;ntilde;os en este campo, mejorando  la seguridad de nuestras plantas, se ve completado con programas como la Semana de la Seguridad y recompensado con importantes premios tanto nacionales como internacionales", asegura Francesco Maione.&lt;br&gt;
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A trav&amp;eacute;s de programas e iniciativas como la Semana de la Seguridad y la implementaci&amp;oacute;n de herramientas dise&amp;ntilde;adas para prevenir accidentes y mejorar la seguridad de plantas y trabajadores, Air Products eleva de forma permanente los est&amp;aacute;ndares del sector.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases.&lt;br&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con 118 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, es l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y un referente en el sector qu&amp;iacute;mico en temas de seguridad, innovaci&amp;oacute;n y sostenibilidad.&lt;br&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad diaria de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1200 toneladas de gas licuado (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona) que dan servicio a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;M&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:victor@fjcommunications.com"&gt;V&amp;iacute;ctor Mu&amp;ntilde;oz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
FJ Communications&lt;br&gt;
Tel. 91 287 71 00&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{A804A789-F24C-4E7D-8C79-588F5C159088}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/04/0421-air-products-again-named-to-corporate-responsibility-magazine-100-best-corporate-citizens-list.aspx</link><title>Air Products Again Named to Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens List</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;)&amp;nbsp;has once again been named to Corporate Responsibility Magazine&amp;rsquo;s (CR Magazine) 100 Best Corporate Citizens List (2015), which recognizes public companies with outstanding corporate responsibility performance. &lt;br /&gt;
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The top 100 corporate responsibility leaders are selected from the large-cap Russell 1000&amp;reg; based on an assessment of 303 data points of disclosure and performance measures across seven categories: environment, climate change, employee relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy and community support. &lt;br /&gt;
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Commenting on the recognition, Air Products&amp;rsquo; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Seifi Ghasemi said, &amp;ldquo;As the people of Air Products move forward and execute our strategy, fundamental values like sustainability remain at the heart of our value proposition and relationships with our customers, shareholders, and operating communities around the world. We are very honored to again be recognized for our performance and citizenship.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Aligning its sustainability efforts under the economic, environmental and social categories of &amp;ldquo;Grow, Conserve and Care,&amp;rdquo; Air Products seeks to grow responsibly through sustainability-driven opportunities that benefit our customers and the world; conserve resources and reduce environmental footprints through cost-effective improvements; and care for employees, customers and communities, protecting its license to operate and grow. The company serves dozens of industries, providing gases, materials, technologies and applications solutions that improve customers&amp;rsquo; energy efficiency, productivity, environmental performance and productivity. &lt;br /&gt;
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To learn more about Sustainability at Air Products, visit the company&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Sustainability Web site&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About CR Magazine&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
SharedXpertise Media LLC is the publisher of CR Magazine (&lt;a href="http://www.thecro.com" target="_blank"&gt;www.thecro.com&lt;/a&gt;), the leading voice of the corporate responsibility profession and the publisher of the 100 Best Corporate Citizen&amp;rsquo;s List, which has been ranked one of America&amp;rsquo;s three most-important business rankings according to PR Week. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products&amp;rsquo; materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{DDD59CEA-D28D-4480-9F33-A961027BE18C}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/04/0410-carburos-metalicos-cede-una-instalacion-de-fertilizacion-por-riego-en-tarragona.aspx</link><title>Carburos Metálicos cede una instalación de fertilización por riego en Tarragona</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;La comunidad de regantes de La Sequieta es la beneficiaria de este proyecto, que ha contado con una inversi&amp;oacute;n total de 120.000 euros por parte de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;El agua amoniacal, subproducto no t&amp;oacute;xico generado en la producci&amp;oacute;n de prot&amp;oacute;xido de nitr&amp;oacute;geno de la planta de La Pobla de Mafumet, se reutilizar&amp;aacute; como fertilizante agr&amp;iacute;cola&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="215" height="121" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Autoridades y representantes de la comunidad de regantes de la Sequieta y de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en el exterior de la planta que la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a tiene en la Pobla de Mafumet." align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-04-10-carburos-tarragona.jpg?la=en" /&gt;Este mediod&amp;iacute;a se han presentado en La Pobla de Mafumet (Tarragona) las nuevas instalaciones de fertirrigaci&amp;oacute;n de la comunidad de regantes de La Sequieta. El proyecto es fruto del acuerdo, firmado hoy, entre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y los regantes locales en funci&amp;oacute;n del cual la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de los gases industriales, pone a disposici&amp;oacute;n de los agricultores de la zona de manera gratuita el agua amoniacal generada en la actividad productiva de la planta de La Pobla de Mafumet, con el fin de contribuir a abonar los campos de cultivo del t&amp;eacute;rmino municipal. &lt;br /&gt;
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En concreto, el proyecto de fertilizaci&amp;oacute;n por riego consiste en la instalaci&amp;oacute;n de una balsa, a 300 metros de la planta de producci&amp;oacute;n de La Pobla, con una capacidad de almacenamiento de 1.500 m3 de soluci&amp;oacute;n gracias a la cual los agricultores obtendr&amp;aacute;n los abonos nitrogenados para sus campos de cultivo. Tambi&amp;eacute;n se ha instalado un dep&amp;oacute;sito regulador de 60 m3, un dep&amp;oacute;sito dosificador de la soluci&amp;oacute;n de 7 m3 de capacidad y elementos de interconexi&amp;oacute;n y control entre los dep&amp;oacute;sitos, la balsa y la estaci&amp;oacute;n de bombeo. &lt;br /&gt;
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Asimismo, el acuerdo prev&amp;eacute; el establecimiento de las caracter&amp;iacute;sticas de la soluci&amp;oacute;n empleada, rica en nitr&amp;oacute;geno, seg&amp;uacute;n las necesidades de fertilizaci&amp;oacute;n de los campos de la zona. Adem&amp;aacute;s, en l&amp;iacute;nea con la importancia que Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos otorga a la seguridad, se crear&amp;aacute; un procedimiento de env&amp;iacute;o de producto y un protocolo de fertirrigaci&amp;oacute;n, se realizar&amp;aacute;n an&amp;aacute;lisis mensuales y semestrales de los componentes de la soluci&amp;oacute;n almacenada y se instalar&amp;aacute;n dos puntos de muestreo autorizados por la Agencia Catalana del Agua. &lt;br /&gt;
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A la presentaci&amp;oacute;n han asistido el director de los servicios territoriales de Agricultura, Ganader&amp;iacute;a, Pesca, Alimentaci&amp;oacute;n y Medio Natural de la Generalitat, Anton Ballv&amp;eacute;, la responsable del servicio de Salud de Tarragona, Carme Coll, los alcaldes de La Pobla de Mafumet, Joan Maria Sard&amp;agrave;, de El Morell, Pere Guinovart, y de Perafort, Joan Mart&amp;iacute; Pla i Pla, el presidente de la Comunidad de Regantes de La Sequieta, Joan Gasull, el director general de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, Francesco Maione, el director de operaciones de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, Jos&amp;eacute; Luis M&amp;eacute;ndez, el director de Relaciones Institucionales, Rom&amp;aacute;n Trias, y el director de la planta de La Pobla, V&amp;iacute;ctor Cano. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Beneficios del agua amoniacal en la agricultura &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Los beneficios del agua amoniacal como fertilizante agr&amp;iacute;cola se basan en el aumento que produce de los niveles de nitr&amp;oacute;geno en la tierra, lo que conlleva un mayor grado de nutrientes. Adem&amp;aacute;s, el uso de agua amoniacal ayuda a preservar la fertilidad natural del suelo y evitar su empobrecimiento. Asimismo, su uso evita la lixiviaci&amp;oacute;n de sustancias potencialmente t&amp;oacute;xicas para las aguas fre&amp;aacute;ticas. &lt;br /&gt;
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El agua amoniacal es un subproducto no t&amp;oacute;xico generado en la producci&amp;oacute;n de prot&amp;oacute;xido de nitr&amp;oacute;geno que Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos lleva a cabo en La Pobla de Mafumet. Anteriormente, la valorizaci&amp;oacute;n del agua amoniacal de la planta se realizaba a trav&amp;eacute;s de empresas de fabricaci&amp;oacute;n de fertilizantes destinados a la agricultura de la Comunidad Valenciana. Las nuevas instalaciones evitar&amp;aacute;n el transporte por carretera del agua amoniacal para su recuperaci&amp;oacute;n, lo que contribuir&amp;aacute; a reducir la huella de carbono que hasta ahora se derivaba de esta actividad. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Compromiso con la sostenibilidad &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Para Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos sostenibilidad es sin&amp;oacute;nimo de compromiso con el entorno. El proyecto de fertirrigaci&amp;oacute;n en beneficio de la comunidad de regantes de La Sequieta, que ha contado con una inversi&amp;oacute;n total de 120.000 euros por parte de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, se enmarca dentro de esta filosof&amp;iacute;a orientada a ofrecer soluciones sostenibles desde la proximidad y la eficiencia, entendida tanto a nivel energ&amp;eacute;tico y medioambiental como a nivel de operativa industrial y productividad. En este sentido, Francesco Maione, director general de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, ha destacado: "esta iniciativa plasma el estrecho v&amp;iacute;nculo de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos con el &amp;aacute;rea de Tarragona y nuestra apuesta por la sostenibilidad, nuestro compromiso desinteresado con la comunidad local, el respeto medioambiental y la b&amp;uacute;squeda de una mayor eficiencia de nuestra actividad". &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, m&amp;aacute;s de 50 a&amp;ntilde;os en Tarragona &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Con origen industrial en el &amp;aacute;rea de Tarragona en 1958, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta actualmente con cinco plantas en la zona, que tienen una capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n total superior a las 2.500 toneladas por d&amp;iacute;a. Est&amp;aacute;n situadas en las localidades de La Pobla de Mafumet, El Morell, La Canonja y Vilaseca. En La Pobla de Mafumet la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a tiene dos plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n. La primera, inaugurada en 2002, produce prot&amp;oacute;xido de nitr&amp;oacute;geno y di&amp;oacute;xido de carbono, entre otros gases. La otra planta produce hidr&amp;oacute;geno de tecnolog&amp;iacute;a SMR de gran capacidad (HYCO); se trata de la &amp;uacute;nica planta de hidr&amp;oacute;geno en Catalunya y una de las mayores de la Pen&amp;iacute;nsula Ib&amp;eacute;rica. &lt;br /&gt;
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El negocio de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en el &amp;aacute;rea de Tarragona tiene una orientaci&amp;oacute;n 100% local, en l&amp;iacute;nea con el compromiso de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a con el desarrollo de la industria y las comunidades donde se encuentran sus instalaciones. Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos se ha involucrado en distintos proyectos e iniciativas de la zona dirigidas tanto a su equipo humano como a su entorno m&amp;aacute;s pr&amp;oacute;ximo, y est&amp;aacute; de igual modo presente en organizaciones de referencia, como la AEQT. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 118 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, es l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a y un referente en el sector qu&amp;iacute;mico en temas de seguridad, innovaci&amp;oacute;n y sostenibilidad. &lt;br /&gt;
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Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad diaria de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1200 toneladas de gas licuado (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona) que dan servicio a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre el grupo Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a de gases industriales. Durante cerca de 75 a&amp;ntilde;os, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ha suministrado gases atmosf&amp;eacute;ricos, manufacturados y especializados, as&amp;iacute; como equipamiento a mercados de manufacturas como metales, alimentos y bebidas, refinos, petroqu&amp;iacute;micos y gas natural licuado. Los materiales y la tecnolog&amp;iacute;a de Air Products se emplea en diferentes sectores como semiconductores, poliuretanos, recubrimientos y adhesivos. M&amp;aacute;s de 20.000 trabajadores en 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses trabajan para convertir a Air Products en la mejor compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a de gases industriales del mundo gracias a una oferta sostenible y a un excelente servicio al cliente. En el a&amp;ntilde;o fiscal 2014, Air Products obtuvo unos ingresos de 10.400 millones de d&amp;oacute;lares y alcanz&amp;oacute; el puesto 276 en la lista anual de 500 compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;as p&amp;uacute;blicas de la revista Fortune. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{6A155B63-AB72-42E0-B52A-D6256C61A2CD}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2015/01/0128-carburos-metalicos-demuestra-como-la-industria-puede-ser-mas-productiva.aspx</link><title>Carburos Metálicos, a través de su apuesta integral por la sostenibilidad, demuestra cómo la industria puede ser más productiva sin renunciar a ser más eficiente</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista presenta su plan de sostenibilidad y explica c&amp;oacute;mo lo aplica en las soluciones de valor a&amp;ntilde;adido en los productos, tecnolog&amp;iacute;as y servicios que ofrece a sus clientes industriales &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;La coherencia de la propuesta de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos demuestra el &amp;eacute;xito del binomio sostenibilidad-eficiencia en los procesos de producci&amp;oacute;n &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="215" height="143" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, a trav&amp;eacute;s de su apuesta integral por la sostenibilidad, demuestra c&amp;oacute;mo la industria puede ser m&amp;aacute;s productiva sin renunciar a ser m&amp;aacute;s eficiente" align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2015/2015-01-28-carburos-sustainability.jpg?la=en" /&gt;En los &amp;uacute;ltimos a&amp;ntilde;os la sostenibilidad se ha convertido en un factor clave para el desarrollo econ&amp;oacute;mico de las empresas. Conscientes de ello, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con una estrategia de sostenibilidad que aplica en todos los &amp;aacute;mbitos de su actividad y que act&amp;uacute;a como un importante motor en su crecimiento. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sostenibilidad basada en: cuidar, conservar y crecer&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Como empresa referente en su sector, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos trabaja firmemente para alcanzar los exigentes objetivos medioambientales marcados por Air Products, grupo al que pertenece. Por este motivo, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a concentra sus prioridades alrededor de tres conceptos: cuidar a sus empleados trabajando para lograr ser la empresa m&amp;aacute;s segura del sector y contar con cero accidentes e incidentes en sus plantas; conservar los recursos y reducir el impacto medioambiental mediante exigentes objetivos de reducci&amp;oacute;n de consumo energ&amp;eacute;tico, consumo de agua y emisiones; y crecer con responsabilidad impulsando soluciones innovadoras y sostenibles que aporten valor a&amp;ntilde;adido a clientes y colaboradores. &lt;br /&gt;
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El trabajo constante en sostenibilidad llevado a cabo durante todo el a&amp;ntilde;o, tanto por Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos como por su grupo matriz Air Products, se ha visto nuevamente distinguida mediante la inclusi&amp;oacute;n de Air Products en la 100 Best Citizens List 2014 elaborada por la prestigiosa publicaci&amp;oacute;n Corporate Responsability Magazine. Adem&amp;aacute;s, la pol&amp;iacute;tica de sostenibilidad del grupo se ha visto reconocida tambi&amp;eacute;n mediante la inclusi&amp;oacute;n de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a en los &amp;iacute;ndices Dow Jones Sustainability World y Proyecto para la Divulgaci&amp;oacute;n del Carbono, entre otros. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Soluciones sostenibles para cada sector&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos va m&amp;aacute;s all&amp;aacute; en la interpretaci&amp;oacute;n del significado de sostenibilidad ya que no s&amp;oacute;lo la entiende como protecci&amp;oacute;n del entorno, sino tambi&amp;eacute;n como elemento fundamental que debe formar parte de los productos y servicios que ofrece a sus clientes de m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores industriales (alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, ocio, hospitales, etc.). &lt;br /&gt;
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Por este motivo, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a tiene como premisa contribuir con soluciones ad hoc a que sus clientes tengan &amp;eacute;xito mediante la mejora de su productividad, la eficiencia, la calidad y el desempe&amp;ntilde;o ambiental. &lt;br /&gt;
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Para ello, los expertos de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos trabajan estrechamente con sus clientes en el desarrollo de proyectos que respondan a sus necesidades y les permitan mejorar la eficiencia de sus procesos productivos, reducir costes, ahorrar agua y energ&amp;iacute;a, y emitir menos gases a la atm&amp;oacute;sfera, en coherencia con lo que la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a se exige a s&amp;iacute; misma. Esta labor se materializa en soluciones aplicadas a distintos sectores industriales como el uso del hidr&amp;oacute;geno como combustible de futuro en la industria de la automoci&amp;oacute;n, la aplicaci&amp;oacute;n de tecnolog&amp;iacute;as basadas en fuentes de energ&amp;iacute;a renovables para dejar de quemar carb&amp;oacute;n, el tratamiento de aguas residuales, o el desarrollo de soluciones innovadoras centradas en la captura, tratamiento y uso de CO2. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Ejemplo sostenible y pionero implementado en Canarias&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
