LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Sept. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products
(NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today announced plans to build a new liquid hydrogen plant at its La Porte, Texas industrial gas facility to meet increasing product demand from several customer
markets. The liquid hydrogen plant will produce approximately 30 tons per day, will draw its hydrogen to be liquefied from
Air Products' existing Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline system network, and is to be onstream in 2021.
"The investment in this new liquid hydrogen production facility in Texas will assist with
meeting current customer demand, as well as capture the increased growth that we see coming from several markets.
Logistically, our La Porte plant has several operational benefits which make the site selection
for this new facility a good choice. We are confident with this additional capacity that we will be able to meet the
projected growing liquid hydrogen needs coming from the varied industries in the United States
for which a reliable source of this product is vitally important to our customers' manufacturing operations," said Marie Ffolkes, president, Americas at Air Products.
Once liquefied at La Porte, the hydrogen will be delivered in trailers to customers in
industries including: electronics, chemical and petrochemical, metals, material handling, float glass, edible fats and oils, and
utilities. Air Products also has liquid hydrogen production plants operating in New Orleans,
Louisiana; Sacramento, California; Sarnia, Ontario,
Canada; and Rotterdam in The Netherlands.
The new facility at La Porte will join Air Products' existing hydrogen and syngas production
operations, as well as an air separation unit. The liquid hydrogen plant will be connected to, and draw hydrogen from, Air
Products' Gulf Coast
Pipeline (GCP), the world's largest hydrogen plant and pipeline network system. The 600-mile pipeline span stretches from the
Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana, and
supplies customers with over 1.4 billion feet of hydrogen per day from 23 hydrogen production facilities.
Pipelines
offer a safe, robust and reliable supply of hydrogen to industries around the world. Globally, Air Products' pipeline operational
expertise is evidenced by its network of systems. Besides the GCP, Air Products also has a hydrogen pipeline in California in the U.S., in Sarnia, Ontario and Alberta, Canada, and in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading
Industrial Gases company in operation for over 75 years. The Company's core industrial gases business provides atmospheric and
process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food
and beverage. Air Products is also the world's leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment.
The Company had fiscal 2017 sales of $8.2 billion from continuing operations in 50 countries and