El ejemplo m&amp;aacute;s reciente del &amp;eacute;xito de esta estrategia empresarial basada en la sostenibilidad es el proyecto pionero que Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos ha puesto en marcha recientemente en su planta de Telde (Gran Canaria). &lt;br /&gt;
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Fruto de la b&amp;uacute;squeda de sinergias con una empresa vidriera vecina, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos ha desarrollado un proyecto colaborativo, basado en una innovadora tecnolog&amp;iacute;a pionera a nivel mundial que permite capturar el CO2 sobrante emitido por la chimenea del horno vidriero para tratarlo posteriormente y utilizarlo a nivel industrial, principalmente en el &amp;aacute;mbito alimentario. Como resultado, se han dejado de emitir importantes cantidades de CO2 a la atm&amp;oacute;sfera a la vez que se ha logrado aumentar la eficiencia de las dos compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;as implicadas. &lt;br /&gt;
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En palabras de Rom&amp;aacute;n Trias, Director de Relaciones Institucionales y grandes cuentas de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, &amp;ldquo;el proyecto que hemos llevado a cabo en Telde es un claro ejemplo de la apuesta de nuestra compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a por una industria limpia. Asimismo, tambi&amp;eacute;n plasma el compromiso con nuestros clientes y la sociedad, demostrando que es posible mejorar la eficiencia empresarial y productiva con soluciones y tecnolog&amp;iacute;as innovadoras y respetuosas con el entorno&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Como empresa referente en el desarrollo y aplicaci&amp;oacute;n de soluciones innovadoras aplicadas con &amp;eacute;xito a nivel industrial, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos ha participado recientemente en el II Encuentro Planeta Responsable-Objetivo Bienestar con la ponencia: &amp;ldquo;El cuidado del medio ambiente, compatible con la industria". Celebrada en Barcelona, la jornada cont&amp;oacute; con la participaci&amp;oacute;n expertos del mundo empresarial que compartieron su experiencia y planes de futuro donde la sostenibilidad se confirma como un claro factor de innovaci&amp;oacute;n y crecimiento econ&amp;oacute;mico. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 118 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 600 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1200 toneladas de gas licuado cada d&amp;iacute;a (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza, y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona), que desde 2014 tiene responsabilidades dentro del grupo Air Products en las &amp;aacute;reas de agricultura, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, tratamiento de aguas y aplicaciones de CO2. &lt;br /&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s, es la &amp;uacute;nica compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista que da cobertura a todo el territorio espa&amp;ntilde;ol, a trav&amp;eacute;s de una red de 160 distribuidores que aportan flexibilidad y cercan&amp;iacute;a y que le permiten servir a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. &lt;br /&gt;
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Desde 1995, pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, hecho que le a&amp;ntilde;ade el potencial y la visi&amp;oacute;n de un grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos visite &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Pie de foto: (de izquierda a derecha) Juan Jos&amp;eacute; Litr&amp;aacute;n, Director de Relaciones Corporativas de Coca-Cola IBERIA; Rom&amp;aacute;n Trias, Director de Relaciones Institucionales y grandes cuentas de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos; Nieves Rey, Gerente de Comunicaci&amp;oacute;n Corporativa de Ecoembes, y Javier Nuche, Director General de Atresmedia Diversificaci&amp;oacute;n. &lt;br /&gt;
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Copyright: Manu Lozano &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Burson-Marsteller &lt;br /&gt;
93.201.10.28&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:marta.gonzalez@bm.com"&gt;Marta Gonz&amp;aacute;lez&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:alberto.jimenez-hidalgo@bm.com"&gt;Alberto Jim&amp;eacute;nez&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{DA1651CB-376C-4BD5-8AAB-764C855A0CD7}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/12/1218-air-products-rolls-out-liquid-nitrogen-ambassador-program-to-china-community.aspx</link><title>Air Products Rolls out Liquid Nitrogen Ambassador Program to China Community</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:APD), a leading global industrial gases and materials technologies supplier has recently rolled out its Liquid Nitrogen (LIN) Ambassador Program in China, with the first LIN application demonstration class successfully held in December at the &lt;img width="218" height="145" style="margin: 6px; float: left;" alt="Air Products Rolls out Liquid Nitrogen Ambassador Program to China Community" align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-12-18-china-lin-ambassador-program.jpg?la=en" /&gt;Dongchang Middle School in Shanghai, where the company&amp;rsquo;s China headquarters is located with its world-class engineering, research and development, cryogenic equipment manufacturing, and strategic sourcing capabilities. &lt;br /&gt;
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In a safe environment, Air Products&amp;rsquo; LIN ambassadors demonstrated and explained to the students and teachers how LIN could be applied in daily life through six experiments: changing the properties of racquet ball for cryogenic grinding and flowers for grinding spices; deflating balloons; freezing bananas into &amp;lsquo;banana hammers&amp;rsquo; for food preservation; shrink-fitting for assembling machine elements; enhancing magnets for superconductivity and magnetic levitation applications; and making delicious ice-cream. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Air Products is committed to supporting the communities and the LIN Ambassador Program has been one of our company&amp;rsquo;s many community outreach activities,&amp;rdquo; said Feng Yan, China vice president, government relations at Air Products. &amp;ldquo;We are glad and feel honored to introduce this interactive educational initiative to China through which children have an opportunity to see first-hand how gas science and applications can make people&amp;rsquo;s lives better. Air Products will continue to leverage our resources and expertise and engage our employees to inspire the next generations to build a more productive, energy efficient and sustainable world.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Started in the 1970's in US, Air Products LIN Ambassador Program is a way to bring an understanding of gas products to the community. The company offers free-of-charge classes to local schools, community groups and non-profit organizations to demonstrate the magic of science and engineering. Demonstrations are done by Air Products employees who volunteer their time to share knowledge and talent with those in the community. Today, trained Air Products volunteers conduct over 200 sessions globally each year. &lt;br /&gt;
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A responsible corporate citizen with a long-standing commitment to sustainability, Air Products also took part in a variety of other meaningful social responsibility initiatives and activities in China, including the sponsorship of the country&amp;rsquo;s National University Chemistry Video Contest to advocate green gas technologies for a better future; participation in the REACH (Resiliency Education: Advocacy Collaboration &amp;amp; Hope) program to develop teenagers&amp;rsquo; strengths in middle schools in Shanghai through non-traditional subjects such as character, self-confidence, teamwork and emotional resilience; scholarship programs in nearly ten leading universities to cultivate talents; and driving the development of innovative solutions to support the sustainable growth of the industrial gas market. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products&amp;rsquo; materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com" originalPath="http://www.airproducts.com" originalAttribute="href"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{83AB1BC9-6382-484C-BDEA-33B61DFF4552}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/12/1218-air-products-rolls-out-liquid-nitrogen-ambassador-program-to-china-community-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司液氮大使项目进社区 </title><description>&lt;p&gt;全球领先的工业气体与材料技术供应商空气产品公司(Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)近日携其液氮大使项目走进国内社区，首堂液氮应用示范课已于本月在上海东昌中学顺利举行。上海是空气产品公司的中国区总部所在地，该公司已经在当地设立了世界级的工程、研发、低温设备制造以及战略采购中心。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img width="218" height="145" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Air Products Rolls out Liquid Nitrogen Ambassador Program to China Community" align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-12-18-china-lin-ambassador-program.jpg?la=en" /&gt;约20位东昌中学的师生和空气产品公司的员工志愿者参加了这堂&amp;ldquo;小班化&amp;rdquo;互动教学课程。在安全的前提下，空气产品公司的液氮大使们通过演示6个实验，向师生们展示了液氮在日常生活应用中的魔力。这六个生动的液氮实验为：改变弹性球的物理属性实现低温碾磨，改变花朵的物理属性磨制香料；把充满气的气球放入液氮中致其缩小的现象；冷冻香蕉成&amp;ldquo;锤子&amp;rdquo;用于食物保鲜；冷缩金属环原理用于机器部件的组装；冰冻磁铁增强磁力，可应用在超导磁悬浮中；还有美味的液氮冰激凌。 &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司中国区副总裁-政府事务部冯燕女士表示：&amp;ldquo;空气产品公司致力于支持社区和教育的发展。液氮大使是我公司诸多走进社区项目中的一个。我们很高兴，也感到非常自豪能将这一互动式的教育项目引入国内。通过该项目，孩子们能有机会一手体验气体科学及其应用如何让人们的生活更美好。空气产品公司将持续利用我们的资源和专长，鼓励我们的员工一起参与到激励下一代的活动中，以建立一个更高效、节能和可持续发展的世界。&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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作为让社区了解气体产品的一种方式，空气产品公司的液氮大使计划始于20世纪70年代的美国。该公司为当地学校、社会团体和非盈利性组织提供免费课程，展示气体科学和工程技术的魔力。这些演示活动都由空气产品公司的员工自愿者完成，他们利用自己的时间和当地社区里的人们交流知识和才能。如今每年，经过培训的空气产品公司志愿者们在全球完成超过200堂课。 &lt;br /&gt;
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作为一家致力于可持续发展的企业公民，空气产品公司还参与了其他各项有意义的社会责任实践活动，其中包括：赞助由全国高校化学视频大赛，倡导气体行业绿色创新科技创造未来美好生活；参加弹性教育项目 &amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;REACH (Resiliency Education: Advocacy Collaboration &amp;amp; Hope)，在上海一所中学，通过开展诸如品质、自信、团队合作和情绪控制等非传统教育课题，培养青少年课本之外的成长优势；在全国近10所重点高校中设立奖学金项目来培养人才； 推动创新型解决方案的研发来支持工业气体行业的可持续发展等。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）是一家领先的工业气体公司。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、清洁剂与涂料和添加剂行业。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：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn" originalPath="http://www.airproducts.com.cn" originalAttribute="href"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt;。&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2014年9月30日结束。 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{CCA37AD2-F50B-467F-8E57-048288A9C2F5}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/12/1218-matgas-recibe-el-premio-nacional-al-en-investigacion-e-innovacion.aspx</link><title>MATGAS recibe el Premio Nacional al Partenariado Público-Privado en Investigación e Innovación</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;La Fundaci&amp;oacute; Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovaci&amp;oacute; (FRCi) y la Generalitat de Catalunya reconocen la labor de investigaci&amp;oacute;n y desarrollo que lleva a cabo el Centro de Excelencia formado por la empresa gasista Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, el CSIC y la Universitat Aut&amp;ograve;noma de Barcelona. &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="213" height="134" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="MATGAS recibe el Premio Nacional al Partenariado P&amp;uacute;blico-Privado en Investigaci&amp;oacute;n e Innovaci&amp;oacute;n" align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-12-18-matgas.jpg?la=en" /&gt;La labor realizada por el centro de investigaci&amp;oacute;n MATGAS, ubicado en el campus de la UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona), ha sido reconocida con el Premio Nacional al Partenariado P&amp;uacute;blico-Privado 2014. Este galard&amp;oacute;n resalta la importancia de la colaboraci&amp;oacute;n entre empresas privadas y entidades p&amp;uacute;blicas, especialmente en el campo de la investigaci&amp;oacute;n y la innovaci&amp;oacute;n. La FRCi reconoce en MATGAS su &amp;eacute;xito en combinar las fortalezas de las instituciones p&amp;uacute;blicas y privadas para hacer investigaci&amp;oacute;n puntera a nivel mundial. &lt;br /&gt;
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Creado en 2001, MATGAS es fruto de la alianza estrat&amp;eacute;gica entre una empresa privada l&amp;iacute;der en el sector gasista, como es Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, del grupo multinacional Air Products, y dos entidades p&amp;uacute;blicas, el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient&amp;iacute;ficas (CSIC) y la Universitat Aut&amp;ograve;noma de Barcelona (UAB). El trabajo realizado por el equipo de expertos y cient&amp;iacute;ficos de MATGAS, ha convertido a este consorcio en un centro puntero a nivel internacional en el desarrollo de procesos y productos sostenibles, enfocado en tratamiento de aguas, agro-alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, usos sostenibles del CO2 y otros temas relacionados con energ&amp;iacute;a y procesos sostenibles. &lt;br /&gt;
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Consciente de la importancia de desarrollar proyectos de investigaci&amp;oacute;n que tengan como objetivo principal la aplicaci&amp;oacute;n industrial de los resultados obtenidos, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos trabaja para ofrecer a sus clientes soluciones sostenibles y eficientes que se adapten a sus necesidades, colaborando con los mejores expertos en los distintos campos. En este sentido, en los &amp;uacute;ltimos a&amp;ntilde;os la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a y sus socios CSIC y UAB han participado, a trav&amp;eacute;s de MATGAS, en importantes proyectos competitivos nacionales y europeos, incluyendo el liderazgo del CENIT SOST-CO2, cubriendo nuevas aplicaciones industriales sostenibles del CO2, los proyectos europeos SuperGreenChem, SURFACE_T, HyTEC, H2TRUST, SOFCOM, centrados en la b&amp;uacute;squeda de nuevas aplicaciones del CO2, o usos del hidr&amp;oacute;geno como vector de energ&amp;iacute;a, as&amp;iacute; como el NUCLI BioQuim_rescue, enfocado a nuevas soluciones para el tratamiento de aguas. &lt;br /&gt;
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MATGAS cuenta con laboratorios de &amp;uacute;ltima generaci&amp;oacute;n donde se lleva a cabo esta investigaci&amp;oacute;n, reconocida por expertos internacionales con la publicaci&amp;oacute;n, en los 5 &amp;uacute;ltimos a&amp;ntilde;os, de m&amp;aacute;s de 100 art&amp;iacute;culos en revistas internacionales, 5 patentes y varias tesis doctorales. Investigadores de los tres socios, y de la propia agrupaci&amp;oacute;n, trabajan codo con codo para llevar a cabo el desarrollo de nuevos productos, desde la idea hasta el mercado. El centro acoge, asimismo, a estudiantes universitarios que realizan sus pr&amp;aacute;cticas en un ambiente donde se combina la manera de hacer de los dos mundos, en acad&amp;eacute;mico y el empresarial. &lt;br /&gt;
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La experiencia y los resultados del trabajo llevado a cabo por el equipo de investigaci&amp;oacute;n de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en colaboraci&amp;oacute;n con los socios de MATGAS ha llevado a la multinacional Air Products (matriz de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos) a incorporarlo a su red de centros de referencia mundial, liderando la investigaci&amp;oacute;n global en la aplicaci&amp;oacute;n de gases en el sector agroalimentario, en el tratamiento de aguas y en la b&amp;uacute;squeda de nuevos usos para el di&amp;oacute;xido de carbono. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre los Premis Nacionals de Recerca&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Los Premis Nacionals de Recerca, convocados por la Fundaci&amp;oacute; Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovaci&amp;oacute; con el soporte del Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya, fomentan el reconocimiento social de la ciencia y la actividad de los investigadores, mecenas, empresarios y comunicadores. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre MATGAS&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
MATGAS, centro de excelencia en CO2 y sostenibilidad, es una agrupaci&amp;oacute;n surgida como alianza estrat&amp;eacute;gica entre la empresa Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, del grupo Air Products, el Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient&amp;iacute;ficas y la Universidad Aut&amp;oacute;noma de Barcelona. Fundado en 2001 y situado en el campus de la UAB, MATGAS es un centro puntero en el desarrollo de procesos y productos sostenibles, enfocado en tratamiento de aguas, agro-alimentaci&amp;oacute;n y conservaci&amp;oacute;n de alimentos, usos sostenibles del CO2 y otros temas relacionados con energ&amp;iacute;a y procesos sostenibles. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre MATGAS visite: &lt;a href="http://www.matgas.org"&gt;www.matgas.org&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 117 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 700 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1000 toneladas de gas licuado cada d&amp;iacute;a (mtpd), 6 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza, y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona). &lt;br /&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s, es la &amp;uacute;nica compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista que da cobertura a todo el territorio espa&amp;ntilde;ol, a trav&amp;eacute;s de una red de 160 distribuidores que aportan flexibilidad y cercan&amp;iacute;a y que le permiten servir a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. &lt;br /&gt;
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Desde 1995, pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, hecho que le a&amp;ntilde;ade el potencial y la visi&amp;oacute;n de un grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos visite &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Burson-Marsteller &lt;br /&gt;
93.201.10.28 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:marta.gonzalez@bm.com"&gt;Marta Gonz&amp;aacute;lez &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:alberto.jimenez-hidalgo@bm.com"&gt;Alberto Jim&amp;eacute;nez&amp;nbsp; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{1E893E25-CA42-448C-9132-99D3581E230F}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/12/1216-air-products-issues-latest-gri-sustainability-report.aspx</link><title>Air Products Issues Latest GRI Sustainability Report</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) has issued its latest Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability/sustainability-reports.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Sustainability Report&lt;/a&gt; (G3.1 Guidelines), which has again been assessed by GRI as Application Level A+. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;ldquo;Sustainability is a core value, a driver of Air Products&amp;rsquo; growth, and an important element of our relationships with customers, shareholders, our 20,000 employees, and hundreds of operating communities around the world,&amp;rdquo; says Chairman, President and CEO Seifi Ghasemi in his letter to stakeholders. &lt;br /&gt;
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The company&amp;rsquo;s latest report details performance and progress across economic, environmental and social areas, aligned under the themes of Grow, Conserve and Care: &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;bull; &lt;strong&gt;Grow:&lt;/strong&gt; More than 60 percent of the company&amp;rsquo;s prior-year revenues were from improving customers&amp;rsquo; energy efficiency and emissions. Progress made on environmental sustainability targets, particularly energy consumption, contributes millions annually to Air Products&amp;rsquo; bottom line. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull; &lt;strong&gt;Conserve:&lt;/strong&gt; The company designs its plants and manages its operations against environmental sustainability goals to reduce greenhouse gases, waste, emissions, energy, and water use. Air Products has either already achieved these&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability/our-environmental-targets.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;goals&lt;/a&gt; or is tracking to achieve them by 2015. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;bull; &lt;strong&gt;Care:&lt;/strong&gt; The company is striving for zero accidents and zero incidents, tied to its goal of becoming the safest and most profitable industrial gas company in the world, providing excellent service to customers. Air Products&amp;rsquo; social responsibility approach also includes employee development, diversity and inclusion, community support, supplier relations, and governance practices. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Recognized for Sustainability Leadership&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products continues to be recognized for its sustainability commitment and practices, including being named to the 2014/2015 Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indexes, the 2014 CDP&amp;trade; Global 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index, and one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List for CR Magazine for 2014, &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability/sustainability-recognition.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;among others&lt;/a&gt;. Access the company&amp;rsquo;s latest GRI report and more information about sustainability on Air Products&amp;rsquo; &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;sustainability web site&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products&amp;rsquo; materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2014. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{C38FF728-BE88-43A6-8603-7D7CE3A2E680}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/11/1127-carburos-metalicos-inaugura-la-eficiencia-y-sostenibilidad-de-sus-procesos-industriales.aspx</link><title>Carburos Metálicos inaugura un innovador proyecto colaborativo que aumenta la eficiencia y sostenibilidad de sus procesos industriales</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;La iniciativa comporta importantes sinergias en el &amp;aacute;mbito industrial con Vidrieras Canarias en un proyecto que a&amp;uacute;na sostenibilidad y eficiencia &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Las nuevas instalaciones de CO2 en Telde reafirman tambi&amp;eacute;n la apuesta de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos por Canarias, que por su posici&amp;oacute;n estrat&amp;eacute;gica permitir&amp;aacute; la expansi&amp;oacute;n de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a a los mercados del norte de &amp;Aacute;frica &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Con una inversi&amp;oacute;n de 6 millones de euros, el proyecto es pionero en el mundo ya que nunca antes se hab&amp;iacute;a utilizado el CO2 sobrante de una planta vidriera para su posterior tratamiento y utilizaci&amp;oacute;n industrial &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="215" height="157" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos inaugura un innovador proyecto colaborativo que aumenta la eficiencia y sostenibilidad de sus procesos industriales" align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-11-27-carburos-stained-canary-1-inline.jpg?la=en" /&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, empresa gasista l&amp;iacute;der en la producci&amp;oacute;n y utilizaci&amp;oacute;n de CO2 a nivel industrial, ha presentado oficialmente hoy en Telde (Canarias) su nuevo proyecto de innovaci&amp;oacute;n industrial. &amp;Uacute;nica en todo el mundo por sus caracter&amp;iacute;sticas, las nuevas instalaciones de captura de CO2 suponen una importante mejora en sostenibilidad y respeto al medio ambiente, as&amp;iacute; como en t&amp;eacute;rminos de productividad industrial. Adem&amp;aacute;s, confiere tambi&amp;eacute;n a la planta de Telde un papel estrat&amp;eacute;gico en el crecimiento futuro de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en los mercados del norte de &amp;Aacute;frica. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img width="215" height="151" style="float: right; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos inaugura un innovador proyecto colaborativo que aumenta la eficiencia y sostenibilidad de sus procesos industriales" align="right" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-11-27-carburos-stained-canary-2.jpg?la=en" /&gt;Al acto han asistido m&amp;aacute;s de 100 personas con una destacada presencia por parte de diversas instituciones canarias. La inauguraci&amp;oacute;n ha sido presidida por Paulino Rivero, Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias, y ha contado tambi&amp;eacute;n con la presencia de M&amp;ordf; del Carmen Hern&amp;aacute;ndez Bento, Delegada del Gobierno en Canarias; los consejeros de Industria, Fomento y Presidencia del Gobierno de Canarias; M&amp;ordf; del Carmen Castellano, alcaldesa de Telde y otros representantes institucionales y empresariales de Gran Canaria. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img width="215" height="135" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos inaugura un innovador proyecto colaborativo que aumenta la eficiencia y sostenibilidad de sus procesos industriales" align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-11-27-carburos-stained-canary-3-inline.jpg?la=en" /&gt;Por parte de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a han asistido Ivo Bols, presidente de gases industriales en la regi&amp;oacute;n EMEA de Air Products, grupo matriz de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos; Francesco Maione, director general de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y Jos&amp;eacute; Luis M&amp;eacute;ndez, director de operaciones de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos. Adem&amp;aacute;s, el acto ha contado tambi&amp;eacute;n con la presencia de representantes de Vidrieras Canarias y numerosos clientes de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en la zona, as&amp;iacute; como el equipo de ingenieros expertos que han llevado a cabo el proyecto. Todos ellos han coincidido en se&amp;ntilde;alar la singularidad, la innovaci&amp;oacute;n y la apuesta que representa la iniciativa de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en Telde y en Canarias. &lt;br /&gt;
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La puesta en marcha de estas nuevas instalaciones de captura de CO2 materializa una apuesta de futuro en Canarias por parte de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, al tratarse de un proyecto innovador que permite reducir la cantidad de CO2 emitido a la atm&amp;oacute;sfera a la vez que aporta una mejora de la eficiencia industrial de las dos empresas involucradas (Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y Vidrieras Canarias), permitiendo tambi&amp;eacute;n un aumento de la capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n. Este proceso conllevar&amp;aacute; tambi&amp;eacute;n un mejor servicio a los clientes de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista en las Islas Canarias, optimizando la operatividad de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y permitiendo alcanzar sinergias con sus empresas colaboradoras. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;El respeto al medio ambiente no va re&amp;ntilde;ido con la mejora de la productividad industrial&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
El proyecto de Telde se caracteriza por capturar el CO2 sobrante emitido por la chimenea de la planta vecina de Vidrieras Canarias para su posterior tratamiento y utilizaci&amp;oacute;n industrial, principalmente en el &amp;aacute;mbito alimentario. &lt;br /&gt;
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Mediante esta innovaci&amp;oacute;n la planta dejar&amp;aacute; de quemar por completo fuel oil (m&amp;eacute;todo utilizado anteriormente para obtener CO2) para capturar ahora CO2 procedente de la planta vidriera, tratarlo adecuadamente y utilizarlo posteriormente, principalmente en el campo alimentario. En este sentido, el proyecto, adem&amp;aacute;s de ser ecol&amp;oacute;gico, supone un aumento de la productividad tanto de la planta de Vidrieras Canarias como de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, lo que evidencia que el cuidado del medio ambiente no resulta incompatible con maximizar la productividad industrial. &lt;br /&gt;
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Las instalaciones de captura de CO2 de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos en Telde est&amp;aacute;n operativas desde el pasado mes de julio y, tras un a&amp;ntilde;o entero de trabajo para su desarrollo, ha contado con una inversi&amp;oacute;n de 6 millones de euros por parte de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista. &lt;br /&gt;
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En palabras del presidente de Gases Industriales de Air Products para la regi&amp;oacute;n de EMEA, Ivo Bols, durante el acto de inauguraci&amp;oacute;n de este mediod&amp;iacute;a, &amp;ldquo;Las nuevas instalaciones de captura de CO2 que inauguramos hoy representanun hito importante para nosotros como innovaci&amp;oacute;n aplicada fruto del conocimiento de nuestros equipos profesionales. Creemos que tambi&amp;eacute;n es importante para Canarias por la proyecci&amp;oacute;n de futuro que conlleva la materializaci&amp;oacute;n del mismo&amp;rdquo;. Adem&amp;aacute;s, Bols ha a&amp;ntilde;adido: &amp;ldquo;por sus caracter&amp;iacute;sticas, se trata de una soluci&amp;oacute;n innovadora &amp;uacute;nica en el mundo que representa una importante mejora en el impacto al medio ambiente, a la vez que logra hacer que nuestra planta y el servicio que ofrecemos a nuestros clientes sea m&amp;aacute;s eficiente&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;
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En su intervenci&amp;oacute;n durante la inauguraci&amp;oacute;n, el presidente del Gobierno de Canarias, Paulino Rivero, ha destacado que &amp;ldquo;Hoy nos encontramos ante una empresa ejemplar ya que su apuesta innovadora encaja perfectamente con el modelo sostenible y el objetivo estrat&amp;eacute;gico de Canarias. Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos innova, apuesta por una industria limpia y genera empleo de calidad con este proyecto adem&amp;aacute;s de mostrar un gran respeto por nuestro entorno geogr&amp;aacute;fico. Es posible innovar en un ambiente sostenible y por ello este proyecto cuenta con todo nuestro apoyo institucional y social." &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&amp;iquest;Para qu&amp;eacute; sirve el CO2? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;El CO2 es un gas inodoro, incoloro, no t&amp;oacute;xico ni inflamable que se encuentra de forma abundante en la naturaleza. Sus propiedades f&amp;iacute;sicas y qu&amp;iacute;micas hacen que se utilice actualmente en multitud de procesos industriales y que se pueda encontrar en muchos de los productos que utilizamos y consumimos a diario, como bebidas carbonatadas o alimentos envasados en atm&amp;oacute;sferas protectoras. Asimismo, tambi&amp;eacute;n es el centro de numerosos proyectos de investigaci&amp;oacute;n que buscan nuevos usos sostenibles de este gas como su aplicaci&amp;oacute;n en el tratamiento de aguas residuales, en procesos biol&amp;oacute;gicos como el crecimiento de microalgas, claves en la generaci&amp;oacute;n de energ&amp;iacute;a renovable, o su uso en procesos qu&amp;iacute;micos como la creaci&amp;oacute;n de fotos&amp;iacute;ntesis artificial, entre otros. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;50 a&amp;ntilde;os en Canarias, proyecto sostenible y proyecci&amp;oacute;n de futuro&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
La planta de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos ubicada en Telde, en la isla de Gran Canaria, es actualmente la &amp;uacute;nica planta en funcionamiento de obtenci&amp;oacute;n de CO2 en Canarias. Con origen industrial en Gran Canaria en 1963, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos suministra CO2 desde sus actuales instalaciones en Telde a empresas vinculadas con la producci&amp;oacute;n de bebidas carbonatadas, aguas minerales y suministro a plantas de &amp;oacute;smosis. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Compromiso con la sostenibilidad&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos trabaja para ofrecer soluciones sostenibles a sus clientes desde la proximidad y la eficiencia. En ese sentido, el proyecto de Telde es coherente con esa filosof&amp;iacute;a. &lt;br /&gt;
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Por otra parte, Air Products (grupo al que pertenece Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos) ha entrado a formar parte de la lista de empresas que integran el &amp;Iacute;ndice Dow Jones de Sostenibilidad Mundial 2014/2015 y el &amp;Iacute;ndice del Proyecto para la Divulgaci&amp;oacute;n del Carbono. Adem&amp;aacute;s, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ha sido nombrada de nuevo por la publicaci&amp;oacute;n Corporate Responsibility Magazine como uno de los 100 primeros en el ranking de los Best Citizens List en 2014. &lt;br /&gt;
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En palabras de Francesco Maione, director general de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, &amp;ldquo;estoy muy orgulloso de este proyecto: tanto para Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos como para nuestro grupo matriz Air Products la apuesta por la innovaci&amp;oacute;n debe ir ligada a la capacidad de ofrecer soluciones eficientes y que a la vez ayuden a mejorar el servicio que prestamos a nuestros clientes. Adem&amp;aacute;s, esta iniciativa remarca la posici&amp;oacute;n estrat&amp;eacute;gica de Canarias en el mercado internacional como un punto clave en la expansi&amp;oacute;n de negocio hacia el norte de &amp;Aacute;frica como en el caso de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 117 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 700 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1200 toneladas de gas licuado cada d&amp;iacute;a (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza, y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona), que tiene responsabilidades dentro del grupo Air Products en las &amp;aacute;reas de agricultura, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, tratamiento de aguas y aplicaciones de CO2. &lt;br /&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s, es la &amp;uacute;nica compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista que da cobertura a todo el territorio espa&amp;ntilde;ol, a trav&amp;eacute;s de una red de 160 distribuidores que aportan flexibilidad y cercan&amp;iacute;a y que le permiten servir a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. &lt;br /&gt;
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Desde 1995, pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, hecho que le a&amp;ntilde;ade el potencial y la visi&amp;oacute;n de un grupo global que cuenta con 20.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos visite &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a de gases industriales. Durante cerca de 75 a&amp;ntilde;os, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ha suministrado gases atmosf&amp;eacute;ricos, manufacturados y especializados, as&amp;iacute; como equipamiento a mercados de manufacturas como metales, alimentos y bebidas, refinos, petroqu&amp;iacute;micos y gas natural licuado. Los materiales y la tecnolog&amp;iacute;a de Air Products se emplea en diferentes sectores como semiconductores, poliuretanos, recubrimientos y adhesivos. M&amp;aacute;s de 20.000 trabajadores en 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses trabajan para convertir a Air Products en la mejor compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a de gases industriales del mundo gracias a una oferta sostenible y a un excelente servicio al cliente. En el a&amp;ntilde;o fiscal 2014, Air Products obtuvo unos ingresos de 10.400 millones de d&amp;oacute;lares y alcanz&amp;oacute; el puesto 276 en la lista anual de 500 compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;as p&amp;uacute;blicas de la revista Fortune. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Material gr&amp;aacute;fico en alta:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://fileshare-emea.bm.com/fl/fC30VZBl3T"&gt;https://fileshare-emea.bm.com/fl/fC30VZBl3T&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pies de foto: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Visita1 (de izquierda a derecha): Jos&amp;eacute; Luis M&amp;eacute;ndez, director de operaciones de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos; Ivo Bols, presidente de gases industriales en la regi&amp;oacute;n de EMEA de Air Products; Paulino Rivero, Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias, y Francesco Maione, director general de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos. &lt;br /&gt;
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Visita2: momento de la visita a la planta. &lt;br /&gt;
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Visita3 (de izquierda a derecha): Francesco Maione, director general de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos; M&amp;ordf; del Carmen Castellano, alcaldesa de Telde; Paulino Rivero, Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias; M&amp;ordf; del Carmen Hern&amp;aacute;ndez Bento, Delegada del Gobierno en Canarias, y Jos&amp;eacute; Luis M&amp;eacute;ndez, director de operaciones de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Burson-Marsteller &lt;br /&gt;
93.201.10.28 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:alberto.jimenez-hidalgo@bm.com"&gt;Alberto Jim&amp;eacute;nez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:marta.gonzalez@bm.com"&gt;Marta Gonzalez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{A69D4415-93AD-48D4-853F-60C968700570}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/11/1106-first-recipient-of-air-products-women-of-gases-and-welding-scholarship-awarded.aspx</link><title>First Recipient of Air Products Women of Gases &amp; Welding Scholarship Awarded</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) has awarded the first Air Products Women of Gases &amp;amp; Welding Scholarship to Emilee Brittain, a welding engineering technology major at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich. Brittain will receive $2,500 toward her tuition for the current Fall semester. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img width="215" height="287" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Emilee Brittain is recipient of first Air Products Women of Gases &amp;amp; Welding Scholarship." align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-11-06-wgw-scholarship-recipient.jpg?la=en" /&gt;The scholarship recognizes Brittain as an exemplary student who is eager to start her career in the welding industry. &amp;ldquo;The passionate ones are the ones who get the task done with an extra shine on it,&amp;rdquo; Brittain wrote in her scholarship application. &amp;ldquo;The most I want out of my career is to be happy, inspire others around me, and make a positive influence in the welding world.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products Women of Gases &amp;amp; Welding Scholarship was inspired by the Women of Gases &amp;amp; Welding (WGW), an organization under the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) that was launched in 2011 for the advocacy, recruitment, and professional development of females in the gases and welding industry. The $50,000 scholarship program, which was jointly established with the American Welding Society (AWS), is one of the company&amp;rsquo;s latest endeavors to promote careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The scholarship will be awarded annually to an applicant who, after meeting certain criteria, is chosen by the AWS Education Scholarship Committee. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Air Products is both proud and eager to help women, like Emilee, pursue their technical careers,&amp;rdquo; said Sue Reiter, regional distributor sales manager at Air Products and member of WGW&amp;rsquo;s strategic committee. &amp;ldquo;Promoting STEM careers in this way helps increase the female talent pool from which Air Products&amp;mdash;and other U.S. manufacturing companies&amp;mdash;can draw the skilled and diverse workforce that is so critical to our ongoing success.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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For more information about the Air Products Women of Gases &amp;amp; Welding Scholarship, including online application process, visit &lt;a href="http://www.aws.org/foundation/scholarships/air_products.html" target="_blank"&gt;www.aws.org/foundation/scholarships/air_products.html&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction. Air Products&amp;rsquo; materials technologies segment serves the semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to make Air Products the world&amp;rsquo;s safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of $10.4 billion and was ranked number 276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{FB4D7A85-87FB-4F13-A0B2-C53ACE725106}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/10/1023-carburos-metalicos-refuerza-su-compromiso-con%20los-hospitales-espanoles.aspx</link><title>Carburos Metálicos da un nuevo impulso a su iniciativa “Nos mueve la ilusión” y refuerza su compromiso con los hospitales españoles</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte se une al proyecto &amp;ldquo;Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&amp;rdquo; de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos para humanizar los entornos sanitarios a trav&amp;eacute;s de la creatividad y el arte. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos y Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte comparten la voluntad de acercar a los m&amp;aacute;s peque&amp;ntilde;os y a sus familias los efectos beneficiosos que tiene un estado de &amp;aacute;nimo positivo en la salud de las personas que deben someterse a largos tratamientos. &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Como empresa comprometida con sus empleados y las comunidades donde est&amp;aacute;n presentes sus plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, distribuci&amp;oacute;n y oficinas, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos participa activamente en &lt;img width="300" height="200" style="margin: 6px; float: left;" alt="Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte se une al proyecto &amp;ldquo;Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&amp;rdquo; de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos para humanizar los entornos sanitarios a trav&amp;eacute;s de la creatividad y el arte." align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-10-23-carburos-heal-foundation-1.jpg?la=en" /&gt;proyectos centrados en la mejora de la sociedad y de determinados colectivos. En coherencia con este compromiso y dentro de su pol&amp;iacute;tica de Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC), Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, a trav&amp;eacute;s de su divisi&amp;oacute;n hospitalaria Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, da un nuevo impulso a su iniciativa &amp;ldquo;Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&amp;rdquo; mediante una nueva alianza con la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte. De esta forma, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista refuerza su compromiso con los hospitales espa&amp;ntilde;oles. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img width="300" height="200" style="float: right; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte se une al proyecto &amp;ldquo;Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&amp;rdquo; de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos para humanizar los entornos sanitarios a trav&amp;eacute;s de la creatividad y el arte." align="right" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-10-23-carburos-heal-foundation-2.jpg?la=en" /&gt;El nuevo acuerdo de colaboraci&amp;oacute;n con la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte permitir&amp;aacute; a Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos contribuir este a&amp;ntilde;o con nuevas acciones a humanizar los entornos sanitarios a trav&amp;eacute;s de la creatividad y el arte. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a comparte con esta entidad sin &amp;aacute;nimo de lucro valores como el compromiso, la confianza y la responsabilidad. Seg&amp;uacute;n F&amp;eacute;lix Vicente, Presidente de Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte: &amp;ldquo;se trata de un ejemplo de compromiso con la sociedad, sobre todo en estos tiempos de crisis para todos&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Puesto en marcha en 2013 por Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos a trav&amp;eacute;s de su divisi&amp;oacute;n hospitalaria, Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, &amp;ldquo;Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&amp;rdquo; es un proyecto solidario que naci&amp;oacute; con la voluntad de contribuir a mejorar el estado de &amp;aacute;nimo y la calidad de vida de los ni&amp;ntilde;os hospitalizados con enfermedades graves, as&amp;iacute; como de sus familias y el personal sanitario que los atiende. &amp;ldquo;Desde su inicio, &amp;lsquo;Nos mueve la ilusi&amp;oacute;n&amp;rsquo; ha contado con la aportaci&amp;oacute;n desinteresada de m&amp;aacute;s de 1.200 personas y la involucraci&amp;oacute;n voluntaria de nuestros empleados&amp;rdquo;, destaca Francesco Maione, director general y presidente de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos. &lt;br /&gt;
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La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a est&amp;aacute; presente en la mayor&amp;iacute;a de hospitales de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s como proveedor de gases para uso hospitalario, contribuyendo de forma directa a mejorar la salud y la calidad de vida de las personas hospitalizadas. Mediante el acuerdo de colaboraci&amp;oacute;n con Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte, y a trav&amp;eacute;s de su divisi&amp;oacute;n Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos reafirma su voluntad de ayudar a que los largos periodos de hospitalizaci&amp;oacute;n de los m&amp;aacute;s peque&amp;ntilde;os est&amp;eacute;n envueltos de optimismo e ilusi&amp;oacute;n. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 117 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 700 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1000 toneladas de gas licuado cada d&amp;iacute;a (mtpd), 6 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza, y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona), que desde 2014 tiene responsabilidades mundiales dentro del grupo Air Products en las &amp;aacute;reas de agricultura, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, tratamiento de aguas y aplicaciones de CO2. &lt;br /&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s, es la &amp;uacute;nica compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista que da cobertura a todo el territorio espa&amp;ntilde;ol, a trav&amp;eacute;s de una red de 160 distribuidores que aportan flexibilidad y cercan&amp;iacute;a y que le permiten servir a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. Desde 1995, pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, hecho que le a&amp;ntilde;ade el potencial y la visi&amp;oacute;n de un grupo global que cuenta con 21.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos visite &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com" originalPath="http://www.carburos.com" originalAttribute="href"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica, marca de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos que presta sus servicios al sector hospitalario, cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 65 a&amp;ntilde;os de experiencia en el &amp;aacute;mbito sanitario y es l&amp;iacute;der nacional en gases medicinales. Carburos M&amp;eacute;dica es l&amp;iacute;der en el suministro de gases y servicios a hospitales. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ofrece una amplia gama de productos y servicios encaminados a satisfacer todas las necesidades relacionadas con la utilizaci&amp;oacute;n de gases en los centros hospitalarios. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n visite &lt;a href="http://www.nosmuevelailusion.com" originalPath="http://www.nosmuevelailusion.com" originalAttribute="href"&gt;www.nosmuevelailusion.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte es una organizaci&amp;oacute;n sin &amp;aacute;nimo de lucro, cuyo objetivo principal es mejorar la calidad de vida de los ni&amp;ntilde;os hospitalizados, a trav&amp;eacute;s de la humanizaci&amp;oacute;n de los entornos sanitarios, la promoci&amp;oacute;n del juego, la creatividad y el arte, contribuyendo a mejorar la cultura del cuidado y atenci&amp;oacute;n al paciente pedi&amp;aacute;trico. &lt;br /&gt;
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A d&amp;iacute;a de hoy la Fundaci&amp;oacute;n ha llevado a cabo actuaciones de humanizaci&amp;oacute;n en 21 hospitales p&amp;uacute;blicos y privados, de diferentes comunidades aut&amp;oacute;nomas, con un proyecto a medida para cada hospital, en funci&amp;oacute;n de sus necesidades. Tambi&amp;eacute;n ha realizado talleres de arte y arquitectura en varios hospitales p&amp;uacute;blicos, lo que les permite estar en contacto directo con estos ni&amp;ntilde;os. &lt;br /&gt;
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El objetivo final de Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte es conseguir que los hospitales infantiles sean cada vez menos hospitales y m&amp;aacute;s infantiles. M&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n en &lt;a href="http://www.fundacioncurarte.org" originalPath="http://www.fundacioncurarte.org" originalAttribute="href"&gt;www.fundacioncurarte.org&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Burson-Marsteller &lt;br /&gt;
93.201.10.28 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:alberto.jimenez-hidalgo@bm.com" originalPath="mailto:alberto.jimenez-hidalgo@bm.com" originalAttribute="href"&gt;Alberto Jim&amp;eacute;nez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:marta.gonzalez@bm.com" originalPath="mailto:marta.gonzalez@bm.com" originalAttribute="href"&gt;Marta Gonz&amp;aacute;lez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Fundaci&amp;oacute;n curArte: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:pilar.gvaldes@fcurarte.org" originalPath="mailto:pilar.gvaldes@fcurarte.org" originalAttribute="href"&gt;Pilar Garc&amp;iacute;a-Vald&amp;eacute;s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{EB709835-64B5-42FF-A1B0-08E1369A7043}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/10/1016-air-products-and-xian-jiaotong-university-sign-mou-to-set-up-strategic-collaboration.aspx</link><title>Air Products and Xi’an Jiaotong University Sign MoU to Step up Strategic Collaboration</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:APD), a leading global industrial gases and materials technologies supplier and the School of Energy and Power Engineering of Xi&amp;rsquo;an Jiaotong University (XJTU) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during their co-organized First Large Air Separation Technology and Industrial Gases Application Conference held in Xi&amp;rsquo;an, Shaanxi Province. The objective of the MoU is to accelerate technological breakthroughs and talent development in cryogenic industries to support western China&amp;rsquo;s economic growth. The signing of the MoU reinforces Air Products&amp;rsquo; commitment to the country and dedication to revolutionizing the industry through innovation. &lt;br /&gt;
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The MoU provides a framework of strategic collaboration between Air Products and XJTU on research and development in cryogenics, industrial gas and clean energy technologies; research funding applications; promoting knowledge exchange between the university and external market; and talent development through scholarships, student club and internships.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;We are pleased to reach a new height with XJTU today as we go one step further on our growth journey to support western China development,&amp;rdquo; said Dr. Miao Ping, director of Asia Technology Center at Air Products. &amp;ldquo;Air Products is committed to bringing technology advancement to China, and partnering with leading local universities and institutes has been a key component of our strategy. The expanded collaboration positions us to support the western region&amp;rsquo;s social and economic growth through innovation and talent development.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Representatives from the Shaanxi Provincial Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, manufacturers, XJTU faculty and student, and Air Products leaders witnessed the signing of the MoU by the industrial gases company&amp;rsquo;s director of Asia Technology Center, Dr. Miao Ping, and the university&amp;rsquo;s dean of Energy and Power Engineering School, Professor Feng Zhenping during the Conference. &lt;br /&gt;
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Co-organized by Air Products and XJTU, the Conference was solid proof of their commitment to collaborative efforts where technology leaders exchanged ideas, information and insights in gas applications. As an organizer, Air Products introduced its innovative and sustainable technologies on how to improve energy efficiency, reduce cost and realize sustainable development while driving productivity for air separation and cryogenic industries, as well as for downstream industries including chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmacy, metal fabrication and electronics assembly. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been collaborating with XJTU since 2012 when it set up a scholarship program in the university to nurture top talents in cryogenics and welding engineering. Early this year, the two parties formed a joint team and kicked off a collaborative research project on modeling for plate-fin heat exchanger design in cryogenics. The phased report shows the project is running smoothly to yield results that will ultimately improve energy efficiency of a wide variety of applications in air separation and industries such as petrochemical, aerospace, refrigeration and air-conditioning. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;We are excited to strengthen our strategic partnership with such a recognized technology leader that has over 4,000 patents worldwide; was the first company of its kind to establish a R&amp;amp;D capability in China; and is operating several successful projects in Shaanxi to support western China development,&amp;rdquo; Professor Feng Zhenping of XJTU remarked. &amp;ldquo;Our previous collaborations have proven to be fruitful. The MoU will allow us to leverage our respective core strengths for the benefits of both the academic and commercial sectors, and ultimately the betterment of the western China community.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;As western China continues to push hard to upgrade its industrial sector, Air Products is playing a role with our technologies and applications to support the growth of the electronics materials, clean fuel and other energy and environment segments in Shaanxi and other provinces in the region,&amp;rdquo; Dr. Miao of Air Products added. &lt;br /&gt;
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The company first entered Shaanxi Province in 2006 to serve the electronics industry. Since then, it has continued to invest in the province to serve the energy markets by constructing and operating eight large air separation units (LASUs) to meet the needs of local customers under long-term contracts. Its LASU expertise won it in 2011 what was at that time the world&amp;rsquo;s largest single on-site ASU order ever awarded to an industrial gases company. A supplier to Samsung Electronics&amp;rsquo; largest ever overseas investment and one of China&amp;rsquo;s most advanced fabs in Xi&amp;rsquo;an, Air Products has built facilities and capabilities to support this customer and also the merchant market in the region. In fiscal year 2013, the company had nearly 60 operating entities, over 70 production facilities and 3,000 employees with yearly sales revenue exceeding USD 1 billion in China. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About XJTU Energy and Power Engineering School and Cryogenic Engineering Institute&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
XJTU is one of China&amp;rsquo;s national key universities under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. As one of XJTU&amp;rsquo;s first established schools, the school of Energy and Power Engineering has become a China&amp;rsquo;s most influential talent and research base in power engineering sciences and technologies, with the most complete courses and strong faculty force. Established in 1956, its Cryogenic Engineering Institute is one of the top research institutes focusing on the thermodynamic processes and intelligent control for refrigeration and cryogenic systems, energy-saving and environment-protection in refrigeration, as well as refrigeration machinery processing and stability. The institute has significant impact on talent development, science and technology development in refrigeration and cryogenic industries.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{790B5CC1-826E-483F-90C5-89D62DA31500}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/10/1016-air-products-and-xian-jiaotong-university-sign-mou-to-set-up-strategic-collaboration-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司与西安交通大学签署谅解备忘录深化战略合作关系</title><description>&lt;p&gt;全球领先的工业气体和材料技术供应商空气产品公司(纽约证券交易所代码：APD)今日与西安交通大学能源与动力工程学院（以下简称能动学院）签署了合作谅解备忘录，旨在进一步加快制冷与低温工程领域技术创新和人才培养，以支持中国西部地区的经济增长。签字仪式在双方于陕西西安共同举办的国内首届大型空分新技术及工业气体应用技术论坛期间举行。该合作谅解备忘录的签署进一步深化了空气产品公司对中国市场的承诺，并印证了其以技术创新驱动行业革新的决心。 &lt;br /&gt;
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该谅解备忘录为双方的战略型合作提供了指导框架，内容涵盖：针对低温学、工业气体应用和清洁能源技术开展研发合作，技术研究经费的共同申请，促进学校与外部市场之间的知识交流，以及通过奖学金、学生俱乐部和实习岗位等方式进行人才培养。 &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司亚洲技术中心总监缪平博士表示：&amp;ldquo;我们很高兴看到与西安交通大学的合作更上一层楼。这也意味着我们在支持中国西部发展的道路上又迈进了坚实的一步。空气产品公司致力于推动中国的技术进步，加强同当地一流高校和科研单位的合作一直是我们发展战略的重要组成部分。拓展这一合作关系将有助于我们通过技术创新和人才培养来更好地支持西部地区的社会经济发展。&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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在论坛上，缪平博士和西安交通大学能动学院院长丰镇平教授作为双方代表签署了此项协议。与此同时，来自陕西省外商投资企业协会领导、企业代表、西安交通大学的师生代表，以及空气产品公司高层共同见证了该谅解备忘录的签订。 &lt;br /&gt;
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此次的论坛由空气产品公司和西安交通大学共同举办，是双方深化合作的一个力证。该论坛为气体应用领域的技术领导者们提供了交流真知灼见的良好平台。作为主办方，空气产品公司介绍了其创新和可持续发展技术，如何通过这些技术在提升气体分离和低温工业生产力的同时，又能改善能效、降低成本并实现可持续发展目标。此外，空气产品公司还分享了应用于化工、石化、制造、金属制造和电子装配等下游行业的各类创新先进技术。 &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司与西安交通大学的合作始于2012年，当时该公司面向西安交通大学能源与动力工程学院和材料学院设立奖学金，以鼓励和培养行业顶尖人才。今年年初，双方又成立了合作团队，并启动了低温板翅式换热器设计模型联合研究项目。阶段报告显示该项目进行顺利，其研究成果将最终为板翅式换热器的诸多应用领域提高能效，包括空分产业及石化、航空航天、制冷与空调等行业。 &lt;br /&gt;
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西安交通大学能动学院丰院长表示：&amp;ldquo;空气产品公司在全球拥有4千多项专利技术，是世界公认的技术领导者，他们也是同类型公司中首家在中国设立研发中心的企业，目前在陕西省成功运营多个项目以助力西部地区的发展。我们非常高兴能够与这样一家公司深化合作伙伴关系。我们先前的合作可谓是收获颇丰。此次谅解备忘录的签署能够让我们充分发挥各自所长，以推动学术和商业的进步和成功，最终促进中国西部地区的建设与发展。&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司的缪平博士补充道：&amp;ldquo;随着中国西部地区持续推进工业发展，空气产品公司也通过在陕西省和其他西部省份推行先进技术和应用，来促进电子材料、清洁燃料及其他能源和环境行业在这些地区的发展。&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司于2006年进入陕西市场，开始服务当地电子行业。随后，公司不断增加在陕投资服务能源化工行业，和多家当地企业签订了长期合作合同，建造并运营8个大型空分装置（LASU）来满足本地客户的需求，并在2011年赢得当时授予工业气体公司的全球最大现场大空气分离装置供气订单。作为三星电子最大海外投资项目的供应商，空气产品公司已建成了生产设施与服务能力，以支持这家位于西安的中国顶尖芯片厂的发展，并致力于服务该地区的商用气体市场。截至2013财年，空气产品公司在中国有将近60个运营实体，超过70个生产基地以及3千名员工，年销售额超过10亿美元。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;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多个国家和地区的逾 2.1万名员工为能源、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、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：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn%E3%80%82"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn。&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于西安交通大学能源与动力工程学院和制冷及低温工程系&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
西安交通大学是教育部直属全国重点大学之一。能源与动力工程学院是西安交通大学创建最早、学科设置最齐全、师资力量最雄厚的学院之一，是我国能源动力科学与技术领域最具影响的人才培养和科学研究创新基地。成立于1956年的制冷与低温工程研究所是我国最早设置的制冷本科生专业，是国内顶尖的研究所之一，专注研究制冷及低温系统热物理过程及其智能控制、制冷领域节能与环保、制冷机械工作过程与可靠性等。该研究所在人才培养、科学与技术研究方面发挥了积极重要的作用，为国家培养了大批制冷与低温工程专业的高级专门人才。更多信息，请访问：&lt;a href="http://www.epe.xjtu.edu.cn"&gt;www.epe.xjtu.edu.cn&lt;/a&gt;。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2013年9月30日结束。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;媒体垂询： &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;博达公关北京办事处 &lt;br /&gt;
联系人：许晓晨 &lt;br /&gt;
电话：(86)10-65228081 ext.227 &lt;br /&gt;
邮件：&lt;a href="mailto:jenny.xu@ebacomms.com"&gt;jenny.xu@ebacomms.com&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{5DDA2FFC-58E7-448F-8D3E-FE7ED9909F8E}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/10/1015-air-products-recognized-for-leadership-by-dow-jones-sustainability-indexes-spanish.aspx</link><title>Un año más, la estrategia de sostenibilidad de Air Products es reconocida en el Índice Dow Jones de Sostenibilidad y en el Índice del Proyecto para la Divulgación del Carbono</title><description>&lt;p&gt;El grupo Air Products, empresa matriz de Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos, ha visto de nuevo reconocida su labor en el &amp;aacute;mbito de la sostenibilidad y el compromiso con el medioambiente al verse incluida en el &amp;Iacute;ndice Mundial Dow Jones de Sostenibilidad 2014/2015. Este hecho destaca el importante papel que tiene la aplicaci&amp;oacute;n de su estrategia de sostenibilidad a nivel corporativo y reafirma la posici&amp;oacute;n de Air Products como una de las principales empresas de su sector que destacan en este campo. &lt;br /&gt;
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Por segundo a&amp;ntilde;o consecutivo, adem&amp;aacute;s del &amp;Iacute;ndice Mundial, Air Products tambi&amp;eacute;n forma parte del &amp;Iacute;ndice Norteamericano Dow Jones de Sostenibilidad, un subgrupo del &amp;Iacute;ndice Mundial, donde se encuentra entre las principales compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;as del sector en Norteam&amp;eacute;rica. &lt;br /&gt;
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Anualmente, los RobecoSAM&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; y el Dow Jones S&amp;amp;P eval&amp;uacute;an a las 2.500 empresas m&amp;aacute;s importantes incluidas en el &amp;Iacute;ndice Dow Jones de la Bolsa de Nueva York, valorando la actuaci&amp;oacute;n de &amp;eacute;stas seg&amp;uacute;n criterios econ&amp;oacute;micos, ambientales y sociales para elegir a las mejores de cada sector. &lt;br /&gt;
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En palabras de Seifi Ghasemi, presidente ejecutivo y consejero delegado de Air Products, &amp;ldquo;para nosotros es un honor ser reconocidos como l&amp;iacute;deres en sostenibilidad, un factor fundamental en la creaci&amp;oacute;n de valor a&amp;ntilde;adido en nuestros productos y servicios. Asimismo, Ghasemi tambi&amp;eacute;n afirma que &amp;ldquo;contamos con una detallada pol&amp;iacute;tica de sostenibilidad que materializa nuestro compromiso con las comunidades donde estamos presentes y con nuestros clientes, a quienes ofrecemos soluciones que les permitan mejorar su productividad y ser m&amp;aacute;s eficientes a nivel energ&amp;eacute;tico&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&amp;Iacute;ndice del Proyecto para la Divulgaci&amp;oacute;n del Carbono&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Adem&amp;aacute;s, los proyectos de I+D+i de la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a, centrados en la transformaci&amp;oacute;n y aprovechamiento del CO2 y otras fuentes de energ&amp;iacute;a sostenibles, han llevado a Air Products a ser incluida por sexto a&amp;ntilde;o consecutivo en el &amp;Iacute;ndice del Proyecto para la Divulgaci&amp;oacute;n del Carbono (CDP, Carbon Disclosure Project&amp;rsquo;s Leadership Index). Este &amp;iacute;ndice reconoce al 10% de las mejores empresas que han demostrado un compromiso firme en la reducci&amp;oacute;n de gases nocivos y en la investigaci&amp;oacute;n de nuevas energ&amp;iacute;as renovables respetuosas con el medio ambiente. &lt;br /&gt;
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Representando a 767 inversores con 92 trillones de d&amp;oacute;lares en activos, el CDP cuenta con uno de los mayores bancos de datos sobre el cambio clim&amp;aacute;tico y el agua. Este &amp;iacute;ndice anual, elaborado por la auditora PwC, destaca aquellas empresas que cotizan en la serie de &amp;Iacute;ndices FTSE Global Equity que han mostrado su compromiso en la divulgaci&amp;oacute;n de informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre el cambio clim&amp;aacute;tico. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Es un honor para nuestra compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a formar parte, un a&amp;ntilde;o m&amp;aacute;s, del &amp;Iacute;ndice del Proyecto para la Divulgaci&amp;oacute;n del Carbono, ya que supone un importante reconocimiento internacional de nuestro compromiso y liderazgo en temas medioambientales, as&amp;iacute; como de nuestro enfoque y transparencia en la gesti&amp;oacute;n de oportunidades y riesgos relacionados con el clima&amp;rdquo;, ha declarado Guillermo Novo, vicepresidente ejecutivo, director general de Materiales y Tecnolog&amp;iacute;a, y responsable Ejecutivo del Consejo de Sostenibilidad en Air Products. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) suministra gases atmosf&amp;eacute;ricos, procesados y especiales; materiales de alto rendimiento; equipamiento y tecnolog&amp;iacute;a. Durante m&amp;aacute;s de 70 a&amp;ntilde;os, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a ha permitido a sus clientes ser m&amp;aacute;s productivos, eficientes y sostenibles. Reconocida como una de las empresas m&amp;aacute;s innovadoras del mundo por Thomson Reuters y la revista Forbes, 21.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses suministran soluciones innovadoras en energ&amp;iacute;a, medioambiente y mercados emergentes. Esto incluye materiales semiconductores, refiner&amp;iacute;as de hidr&amp;oacute;geno, gasificaci&amp;oacute;n de carb&amp;oacute;n, licuefacci&amp;oacute;n de gas natural, recubrimientos avanzados y adhesivos. En el a&amp;ntilde;o fiscal 2013, Air Products obtuvo unos ingresos de 10.200 millones de d&amp;oacute;lares. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n, visite &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos es una compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a l&amp;iacute;der en el sector de gases industriales y medicinales que produce, distribuye y vende gases para m&amp;uacute;ltiples sectores: metalurgia, vidrio, aguas, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, medicinal, energ&amp;iacute;a, petroqu&amp;iacute;mica, laboratorios, congelaci&amp;oacute;n, refrigeraci&amp;oacute;n, enolog&amp;iacute;a, ocio y bebidas. La compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a aporta una amplia gama de productos, soluciones y servicios a sus clientes, as&amp;iacute; como materiales y equipos destinados a las aplicaciones de estos gases. &lt;br /&gt;
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Fundada en 1897, Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos cuenta con m&amp;aacute;s de 117 a&amp;ntilde;os de servicio a la industria de nuestro pa&amp;iacute;s y siempre ha mantenido un fuerte v&amp;iacute;nculo con la sociedad. Actualmente, la compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a cuenta con un equipo de m&amp;aacute;s de 700 profesionales en Espa&amp;ntilde;a, una capacidad de producci&amp;oacute;n de m&amp;aacute;s de 1000 toneladas de gas licuado cada d&amp;iacute;a (mtpd), 13 plantas de producci&amp;oacute;n, 12 plantas de envasado, 2 laboratorios de gases de alta pureza, y un centro de I+D ubicado en Bellaterra (Barcelona), que desde 2014 tiene responsabilidades mundiales dentro del grupo Air Products en las &amp;aacute;reas de agricultura, alimentaci&amp;oacute;n, tratamiento de aguas y aplicaciones de CO2. &lt;br /&gt;
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Adem&amp;aacute;s, es la &amp;uacute;nica compa&amp;ntilde;&amp;iacute;a gasista que da cobertura a todo el territorio espa&amp;ntilde;ol, a trav&amp;eacute;s de una red de 160 distribuidores que aportan flexibilidad y cercan&amp;iacute;a y que le permiten servir a m&amp;aacute;s de 100.000 clientes. &lt;br /&gt;
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Desde 1995, pertenece al grupo norteamericano Air Products, hecho que le a&amp;ntilde;ade el potencial y la visi&amp;oacute;n de un grupo global que cuenta con 21.000 empleados en m&amp;aacute;s de 50 pa&amp;iacute;ses y que presta servicio a clientes en todo el mundo, ofreciendo adem&amp;aacute;s de gases, materiales de alto rendimiento e intermedios qu&amp;iacute;micos. Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre Carburos Met&amp;aacute;licos visite &lt;a href="http://www.carburos.com"&gt;www.carburos.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre los &amp;Iacute;ndices Dow Jones de Sostenibilidad (DJSI)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Los &amp;Iacute;ndices de Sostenibilidad Dow Jones (DJSI por sus siglas en ingl&amp;eacute;s) se lanzaron en 1999 como la primera referencia de sostenibilidad global. Los &amp;iacute;ndices se ofrecen de forma conjunta a trav&amp;eacute;s del RobecoSAM y el &amp;Iacute;ndice S&amp;amp;P Dow Jones y analizan la actuaci&amp;oacute;n de las principales empresas del sector en t&amp;eacute;rminos de criterios econ&amp;oacute;micos, ambientales y sociales. Estos &amp;iacute;ndices sirven de referencia para los inversores que desean integrar la sostenibilidad en sus propuestas y proporcionan, tambi&amp;eacute;n, una oportunidad de participaci&amp;oacute;n a las empresas que quieran adoptar pr&amp;aacute;cticas sostenibles. Para obtener m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n acerca del &amp;Iacute;ndice Dow Jones de Sostenibilidad (DJSI), visite: &lt;a href="http://www.sustainability-indices.com"&gt;www.sustainability-indices.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Sobre el Proyecto para la Divulgaci&amp;oacute;n del Carbono (CDP)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
El Proyecto para la Divulgaci&amp;oacute;n del Carbono es una organizaci&amp;oacute;n independiente sin &amp;aacute;nimo de lucro que trabaja en la reducci&amp;oacute;n de los gases de efecto invernadero as&amp;iacute; como en el uso sostenible del agua. El CDP cuenta con uno de los mayores bancos de datos sobre el cambio clim&amp;aacute;tico y el agua, que pone a disposici&amp;oacute;n de las empresas para la toma de decisiones estrat&amp;eacute;gicas de negocio e inversi&amp;oacute;n. Para obtener m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n: &lt;a href="http://www.cdproject.net"&gt;www.cdproject.net&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;RobecoSAM es el principal grupo gestor exclusivamente dedicado a la inversi&amp;oacute;n en temas relacionados con la sostenibilidad.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Burson-Marsteller &lt;br /&gt;
93.201.10.28&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:alberto.jimenez-hidalgo@bm.com"&gt;Alberto Jim&amp;eacute;nez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:marta.gonzalez@bm.com"&gt;Marta Gonz&amp;aacute;lez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{60CCE0F2-7CCD-4879-8E36-7D6588D0F218}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/09/0925-air-products-again-recognized-on-cdp-climate-disclosure-leadership-index.aspx</link><title>Air Products Again Recognized on CDP™ S&amp;P 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index</title><description>&lt;p&gt;For the sixth consecutive year, Air Products (NYSE: &lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) has achieved industry leadership status on the CDP&amp;trade; S&amp;amp;P 500 Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), ranking among the top 10 percent of companies scored for their high level of transparency and data quality in their disclosure of climate-related information. &lt;br&gt;
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CDP works with 767 institutional investors, representing more than $92 trillion in assets, and is the world&amp;rsquo;s only global environmental disclosure system. Companies are scored on a scale of 100 for completeness and data quality. This year, the S&amp;amp;P 500 CDLI features companies that, like Air Products, earned a score of 97 or more, demonstrating the high regard that leading companies hold for the collection and communication of climate change information for their investors. &lt;br&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;We are honored to be recognized by CDP again this year for our transparency and leadership in environmental reporting, as well as our focus on managing climate-related risks and opportunities,&amp;rdquo; said &lt;a href="/Company/about-us/leadership/executives.aspx&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;Guillermo Novo&lt;/a&gt;, executive vice president, Materials Technologies, and executive champion of Air Products&amp;rsquo; Sustainability Council. &lt;br&gt;
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In addition to the CDP Indices, Air Products remains a component of other international sustainability indices and is&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability/sustainability-recognition.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;recognized for its sustainability practices and achievements&lt;/a&gt; around the globe. For more information about sustainability at Air Products, visit: &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/company/Sustainability.aspx"&gt;www.airproducts.com/company/Sustainability.aspx&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About CDP&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;
CDP is an international, not-for-profit organization providing the only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information. CDP works with market forces, including 767 institutional investors with assets of US$92 trillion, to motivate companies to disclose their impacts on the environment and natural resources and take action to reduce them. CDP now holds the largest collection globally of primary climate-change, water and forest risk commodities information and puts these insights at the heart of strategic business, investment and policy decisions. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.cdp.net"&gt;www.cdp.net&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{DB078135-7B38-49B5-8083-280A8B9BCD36}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/09/0915-air-products-recognized-for-leadership-by-dow-jones-sustainability-indexes.aspx</link><title>Air Products Again Recognized for Sustainability Leadership by Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) has again achieved a leadership position among the top 10 percent of companies in its industry as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) 2014/2015, a gold standard benchmark for corporate sustainability performance. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products also is a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index, which places it among the top 20 percent of companies in its industry in North America. &lt;br /&gt;
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RobecoSAM and the S&amp;amp;P Dow Jones Indices evaluate the economic, environmental, social and governance practices of the largest 2,500 publicly traded companies annually. Based on an assessment of criteria that accounts for general as well as industry-specific sustainability trends, companies best equipped to manage sustainability opportunities and risks are then selected for inclusion. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;We are honored that Air Products has been recognized for sustainability leadership, an important component in creating shareholder value,&amp;rdquo; said Seifi Ghasemi, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Air Products. &amp;ldquo;We are committed to improving our own operations, supporting our communities, and enabling customers to produce more while using less.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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In addition to the DJSI Indices, Air Products remains a component of other international sustainability indices and is recognized for its &lt;a href="/Company/Sustainability/sustainability-recognition.aspx?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=NR&amp;amp;utm_campaign=fy13-News-Release" target="_blank"&gt;sustainability practices and achievements around the globe&lt;/a&gt;. For more information about sustainability at Air Products, visit: &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/company/Sustainability.aspx"&gt;www.airproducts.com/company/Sustainability.aspx&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About DJSI&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices were launched in 1999 as the first global sustainability benchmarks. The indices are offered cooperatively by RobecoSAM and S&amp;amp;P Dow Jones Indices. The family tracks the stock performance of the world's leading companies in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria. The indices serve as benchmarks for investors who integrate sustainability considerations into their portfolios, and provide an effective engagement platform for companies who want to adopt sustainable best practices. For more about DJSI, visit: &lt;a href="http://www.sustainability-indices.com"&gt;http://www.sustainability-indices.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{2B35756F-EAC4-408A-9163-70979BCB0C67}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/07/0707-air-products-is-advancing-sustainability-at-semicon-west.aspx</link><title>Air Products is Advancing Sustainability at SEMICON West</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Materials recovery and reuse, or using resources efficiently to achieve better results at a lower cost and with less impact on our planet, is an important element of sustainable manufacturing. That is why Air Products (NYSE:&lt;a href="/investors/stock-information.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;APD&lt;/a&gt;) experts will be participating in both the &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.semiconwest.org/SessionsEvents/sustainable-manufacturing-forum" target="_blank"&gt;Sustainable Manufacturing Forum&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo; (SMF) and &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.semiconwest.org/node/11626" target="_blank"&gt;Global Summit on Advanced Manufacturing&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo; (GSAM) as part of this year&amp;rsquo;s SEMICON West in San Francisco, July 7-10. &lt;br /&gt;
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As part of the week-long event, Air Products&amp;rsquo; Dr. Andrew Johnson will deliver presentations on Materials Recovery and Reuse at both the SMF and GSAM. Dr. Johnson will take a look at the business drivers for materials recovery and reuse, which include reducing costs, lowering supply chain risk and achieving sustainability goals. With case studies from industries as diverse as lighting and electronics, he will lay out the benefits and challenges of recycling materials such as xenon, helium and hydrogen. &lt;br /&gt;
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In addition, Air Products Dr. Eugene Karwacki will be part of a panel on the Next Generation Eco Fab during Session 10 at the Sustainable Manufacturing Forum. This panel is comprised of stakeholders throughout the semiconductor supply chain who will discuss in roundtable format the critical sustainability issues the industry will face in the future. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;As key raw materials in the semiconductor manufacturing process become constrained because of costs or supply limitations, effluents from these processes may be economically recycled,&amp;rdquo; said Johnson, global marketing manager, Sustainability, for Air Products Electronics. &amp;ldquo;Capturing these materials can help manufacturers lower their operating costs, stabilize the supply chain for these materials and help companies attain their sustainability goals.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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For more information on materials recovery, stop by booth 1916 South Hall during SEMICON West, or &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com/microsite/electronics-materials-recovery/default.asp" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{0FC47E54-5567-4FBB-B82C-E5CC205A9CB3}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/06/0625-air-products-receives-2014-best-brand-image-award-in-china-cn-en.aspx</link><title>Air Products Receives 2014 Best Brand Image Award in China</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:APD), a US Fortune 500 company and a leading global supplier of industrial gases and performance materials, has been presented the &amp;ldquo;2014 Best Brand Image Award&amp;rdquo; at the 3rd China Finance Summit held in Beijing on June 20 in recognition of its contribution to China&amp;rsquo;s economic and social development. Air Products was among 40 leading companies from various industries receiving the award. Other winners included Unilever Shiseido and Johnson &amp;amp; Johnson (China).&lt;br /&gt;
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Launched in 2012, the China Finance Summit is an annual event focusing on the country&amp;rsquo;s macro economy and finance industry and is co-organized by mainstream media to interpret economic trends and convey business values. Attendees include leaders from media, financial institutions, and multinational and local corporations. The theme of this year&amp;rsquo;s summit was &amp;ldquo;The Glory and the Dream&amp;rdquo;. China.com, Chinanews.com, Shaanxi Satellite TV, National Business Daily, China Trade News, Asia Business Leaders and Manager Magazine were some of the nearly 30 co-organizing local business and general media. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;It is a great honor for us to receive this recognition,&amp;rdquo; said Stephen J. Jones, senior vice president and general manager, Tonnage Gases, Equipment and Energy, and China President at Air Products. &amp;ldquo;Air Products is committed to building a more sustainable community and is proud to have been accelerating our growth in China to support the country&amp;rsquo;s economic and social development. The award is a great testimonial of our efforts on sustainable and innovative solutions, safety, talent development and community outreach. We will continue to be a responsible corporate citizen and to support the fulfillment of the &amp;ldquo;Chinese Dream&amp;rsquo; as guided by our core values of understanding, integrity and passion.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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The judging panel comprised representatives from research institutes, consulting firms, academia and the media. Candidates were judged based on six criteria&amp;mdash;company culture, social contribution, innovation capability, financial growth, brand influence and industry position. The organizer focused particularly on the future leading role that a company would play within its industry in driving the economic growth of China. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been serving the China market for over 25 years with its leading edge technologies and solutions that help customers become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. A responsible corporate citizen with a long-standing commitment to sustainability, Air Products took part in a variety of meaningful social responsibility initiatives and activities in 2013 including the sponsorship of China&amp;rsquo;s 2013 National University Chemistry Video Contest organized by the Association of International Chemical Manufacturers, China Chemical Society and Peking University to advocate green gas technologies for a better future; participation in the REACH (Resiliency Education: Advocacy Collaboration &amp;amp; Hope) program to develop teenagers&amp;rsquo; strengths in middle schools in Shanghai through non-traditional subjects such as character, self-confidence, teamwork and emotional resilience; scholarship programs in nearly ten leading universities to cultivate talents; and driving the development of innovative solutions to support the sustainable growth of the industrial gas market. &lt;br /&gt;
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Apart from this most recent award, Air Products was also rated among the &amp;ldquo;Top 100 Ideal Employers&amp;rdquo; by natural sciences talents in China for two consecutive years (2013 and 2014), and named a &amp;ldquo;Corporate Citizen Role Model&amp;rdquo; and granted the &amp;ldquo;2013 Green Chemical Award&amp;rdquo; by China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) in recognition of its outstanding performance in sustainability. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{25B65326-6B68-410E-8A53-46257CD8F6B8}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/06/0625-air-products-receives-2014-best-brand-image-award-in-china-cn-sc.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司在华荣获2014最佳品牌形象奖</title><description>&lt;p&gt;美国财富500强、全球领先的工业气体与功能材料供应商&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;空气产品公司(Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)在6月20日于北京举行的第三届中国财经峰会上，获颁&amp;ldquo;2014最佳品牌形象奖&amp;rdquo;。该奖项旨在表彰其为中国经济和社会发展所作的贡献。空气产品公司与来自各行业的共40家企业同摘得此奖项，其他获奖企业包括联合利华、资生堂和强生(中国)等。&lt;br /&gt;
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中国财经峰会设立于2012年，是由国内众多财经及大众媒体联袂打造的年度思想盛会，聚焦中国宏观经济和财经领域话题，探讨商业精神，传递主流商业价值观。与会人员包括众多传媒领袖，财经学者和跨国及本土企业的领军人物。本届中国财经峰会以&amp;ldquo;光荣与梦想&amp;rdquo;为主题，由中国网、中新网、大公网、环球网、中华网、京华网、搜狐焦点、MSN中文网、东方财富网、金融界、陕西卫视、美通社、华夏时报、国际商报、中华工商时报、求是小康杂志、东方企业家、经理人、数字商业时代、新财经、华讯财经、BNET商学院、纽利文传媒等近30家财经及大众媒体共同主办。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司高级副总裁及全球能源炼化、设备和能源业务总经理兼中国区总裁周思表示：&amp;ldquo;我们深感荣幸能获此殊荣。空气产品公司致力于创建更加可持续发展的社区。令我们感到自豪的是，一直以来公司都在加速自身在华的发展，并推进中国经济和社会的发展。该奖项是对空气产品公司在可持续及创新解决方案、安全、人才培养和社区关爱等方面所做努力的肯定。我们将持续在公司的核心价值&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;理解、诚信和热情的引领下，做负责任的企业公民，支持&amp;lsquo;中国梦&amp;rsquo;的实现。&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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由研究机构、咨询公司、专家学者和媒体代表组成的评委会，对所有候选企业都依据&amp;ldquo;企业文化、社会贡献、创新能力、经济成长、品牌影响、行业地位&amp;rdquo;六个指标进行评估。评选更看重企业和所在行业对推动中国未来经济发展的引领作用。&lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司以其具有领先优势的技术和解决方案帮助厂商更高效、更节能地生产并实现可持续发展，至今已服务中国市场超过25年。该公司对可持续发展有着长期的承诺，致力于成为一家负责任的企业公民。2013年，空气产品公司参与了很多有意义的社会责任实践活动，其中包括：赞助由国际化学品制造商协会、中国化学会和北京大学共同举办的2013年全国高校化学视频大赛，倡导气体行业绿色创新科技创造未来美好生活；参加弹性教育项目 &amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;REACH (Resiliency Education: Advocacy Collaboration &amp;amp; Hope)，在上海一所中学，通过开展诸如品质、自信、团队合作和情绪控制等非传统教育课题，培养青少年课本之外的成长优势；在全国近10所重点高校中设立奖学金项目来培养人才； 推动创新型解决方案的研发来支持工业气体行业的可持续发展等。 &lt;br /&gt;
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除近期获得的此奖项外，空气产品公司还蝉联了2013和2014年中国理科生眼中的百强理想雇主榜单，并因在可持续发展方面的杰出成就，获得中国石油化工联合会授予的&amp;ldquo;企业公民楷模&amp;rdquo;称号，同时获得&amp;ldquo;2013年绿色化工奖&amp;rdquo;。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）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：&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt; 。&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;***注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2013年9月30日结束。&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{4989147F-9DC7-425F-A0C7-E2018F03E608}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/05/0529-air-products-again-rated-as-top-100-ideal-employers-in-china.aspx</link><title>Air Products Again Rated as Top 100 Ideal Employers by Post-90s Natural Sciences Talents in China</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:APD), a leading international supplier of gases, materials, equipment and technology solutions, has again been selected as China&amp;rsquo;s Top 100 Ideal Employers 2014 by a group of post-90s university students majoring in natural sciences in the Universum Chinese Student Survey 2014. &lt;br /&gt;
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Over 51,000 students in the fields of natural sciences, business, engineering, law, humanities/liberal arts, and health/medicine from 103 top universities across China participated in the 2014 survey during the period of October 2013 to January 2014. &lt;br /&gt;
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The survey is conducted annually by Universum, a global talent company specializing in employer branding in China since 2006 and jointly organized with the China Daily&amp;rsquo;s 21st Century English Newspaper for the second year. Its results reveal how China&amp;rsquo;s university students perceive their future career and employers in China. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;We feel honored to be ranked among China&amp;rsquo;s Top 100 Ideal Employers again,&amp;rdquo; said Stephen J. Jones, senior vice president and general manager, Tonnage Gases, Equipment and Energy, and China president, Air Products. &amp;ldquo;Talent management is a key component of Air Products&amp;rsquo; company strategy. The award is a testimony to our attractiveness to new-generation science talents and our recognition as employer of choice in China. We will continue to cultivate local talent and support the growth of industrial development.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been collaborating with China&amp;rsquo;s leading universities and other parties to cultivate talent in many ways, including research and development efforts, best practice and knowledge transfer, campaign sponsorships, scholarships, internship programs and career development programs to inspire future talent particularly on innovation and creative thinking. &lt;br /&gt;
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The company has launched joint research programs with more than a dozen universities, including Tsinghua University, Tianjin University, Zhejiang University, China University of Geosciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jilin University, University of Science and Technology Beijing and South China University of Technology. It has also established scholarship programs in nearly ten leading universities including Xi&amp;rsquo;an Jiaotong University, Tianjin University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and East China University of Science and Technology. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{2C0356AA-E32B-4755-82B4-E6A509ADEC20}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/05/0529-air-products-again-rated-as-top-100-ideal-employers-in-china-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司再次获选中国90后理科生眼中的百强理想雇主</title><description>&lt;p&gt;全球领先的工业气体、功能材料及相关设备和技术方案供应商&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;空气产品公司(Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)，在2014年的优兴咨询大学生职业倾向调查中，再次被选为中国90后理科生眼中的百强理想雇主。 &lt;br /&gt;
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从2013年10月到2014年1月，来自全国103所重点高校的理科、商科、工科、人文社科、法律及医药卫生六大专业的51000多名学生参与了此次调查。该调查由专注于雇主品牌的全球人才战略公司优兴咨询于2006年起在中国开展。今年是该机构第二年与中国日报社21世纪英文报共同组织。调查的结果显示学生对未来职业和雇主的看法。 &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司中国区总裁、全球高级副总裁兼能源炼化、设备及能源总经理周思表示：&amp;ldquo;很荣幸我们能再次位列中国百强理想雇主。人才管理是空气产品公司发展战略中的重要组成部分。 这份荣誉说明我们对新一代理科人才具有的吸引力，也是对我们在华成为&amp;lsquo;首选雇主&amp;rsquo;的认可。我们将持续培养当地人才并支持行业发展。 &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司一直以来都在和高校及其他机构紧密合作，从多方面着手培养人才，其中包括研发、最佳实践分享和专业知识转让、奖学金项目、实习生计划和职业发展计划等，以此鼓励未来人才全方面发展，特别是在创新和创造性思维方面。该公司已经和国内十多所院校开展了各类前沿技术的联合研发，其中包括清华大学、天津大学、浙江大学、中国地质大学、华中理工大学、吉林大学、北京科技大学、华南理工大学等。此外，它还在包括西安交通大学、天津大学、上海交通大学和华南理工大学在内的近十所院校设立了奖学金。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）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：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt;。&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2013年9月30日结束。&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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博达公关上海办事处 &lt;br /&gt;
联系人：&lt;a href="mailto:diana.chang@ebacomms.com"&gt;常东升&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
电话：(8621) 62893488－15 &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{6C3CD919-49A1-494D-A9E8-2592E0860A70}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/05/0514-air-products-again-named-to-cr-magazine-100-best-corporate-citizens-list-polish.aspx</link><title>Air Products po raz kolejny na liście 100 Best Corporate Citizens magazynu CR Magazine</title><description>&lt;p&gt;firma Air Products po raz kolejny została wyr&amp;oacute;żniona za aktywne działania i wyjątkowe osiągnięcia w dziedzinie zr&amp;oacute;wnoważonego rozwoju przez Corporate Responsibility Magazine (CR Magazine). Magazyn zaliczył Air Products do grona 100 Best Corporate Citizens (najlepszych obywateli korporacyjnych) w 2014 roku. &lt;br /&gt;
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100 firm &amp;ndash; lider&amp;oacute;w w zakresie społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu &amp;ndash; wybieranych jest spośr&amp;oacute;d sp&amp;oacute;łek o wysokiej kapitalizacji widniejących na liście Russell 1000&amp;reg; Index, w oparciu o powszechnie dostępne informacje w obszarach: środowisko, zmiany klimatyczne, relacje pracownicze, prawa człowieka, ład korporacyjny, finanse i dobroczynność. Dane do rankingu udostępnia firma IW Financial działająca w obszarach socjalnym, środowiska i ładu korporacyjnego, podczas gdy metodologię nadzorują członkowie stowarzyszenia Corporate Responsibility Officers Association. &lt;br /&gt;
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Odnosząc się do tego prestiżowego wyr&amp;oacute;żnienia John McGlade, prezes i dyrektor generalny Air Products powiedział: &amp;bdquo;Najważniejszym celem Air Products jest to, aby firma stawała się coraz bardziej wydajna, zużywała mniej energii oraz rozwijała się zgodnie z zasadami zr&amp;oacute;wnoważonego rozwoju. Bardzo nas cieszy, że po raz kolejny znaleźliśmy się na liście 100 Best Corporate Citizens. To wyr&amp;oacute;żnienie jest uznaniem dla naszych osiągnieć w zakresie zr&amp;oacute;wnoważonego rozwoju, ochrony środowiska i zasob&amp;oacute;w naturalnych oraz troski o ludzi i setki lokalnych społeczności, wśr&amp;oacute;d kt&amp;oacute;rych prowadzimy działalność na całym świecie. Doceniono r&amp;oacute;wnież, że Air Products pomaga klientom sprostać wyzwaniom środowiskowym&amp;rdquo;. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products jest dostawcą gaz&amp;oacute;w technicznych i specjalnych dla ponad 30 gałęzi przemysłu, a także surowc&amp;oacute;w, urządzeń i technologii, kt&amp;oacute;re wspomagają wzrost wydajności, oszczędność energii, jakość produkt&amp;oacute;w oraz osiągnięcia w zakresie ochrony środowiska. Odpowiadając na światowe trendy w energetyce, ochronie środowiska i na rynkach wschodzących, Air Products konsekwentnie umacnia swoją pozycję lidera. Firma rozwija technologie wodorowe tworząc &amp;bdquo;czyste&amp;rdquo; alternatywy dla paliw ropopochodnych, opracowuje technologie tlenowe poprawiające efektywność spalania, unowocześnia urządzenia do produkcji czystszej energii i tworzy wysoko specjalistyczne surowce do produkcji urządzeń elektronicznych. Osiągnięcia te znacznie ograniczają wpływ przemysłu na środowisko naturalne. &lt;br /&gt;
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W Polsce firma Air Products od dawna aktywnie działa na rzecz lokalnych społeczności w miejscowościach gdzie mieszczą się zakłady produkcyjne firmy. Air Products wsparło m.in. Szkołę Podstawową nr 12 w Kędzierzynie-Koźlu, remontując jej zewnętrzne obiekty sportowe zniszczone przez pow&amp;oacute;dź. Firma jest jednym z mecenas&amp;oacute;w kultury w tym mieście, wsp&amp;oacute;łsponsoruje także drużynę siatkarską ZAKSA. Od 2012 roku Air Products wdraża w Kędzierzynie-Koźlu i Siewierzu program &amp;bdquo;Ambasador Nauki&amp;rdquo;, kt&amp;oacute;rego celem jest zainteresowanie uczni&amp;oacute;w szk&amp;oacute;ł podstawowych naukami ścisłymi: chemią, fizyką i przyrodą, aby zainspirować ich do podejmowania studi&amp;oacute;w na kierunkach technicznych. Do tej pory w programie wzięło udział ponad 1200 uczni&amp;oacute;w. Program &amp;bdquo;Ambasador Nauki&amp;rdquo; został wdrożony przez firmę Air Products także w Stanach Zjednoczonych i Wielkiej Brytanii. &lt;br /&gt;
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Więcej informacji na temat zr&amp;oacute;wnoważonego rozwoju w firmie Air Products można znaleźć na stronie: &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.pl/company/Sustainability.aspx"&gt;http://www.airproducts.com.pl/company/Sustainability.aspx&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Air Products (NYSE: APD) &lt;/strong&gt;dostarcza gazy atmosferyczne, procesowe i specjalne, nowoczesne tworzywa, osprzęt i technologie. Od ponad 70 lat rozwiązania firmy pozwalają klientom zwiększać produktywność, zmniejszać zużycie energii oraz działać zgodnie z zasadami zr&amp;oacute;wnoważonego rozwoju. Air Products jest notowany w rankingach najbardziej innowacyjnych na świecie firm opracowanych przez Thomson Reuters i Forbes. Ponad 21 tysięcy pracownik&amp;oacute;w Air Products w ponad 50 krajach dostarcza innowacyjne rozwiązania: p&amp;oacute;łprzewodniki, wod&amp;oacute;r wykorzystywany w rafineriach, procesy gazyfikacji węgla, skraplanie gazu ziemnego oraz zaawansowane powłoki i kleje. Korzystają z nich klienci z sektor&amp;oacute;w energetycznego, ochrony środowiska oraz prowadzący działalność na rozwijających się rynkach. W roku fiskalnym 2013 przychody ze sprzedaży Air Products wyniosły 10,2 miliarda dolar&amp;oacute;w amerykańskich. Air Products jest obecny w 15 krajach Europy, włączając w to kraje Europy Centralnej i Wschodniej, takie jak Słowacja, Czechy, Rosja i Polska. Firma Air Products, kt&amp;oacute;ra prowadzi działalność w Polsce od ponad 20 lat, konsekwentnie wdraża strategię rozwoju opartą na starannie dobranych inwestycjach. Po przejęciu BOC Gazy w 2007 roku Air Products stał się największym producentem gaz&amp;oacute;w technicznych w Polsce. Dodatkowe informacje dostępne są pod adresem: &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.pl"&gt;www.airproducts.com.pl&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;O CR Magazine&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
CR Magazine (www.thecro.com) wydawany jest przez SharedXpertise Media LLC. Magazyn jest wiodącym tytułem w zakresie społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu oraz tw&amp;oacute;rcą listy 100 Best Corporate Citizens, kt&amp;oacute;ra uznana została przez portal PR Week za jeden z trzech najważniejszych amerykańskich ranking&amp;oacute;w biznesowych. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kontakt dla medi&amp;oacute;w:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:jsoroczynski@questiapr.pl"&gt;Jarosław Soroczyński &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Questia sp. z o.o. sp. k. &lt;br /&gt;
Communications Management Consultants &lt;br /&gt;
Tel: +48 22 623 07 00 &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{F510836D-5762-4DF2-A5F2-67D3641CF0D4}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/04/0429-air-products-again-named-to-cr-magazine-100-best-corporate-citizens-list.aspx</link><title>Air Products Again Named to CR Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens List</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE:APD) has again been recognized for its sustainability commitment and performance, with Corporate Responsibility Magazine (CR Magazine) naming the company one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2014. &lt;br&gt;
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The top 100 corporate responsibility leaders are selected from the large-cap Russell 1000&amp;reg; based on publicly available information across seven categories: environment, climate change, employee relations, human rights, governance, finance, and philanthropy. Environmental, social and governance firm IW Financial provides the data, while the Corporate Responsibility Officers Association governs the methodology. &lt;br&gt;
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Commenting on the honor, Air Products&amp;rsquo; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer&amp;nbsp;John McGlade said, &amp;ldquo;Making the world more productive, energy efficient and sustainable is our core purpose at Air Products. We are very proud to again be included on the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List. This recognition reflects our focus on growing responsibly and solving our customers&amp;rsquo; toughest challenges, protecting the environment and conserving resources, and caring for each other and the hundreds of communities we operate in throughout the world.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br&gt;
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Supplying more than 30 industries, Air Products supplies industrial and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment and technology to help improve productivity, energy efficiency, product quality and environmental performance. As global energy, environment and emerging market trends continue to accelerate, Air Products continues to build leading positions, including: hydrogen for cleaner transportation fuels, oxygen for more efficient combustion and gasification, LNG equipment for cleaner energy production, specialty materials for electronics manufacturing to help keep us connected in our digital world, and performance materials for end products with less environmental impact. &lt;br&gt;
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To learn more about Sustainability at Air Products, visit the company&amp;rsquo;s Sustainability Web site. &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About CR Magazine&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;
SharedXpertise Media LLC is the publisher of CR Magazine (www.thecro.com), the leading voice of the corporate responsibility profession and the publisher of the 100 Best Corporate Citizen&amp;rsquo;s List, which has been ranked one of America&amp;rsquo;s three most-important business rankings according to PR Week. &lt;br&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{7B414971-0F19-48D3-A3C7-F73BB4D16A74}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/04/0424-air-products-awards-scholarships-to-students-of-three-east-china-universities.aspx</link><title>Air Products Awards $25,000 in Scholarships to Excellent Students of Three East China Universities</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products (NYSE: APD), a leading global supplier of industrial gases, performance materials, equipment and technology solutions, today announced it has awarded USD25,000, equivalent to RMB160,000 in scholarships to thirty students from three leading universities in East China, one of the country&amp;rsquo;s fastest-growing major economies with a large talent pool. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img width="215" height="168" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="Air Products Awards $25,000 in Scholarships to Excellent Students of Three East China Universities" align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-04-24-china-scholarships.jpg?la=en" /&gt;The scholarship presentation ceremony took place on April 15, concurrent with Air Products&amp;rsquo; University Student Experience Day in its Asia Technology Center located in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park. During the &amp;ldquo;Gas Science Inspires the Future&amp;rdquo; themed event, around forty participating students and teachers learned how innovation and leading-edge gas technologies and applications can contribute to building a better future especially on addressing environmental challenges by reducing emissions, improving energy efficiency and increasing productivity. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;China is a strategic and high-growth market for Air Products and talent management is a vital ingredient in our strategy to accelerate our growth and support the country&amp;rsquo;s sustainable development. The university scholarship program is a part of our continuous investment to nurture talents and future leaders through education for the industry and community to help realize the China Dream,&amp;rdquo; said Saw Choon Seong, vice president and general manager, Asia Merchant Gases at Air Products. &lt;br /&gt;
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So far this year, fifty university students in China have received Air Products Scholarships. Among them, thirty are pursuing bachelor&amp;rsquo;s degree, master&amp;rsquo;s degree and PhD at East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University in East China. They mainly major in Chemical Engineering, Resources &amp;amp; Environmental Engineering, Materials Science &amp;amp; Engineering, Mechanical and Energy, Materials Science &amp;amp; Engineering and Thermal Power Engineering. Launched in 2008, Air Products scholarships are granted to exceptional university students based on their overall performance, academic achievement, innovation and financial need. In the past six years, more than 330 students at nearly 10 leading universities across China have benefited from Air Products&amp;rsquo; scholarships totaling over RMB 1.5 million. &lt;br /&gt;
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Dr. Miao Ping, director of Air Products Asia Technology Center introduced air separation, oxy-fuel combustion, Ion Transport Membrane (ITM) Oxygen, carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, purification, storage and applications, hydrogen generation and hydrogen fueling technologies that contribute to shaping and building a better tomorrow in the event. A career talk was hosted by Air Products as well. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;At Air Products, we share the vision and passion for making our world a better place for everyone. We encourage the winning students to leverage the scholarships to broaden their horizons and apply their talents for the betterment of mankind in return,&amp;rdquo; Saw added. &lt;br /&gt;
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Three of the scholarship recipients reported their research projects at the ceremony covering the cutting-edge topics of high-efficiency coal gasification, clean energy generation from electro-catalytic oxidation of ammonia, and new metal-organic framework material and its application in air separation etc. A student from the Resources and Environmental Department of East China University of Science and Technology expressed appreciation to Air Products before reporting her project, &amp;ldquo;Thanks to Air Products for granting the scholarships, sharing their advanced gas technologies and inspiring us to create a brighter future. The scholarships offer a financial incentive as well as important recognition for our hard work. I am most impressed by Air Products&amp;rsquo; &amp;lsquo;Responsible Care&amp;rsquo; to the community.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been serving the China market for over 25 years with its leading edge technologies and solutions to help its customers become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Today, it has over 60 operating entities, 90 production facilities and 3,000 employees and sales revenue exceeding USD 1 billion in China. To cultivate future talents and support technology development, the company has also launched joint research programs with more than a dozen universities. Air Products&amp;rsquo; Career Development Program has successfully grown future talents in China since 2004 and the company was rated as China&amp;rsquo;s Top 100 IDEAL&amp;trade; Employers 2013 by a group of university students majoring in natural sciences. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{5F4D183E-BB6B-4763-95F8-95F645467D42}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/04/0424-air-products-awards-scholarships-to-students-of-three-east-china-universities-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司为华东地区三所高校优秀学子颁发16万元奖学金</title><description>&lt;p&gt;全球领先的工业气体、功能材料和相关设备及技术解决方案供应商&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;空气产品公司(Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)今天宣布其为华东地区三所高校的36名优秀学生颁发了合约人民币16万元的奖学金。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img width="215" height="168" style="float: left; margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;" alt="空气产品公司为华东地区三所高校优秀学子颁发16万元奖学金" align="left" src="/~/media/Images/inline/Company/news-center/2014/2014-04-24-china-scholarships-chinese.jpg?la=en" /&gt;奖学金颁发仪式于4月15日在该公司位于上海张江高科技园区的亚洲技术中心内举行，同期还举办了以&amp;ldquo;气体科技&amp;bull;灵动未来&amp;rdquo;为主题的空气产品公司高校学生体验日。约40名高校师生在活动中了解到了创新且领先的气体科技及应用如何让未来更美好，尤其是在减少排放、提升能效和提高生产力来解决环境挑战方面。 &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司副总裁及亚洲区商用气体部总经理苏俊雄表示：&amp;ldquo;对空气产品公司来说，中国是具有战略意义的高增长市场。而在我们的战略中，人才管理是加速公司自身发展并支持中国可持续发展的一个至关重要的要素。我们通过不断地支持教育事业为行业和社会培养人才和未来领袖，从而帮助中国实现&amp;lsquo;中国梦&amp;rsquo;。在高校设立奖学金项目是我们的一部分行动。&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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今年截至日前，全国共有55位高校学生获得空气产品公司奖学金。其中在华东地区，30位来自上海交通大学、华东理工大学和浙江大学的在读本科、硕士和博士研究生获此奖学金。获奖学生主要研修材料科学和工程、机械与动力、化工、资源与环境工程，材料科学与工程及热能工程。空气产品公司奖学金项目在2008年启动，根据对综合学习成绩、学术成就、创新意识和财务需求等方面评估后颁发给符合条件的学生。过去六年，330余名大学生从空气产品公司在国内近十所重点高校中设立的奖学金项目中受益，累计奖学金金额超过150万元。 &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司亚洲技术中心总监缪平博士在学生体验日活动中介绍了让未来更美好的气体技术研发及应用，包括空气分离、富氧和纯氧燃烧、离子转移膜制氧，二氧化碳捕捉、纯化、储存和应用技术，以及制氢和加氢站项目等。此外，空气产品公司还举行了职业规划讲座。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;在空气产品公司，我们拥有共同的愿景和热情，为每个人把我们所处的世界变得更好。我们鼓励获奖的学生们凭借该奖学金机会来拓展视野，并用他们的才能回报人类社会的进步。&amp;rdquo;苏俊雄补充道。 &lt;br /&gt;
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三位获得奖学金的学生代表在颁发仪式上作了研究项目报告，涵盖了煤高效清洁气化、氨的电催化氧化制备清洁能源，以及新颖多孔金属有机框架材料的研发在气体吸附分离和其他领域的应用前景等前沿课题。华东理工大学资源与环境工程学院获奖学生代表在报告研究项目前说道：&amp;ldquo;非常感谢空气产品公司提供了奖学金，分享了先进的气体科技并鼓励我们为更闪亮的明天而奋斗。对我们来说，奖学金不仅仅只是一笔资金，更是对我们平时努力的一份肯定。空气产品公司的人文关怀让我印象深刻。&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司至今已服务中国市场超过25年，其通过提供具有优势的技术和解决方案帮助客户更高效节能地生产并实现可持续发展。目前，该公司已在中国设立了60多家经营实体，90多个生产基地，拥有3000多名员工，2013年公司在华销售额超过10亿美元。在人才培养和技术研发上，该公司已经和超过12所高校建立了合作研发项目。从2004年以来，空气产品公司的职业发展计划成功在华培养了一批又一批的未来人才。该公司还荣获了&amp;ldquo;2013年理科生眼中的百强雇主&amp;rdquo;称号。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
空气产品公司（Air Products, 纽约证券交易所代码：APD）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：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt;。&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2013年9月30日结束。&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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联系人：常东升 &lt;br /&gt;
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邮件：&lt;a href="mailto:diana.chang@ebacomms.com"&gt;diana.chang@ebacomms.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{168E614D-4470-4537-B9E3-F96EB32C7CC6}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/04/0423-des-camions-eco-et-ecolo-pour-le-transport-des-bouteilles-dair-products.aspx</link><title>DES CAMIONS ECO ET ÉCOLO POUR LE TRANSPORT DES BOUTEILLES D’AIR PRODUCTS</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Air Products vient de mettre en circulation 5 nouveaux camions- des BERGERecotrail&amp;reg;- pour le transport en national de ses bouteilles de gaz. D&amp;rsquo;une plus grande capacit&amp;eacute; de chargement que les v&amp;eacute;hicules classiques grace &amp;agrave; leur design innovant, ils sont pourtant moins gourmands en carburant alliant ainsi &amp;eacute;conomie et respect de l&amp;rsquo;environnement. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Nous avons test&amp;eacute; l&amp;rsquo;un de ces camions en 2013 durant 4 semaines dans la zone de Massiac et avons r&amp;eacute;alis&amp;eacute; 10 &amp;agrave; 15% d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;conomies en carburant. Simultan&amp;eacute;ment, nous avons pu augmenter la capacit&amp;eacute; de chargement et supprimer ainsi environ 1 voyage toutes les 10 navettes. L&amp;rsquo;explication : ce camion p&amp;egrave;se 2 tonnes de moins que le mod&amp;egrave;le standard ce qui nous permet de charger 2 tonnes de marchandises suppl&amp;eacute;mentaires&amp;rdquo; explique Thomas Hollad &amp;ndash;Responsable flotte et logistiques Gaz Conditionn&amp;eacute;s pour le Nord de l&amp;rsquo;Europe Continentale d&amp;rsquo;Air Products. &lt;br /&gt;
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Ces camions sont fabriqu&amp;eacute;s par Berger Ecotrail, une soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; appartenant &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;ancien pilote de Formule 1 Gerhard Berger et RedBull. Ils ont &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; &amp;ccedil;on&amp;ccedil;us pour r&amp;eacute;aliser un maximum d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;conomies : leur structure est en acier ultra r&amp;eacute;sistant avec un chassis ajour&amp;eacute; sp&amp;eacute;cialement calcul&amp;eacute; pour permettre de r&amp;eacute;duire l&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;paisseur du plateau de 8 &amp;agrave; 4 mm et donc de gagner en l&amp;eacute;g&amp;egrave;ret&amp;eacute;*. Ils n&amp;rsquo;en sont pas moins en parfaite conformit&amp;eacute; avec la certification DIN EN 12642-Code XL (la norme europ&amp;eacute;enne la plus &amp;eacute;lev&amp;eacute;e en mati&amp;egrave;re de s&amp;eacute;curit&amp;eacute; de chargement). &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Berger Ecotrail a lanc&amp;eacute; ces camions il a y 5 ans et en produit actuellement 1000 par an dans son usine autrichienne. Pour nous, c&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;tait le bon moment pour faire profiter &amp;agrave; notre supply chain des innovations r&amp;eacute;alis&amp;eacute;es par Berger Ecotrail&amp;rdquo;, ajoute Thomas Hollad. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;Nous sommes enthousiasm&amp;eacute;s par cette nouvelle technologie qui prouve que respect de l&amp;rsquo;environnement et viabilit&amp;eacute; &amp;eacute;conomique peuvent aller de paire&amp;rdquo;, commente de son c&amp;ocirc;t&amp;eacute; Fabrice Langlais, Directeur logistique pour le Nord de l&amp;rsquo;Europe Continentale d&amp;rsquo;Air Products. &lt;br /&gt;
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Les 5 v&amp;eacute;hicules command&amp;eacute;s vont servir &amp;agrave; effectuer diverses navettes inter-d&amp;eacute;partementales en France et devraient couvrir pr&amp;egrave;s de 500 000 km par an dans un meilleur respect de l&amp;rsquo;environnement. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A propos d'Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE : APD) fournit des gaz de l'air, des gaz de proc&amp;eacute;d&amp;eacute;s et des gaz sp&amp;eacute;ciaux, ainsi que des technologies, des &amp;eacute;quipements et des mat&amp;eacute;riaux haute performance. Depuis plus de 70 ans, la soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; permet &amp;agrave; ses clients d'augmenter la productivit&amp;eacute;, l'efficacit&amp;eacute; &amp;eacute;nerg&amp;eacute;tique et la durabilit&amp;eacute;. Reconnue comme l'une des soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute;s les plus innovantes par Thomson Reuters et le magazine Forbes, la soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; Air Products compte 21 000 employ&amp;eacute;s r&amp;eacute;partis dans plus de 50 pays. Ils proposent des solutions d'approvisionnement efficaces d&amp;eacute;di&amp;eacute;es &amp;agrave; l'&amp;eacute;nergie, &amp;agrave; l'environnement et &amp;agrave; des march&amp;eacute;s &amp;eacute;mergents, tels que les mat&amp;eacute;riaux semi-conducteurs, l'hydrog&amp;egrave;ne de raffinerie, la gaz&amp;eacute;ification du charbon, la liqu&amp;eacute;faction du gaz naturel, ainsi que les rev&amp;ecirc;tements et adh&amp;eacute;sifs issus de technologies de pointe. Au cours de l'exercice 2013, les ventes d'Air Products ont atteint 10,2 milliards de dollars. Pour plus de renseignements, rendez-vous sur &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.fr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.airproducts.fr&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products est mondialement reconnu pour son engagement mati&amp;egrave;re de d&amp;eacute;veloppement durable et figure dans les palmar&amp;eacute;s suivants des entreprises les plus performantes dans ce domaine : Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, CDP Global 500 climate Disclosure Leadership Index, China TOP 100 IDEAL Employers by Future Natural Sciences Talents, Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes Leader for climate related innovation and carbon management.... &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Concr&amp;egrave;tement, &amp;agrave; l&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;chelle mondiale, il s&amp;rsquo;est notamment engag&amp;eacute; &amp;agrave; : &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;r&amp;eacute;duire de 7% d'ici 2015 les &amp;eacute;missions de gaz &amp;agrave; effet de serre (par rapport aux donn&amp;eacute;es 2007) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;r&amp;eacute;duire de 7% d'ici 2015 la consommation &amp;eacute;nerg&amp;eacute;tique des ASUs et des HyCO (par rapport aux donn&amp;eacute;es 2007) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;r&amp;eacute;duire de 10% la consommation d'eau sur l'ensemble des sites mondiaux d'ici 2017 (par rapport aux donn&amp;eacute;es de 2009) &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;r&amp;eacute;duire l'&amp;eacute;mission de NOx et de particules de 10% et de CO2 de 2% d'ici 2015 (par rapport aux donn&amp;eacute;es de 2009) pour l'ensemble de la flotte automobile et du circuit logistique. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;REMARQUE : ce communiqu&amp;eacute; peut comporter des &amp;laquo; &amp;eacute;nonc&amp;eacute;s prospectifs &amp;raquo; mentionn&amp;eacute;s au sens des dispositions refuge du Private Securities Litigation Reform Act de 1995. Ces &amp;eacute;nonc&amp;eacute;s prospectifs sont bas&amp;eacute;s sur les attentes et les hypoth&amp;egrave;ses raisonnables de la direction quant &amp;agrave; d'importants facteurs de risque au moment de la publication &lt;br /&gt;
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* Pour en savoir plus sur le chassis des BERGERecotrail&amp;reg;rendez-vous sur : &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.berger-ecotrail.com/unternehmen/leichtbau.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;http://www.berger-ecotrail.com/unternehmen/leichtbau.html&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{FAB28035-A6F4-4030-8410-546D383C25DE}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/03/0320-air-products-met-son-siege-parisien-au-vert.aspx</link><title>Air Products met son siège parisien « au vert »</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Le 24 mars prochain, le si&amp;egrave;ge fran&amp;ccedil;ais d&amp;rsquo;Air Products quittera les locaux du 18earrondissement de Paris qu&amp;rsquo;il occupait depuis 1996 pour s&amp;rsquo;installer &amp;agrave; Aubervilliers dans le premier b&amp;acirc;timent tertiaire certifi&amp;eacute; HQE livr&amp;eacute; en Ile de France.&lt;br /&gt;
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En regroupant ses 76 collaborateurs parisiens de plusieurs services sur un seul &amp;eacute;tage de 1036 m2 dans l&amp;rsquo;immeuble HQE d&amp;rsquo;Icade situ&amp;eacute; sur le campus d&amp;rsquo;entreprises du Parc des Portes de Paris, Air Products entend r&amp;eacute;aliser des &amp;eacute;conomies substantielles et gagner en efficacit&amp;eacute; tout en poursuivant ses efforts en mati&amp;egrave;re de d&amp;eacute;veloppement durable. &lt;br /&gt;
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Les nouveaux bureaux vont en effet permettre de regrouper sur un seul plateau majoritairement organis&amp;eacute; en open space des &amp;eacute;quipes jusqu&amp;rsquo;alors dispers&amp;eacute;es sur deux &amp;eacute;tages dans un multitude de bureaux cloisonn&amp;eacute;s. Et cette nouvelle synergie loin d&amp;rsquo;avoir un co&amp;ucirc;t, s&amp;rsquo;accompagne d&amp;rsquo;une &amp;eacute;conomie de plus de 20% du loyer sur un bail de 9 ans. &lt;br /&gt;
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Economie financi&amp;egrave;re mais &amp;eacute;galement d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;nergie et de temps gr&amp;acirc;ce aux nombreuses facilit&amp;eacute;s offertes par le Parc des Portes de Paris : aux nombreuses offres de restauration, il faut ajouter une aire de lavage de voitures, une sup&amp;eacute;rette, des stations Velib&amp;rsquo; &amp;hellip; et cerise sur le g&amp;acirc;teau une conciergerie qui propose des prestations de bien-&amp;ecirc;tre et sant&amp;eacute; (esth&amp;eacute;tique, coiffure&amp;hellip;) ainsi que des services pratiques (pressing, cordonnerie, mini-boutique, &amp;hellip;). &lt;br /&gt;
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Qui dit services sur place, dit moins de d&amp;eacute;placements donc moins de pollution. Mais les b&amp;eacute;n&amp;eacute;fices &amp;eacute;cologiques du d&amp;eacute;m&amp;eacute;nagement ne s&amp;rsquo;arr&amp;ecirc;tent pas l&amp;agrave;. Le b&amp;acirc;timent n&amp;deg;270 qui accueillera d&amp;eacute;sormais les bureaux d&amp;rsquo;Air Products a en effet re&amp;ccedil;u la certification &amp;laquo; NF B&amp;acirc;timents tertiaires, D&amp;eacute;marche HQE&amp;reg; &amp;raquo; et a &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; reconnu tr&amp;egrave;s performant sur 6 crit&amp;egrave;res (gestion de l&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;nergie, de l&amp;rsquo;eau et des d&amp;eacute;chets d&amp;rsquo;activit&amp;eacute;s et en terme de confort hygrothermique). Concr&amp;egrave;tement, diff&amp;eacute;rents capteurs permettent d&amp;rsquo;optimiser la temp&amp;eacute;rature, la qualit&amp;eacute; de l&amp;rsquo;air et la luminosit&amp;eacute; des locaux. La sant&amp;eacute; a &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; &amp;eacute;galement privil&amp;eacute;gi&amp;eacute;e avec des mat&amp;eacute;riaux soigneusement s&amp;eacute;lectionn&amp;eacute;s et l&amp;rsquo;installation d&amp;rsquo;un syst&amp;egrave;me de ventilation qui assure un volume de renouvellement d&amp;rsquo;air chaque fois sup&amp;eacute;rieur &amp;agrave; la norme.En bref, la conception intelligente et la gestion informatis&amp;eacute;e du b&amp;acirc;timent assurent &amp;agrave; ses occupants une ambiance de travail aussi saine qu&amp;rsquo;agr&amp;eacute;able.&lt;br /&gt;
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Jacques Chaumet- Northern Continent Bulk Asset Manager and MSU Project Manager d&amp;rsquo;Air Products- en charge du projet, conclut : &amp;laquo; Ce d&amp;eacute;m&amp;eacute;nagement du si&amp;egrave;ge social fran&amp;ccedil;ais constitue une &amp;eacute;tape logique dans la d&amp;eacute;marche globale du Groupe en faveur du d&amp;eacute;veloppement durable . La mise en place de liaisons rail-route pour le transport de bouteilles, la conception et la construction d&amp;rsquo;usines peu gourmandes en &amp;eacute;nergie&amp;hellip; en sont d&amp;rsquo;autres exemples. &amp;raquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A propos d&amp;rsquo;Air Products:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products est un fournisseur de gaz de l&amp;rsquo;air, de gaz process et de gaz sp&amp;eacute;ciaux, de mat&amp;eacute;riaux de performances, d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;quipements et de solutions technologiques. Depuis plus de 70 ans, le Groupe permet &amp;agrave; ses clients d&amp;rsquo;&amp;ecirc;tre plus productifs, d&amp;rsquo;optimiser leur rendement &amp;eacute;nerg&amp;eacute;tique et d&amp;rsquo;&amp;ecirc;tre plus respectueux de l&amp;rsquo;environnement. 21 000 collaborateurs r&amp;eacute;partis dans une cinquantaine de pays offrent des solutions innovantes aux secteurs de l&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;nergie, de l&amp;rsquo;environnement et aux march&amp;eacute;s &amp;eacute;mergents, qu&amp;rsquo;il s&amp;rsquo;agisse de mat&amp;eacute;riaux semi-conducteurs, d&amp;rsquo;hydrog&amp;egrave;ne de raffinerie, de gaz&amp;eacute;ification du charbon, de liqu&amp;eacute;faction de gaz naturel ou d&amp;rsquo;adh&amp;eacute;sives et de peintures dernier cri. Au cours de l&amp;rsquo;ann&amp;eacute;e fiscale 2013, Air Products a r&amp;eacute;alis&amp;eacute; un CA de pr&amp;egrave;s de 10,2 milliards de dollars US.&lt;br /&gt;
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La filiale fran&amp;ccedil;aise d'Air Products est n&amp;eacute;e en 1990 de la fusion des soci&amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute;s Prodair et L'Oxyg&amp;egrave;ne liquide, d&amp;eacute;j&amp;agrave; d&amp;eacute;tenues &amp;agrave; 100 % par le Groupe. Elle est aujourd'hui le 3e producteur fran&amp;ccedil;ais de gaz de l'air avec plus de 15% de la production nationale. Elle emploie 400 personnes et dispose de 3 usines de production de gaz de l'air -L&amp;rsquo;Isle d&amp;rsquo;Abeau (38) pr&amp;egrave;s de Lyon, Beauvais (60) et Strasbourg (67)-, 6 centres de conditionnement de gaz industriels,3 centres emplisseurs de gaz m&amp;eacute;dicaux, 1 centre europ&amp;eacute;en de distribution d'h&amp;eacute;lium et un r&amp;eacute;seau de 350 d&amp;eacute;positaires. Pour plus d&amp;rsquo;informations, rendez-vous sur &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;et &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.fr/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;http://www.airproducts.fr/&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;A propos d&amp;rsquo;Icade&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Avec 9 milliards d&amp;rsquo;euros de patrimoine, Icade est la premi&amp;egrave;re fonci&amp;egrave;re de bureaux et de parcs d&amp;rsquo;affaires en Ile-de-France, la premi&amp;egrave;re fonci&amp;egrave;re de sant&amp;eacute; en France et d&amp;eacute;veloppeur des grandes m&amp;eacute;tropoles fran&amp;ccedil;aises. Acteur int&amp;eacute;gr&amp;eacute; et original de l&amp;rsquo;immobilier, Icade allie l&amp;rsquo;investissement et la promotion avec une vision et une ma&amp;icirc;trise globale des projets qu&amp;rsquo;elle entreprend. Icade est implant&amp;eacute;e sur l'ensemble du territoire : 7 directions territoriales et 24 implantations r&amp;eacute;gionales.&lt;br /&gt;
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Icade se veut &amp;eacute;galement leader de l&amp;rsquo;innovation durable. Elle r&amp;eacute;alise des projets &amp;laquo; d&amp;eacute;monstrateurs &amp;raquo; pour d&amp;eacute;finir et mettre en &amp;oelig;uvre les meilleures normes et pratiques de demain en mati&amp;egrave;re d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;conomie d&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;nergie. Constructions neuves, r&amp;eacute;novations, &amp;eacute;coquartiers : ses d&amp;eacute;monstrateurs rassemblent tous les professionnels qui con&amp;ccedil;oivent la ville de demain. Ils garantissent l&amp;rsquo;&amp;eacute;quilibre des &amp;eacute;cosyst&amp;egrave;mes urbains et immobiliers au sein desquels ils se d&amp;eacute;veloppent. &lt;br /&gt;
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NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management'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. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{3E412F96-2CC5-42F4-8F6C-EC981C0ABFCE}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/03/0314-0314-air-products-and-cnfia-delegation-hold-innovation-driven-conference-chinese.aspx</link><title>空气产品公司与中国氮肥工业协会代表团举行创新驱动座谈会</title><description>&lt;p&gt;全球领先的工业气体、功能材料和相关设备及技术解决方案供应商&amp;mdash;&amp;mdash;空气产品公司(Air Products，纽约证券交易所代码：APD)最近在其位于上海张江高科技园区的亚洲技术中心接待了来自中国氮肥工业协会的领导及其会员单位近50位代表一行，并在参观访问同期举行了&amp;ldquo;氮肥、甲醇企业创新驱动座谈会&amp;rdquo;，以促进氮肥行业知识和经验的分享。 &lt;br /&gt;
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来访和参与座谈会的有中国石化联合会常务副会长、氮肥协会理事长李寿生及氮肥协会的其他领导，来自山东、安徽和河南等省级氮肥协会的领导，和国内各地氮肥和甲醇企业的高层管理与技术人员代表。 &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司副总裁及亚洲区商用气体部总经理苏俊雄在欢迎辞中表示：&amp;ldquo;我们感到非常荣幸，今天能和中国氮肥协会及诸多国内氮肥行业有影响力的机构和企业的领导聚集一堂。空气产品公司致力于帮助氮肥企业更高效、节能地生产，实现可持续的发展。此次座谈会是推动行业协作的一个很好的平台，也是展示我公司先进技术的一次好机会。&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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中国的氮肥行业正在经历行业整合和结构调整的阶段。为寻求该行业当前所面临的一系列深层次挑战的解决方案，中国氮肥工业协会选定了一批先进的在华外资企业，并于近期组织全行业大型氮肥厂家的主要领导前往交流和考察，以参考和借鉴外企创新发展的经验和方法。随着一些主要企业对现场气体供应、新技术和解决方案的需求呈现出增长趋势，空气产品公司成为氮肥协会代表团此次来沪参观的重要一站。 &lt;br /&gt;
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在座谈中，空气产品公司介绍了其创新驱动的业务发展；大型空分设备设计和制造能力；气化技术和实际行业应用经验；以及现场供气服务模式对氮肥企业生产的促进作用。代表团随后参观了该公司的展示中心和实验室，包括气体应用实验室。 &lt;br /&gt;
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接待该代表团的空气产品公司其他管理人员包括：中国区副总裁冯燕女士、亚洲区能源炼化发展副总裁俞嘉敏先生和亚洲技术中心总监缪平博士等。 &lt;br /&gt;
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李寿生在座谈会总结发言中表示：&amp;ldquo;这是我第一次到空气产品公司， 我对该企业团队和他们对业务的熟悉程度印象非常深刻。对于氮肥行业来说， 尽管现在产能过剩，调整的任务很重，但这并不代表我们只能做减法，我们更要在调整中升级。空气产品公司在氮肥企业的气改煤、现代煤化工示范项目以及二氧化碳捕捉这三方面都有着业务机会。我希望空气产品公司和氮肥企业在开展合作中，把现有产品、技术和服务的质量做到极致，以此来树立和巩固企业的信誉。中国氮肥协会将本着&amp;lsquo;支持别人、发展自己&amp;rsquo;的方针来支持空气产品公司和各氮肥企业的合作与发展。&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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中国氮肥工业协会成立于1992，是氮肥行业唯一的专业性协会，协会是由中国氮肥、甲醇、硝酸硝铵等生产企业，有关科研院所、设备制造企业和社会团体等单位自愿组成的全国性、行业性、非营利性的社会组织，是全国性的行业组织。其宗旨是服务行业、企业和政府，当好企业与政府间的桥梁纽带；促进国内外氮肥、甲醇生产技术与市场信息交流，推动技术进步和产业结构优化升级。目前，该协会有会员360家，是一家在行业里有较强影响力和凝聚力的协会。中国氮肥工业协会在2013年获得了&amp;ldquo;全国石油和化学工业先进集体&amp;rdquo;荣誉称号，是石化行业协会中唯一获此殊荣的协会。 &lt;br /&gt;
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空气产品公司至今已服务中国市场超过25年。该公司是首个在中国建立研发中心的全球工业气体公司，于2005年建成亚洲技术中心支持公司业务和行业的发展，现为其在全球的第二大研发中心。空气产品公司于2011年在中国赢得了当时授予工业气体公司的全球最大现场大空气分离装置供气订单，进一步稳固了该公司在国内大型空分市场的领先地位。目前，该公司已在中国设立了60多家经营实体，90多个生产基地，拥有3000多名员工，2013年公司在华销售额超过10亿美元。 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;关于空气产品公司 &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;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：&lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com.cn"&gt;www.airproducts.com.cn&lt;/a&gt;。&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;注释：此新闻稿中可能包含1995年《私人证券诉讼改革法案》中所界定的一些前瞻性陈述。这些前瞻性陈述基于本新闻稿发布日期时管理层关于重大风险因素的预期和假设所作出。由于管理层可能没有预期到一些因素，请以实际情况为准，这些因素包括公司10K表中的风险因素，因为本财年已于2013年9月30日结束。&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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邮件： &lt;a href="mailto:diana.chang@ebacomms.com"&gt;diana.chang@ebacomms.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">{6A56962C-F067-44B1-A2E6-1939718C7C42}</guid><link>http://www.airproducts.com/Company/news-center/2014/03/0314-air-products-and-cnfia-delegation-hold-innovation-driven-conference.aspx</link><title>Air Products and CNFIA Delegation Hold “Innovation-Driven” Conference</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Air Products (NYSE: APD), a global leading supplier of industrial gases, performance materials, equipment and technology solutions, recently received a nearly 50-member delegation comprised of representatives from China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association (CNFIA) in its Asia Technology Center located in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park. The company and the delegation also held an &amp;ldquo;innovation-driven&amp;rdquo; conference to exchange nitrogen fertilizer industry knowledge and experiences. &lt;br /&gt;
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Joining the delegation were Li Shousheng, executive vice chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) and chairman of CNFIA, other leaders of CNFIA and provincial nitrogen fertilizer associations in Shangdong, Anhui and Henan, as well as senior executives and technology experts of fertilizer and methanol companies from various regions in China. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;We feel extremely honored to have CNFIA and other influencers and key players in China&amp;rsquo;s fertilizer industry with us today,&amp;rdquo; said Saw Choon Seong, vice president and general manager &amp;ndash; Asia Merchant Gases at Air Products in his welcome remarks. &amp;ldquo;Air Products is committed to helping fertilizer manufacturers become more productive, energy-efficient and sustainable. The meeting is a good platform to promote industry collaboration and a good opportunity to share our advanced technologies.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;
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China's fertilizer industry is undergoing a period of consolidation and structural adjustment. To find solutions to key challenges facing the industry, CNFIA selected some advanced MNCs in China and recently organized visits and exchanges for executives of large-scaled fertilizer manufacturers to learn from these innovative companies&amp;rsquo; experience. Air Products was one important part of their tour in Shanghai in view of the increasing demand for onsite gases supply, new technologies and solutions from the key players. &lt;br /&gt;
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In the conference, Air Products introduced its innovation-driven development; large air separation unit (LASU) design and manufacturing capabilities; gasification technologies and experiences; and benefits of the sale of gases model. The delegation also toured the company&amp;rsquo;s showroom and gas application labs. &lt;br /&gt;
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Other senior Air Products management hosting the delegation included Feng Yan, China Government Relations Vice President, Jim Yu, Vice President of Asia Tonnage Business Development, and Dr. Miao Ping, Asia Technology Center Director etc. &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;This is my first time to visit Air Products. I am impressed by its people and their business expertise. In the midst of over-capacity and the necessary task of structural adjustment, it is more important for the industry to upgrade rather than focusing only on reduction. To me, Air Products has business opportunities in the switch from natural gas to coal as the main fuel for production, coal chemical demonstration projects and carbon dioxide capture. I look forward to seeing Air Products and fertilizer manufacturers deliver the best quality, technology and services so as to build and enhance their reputation. CNFIA will support their cooperation and development as guided by our principle of &amp;lsquo;Enable others, develop ourselves&amp;rsquo;,&amp;rdquo; said Li of CNFIA in his closing remarks. &lt;br /&gt;
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Established in 1992, CNFIA is the only professional association in China&amp;rsquo;s fertilizer industry. It is a nation-wide, non-profit and voluntary industrial organization consisting of fertilizer, methanol and ammonium nitrate manufacturers, related R&amp;amp;D institutes, equipment manufacturers and social groups. Striving to serve and bridge the industry, companies and government, it promotes the exchange of technical and market information between domestic and international companies to drive advancement, optimization and upgrade. Currently, CNFIA has 360 members and is a highly influential association that draws together numerous professionals in the industry. In 2013, it was recognized as an Advanced Organization in the Oil and Chemical Industry in China, and is the only association in its field to receive this award. &lt;br /&gt;
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Air Products has been serving the China market for more than 25 years. The company was the first global industrial gas company to establish an internal R&amp;amp;D capability in China when it set up its Asia Technology Center in 2005 to support the growth of the company&amp;rsquo;s business and the industry development. The Center is currently the company&amp;rsquo;s second largest R&amp;amp;D facility in the world. Air Products&amp;rsquo; pursuit and success in developing large ASU projects in China has been bolstered with winning in 2011 what was at that time the world&amp;rsquo;s largest single on-site ASU order ever awarded to an industrial gas company. Today, the company has over 60 operating entities, 90 production facilities and 3,000 employees and sales revenue exceeding USD 1 billion in China. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;About Air Products&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Air Products (NYSE:APD) provides atmospheric, process and specialty gases; performance materials; equipment; and technology. For over 70 years, the company has enabled customers to become more productive, energy efficient and sustainable. Recognized as one of the world&amp;rsquo;s most innovative companies by both Thomson Reuters and Forbes magazine, more than 21,000 employees in over 50 countries supply effective solutions to the energy, environment and emerging markets. These include semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, coal gasification, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. In fiscal 2013, Air Products had sales of $10.2 billion. For more information, visit &lt;a href="http://www.airproducts.com"&gt;www.airproducts.com&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management&amp;rsquo;s reasonable expectations and assumptions as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management, including risk factors described in the Company&amp;rsquo;s Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>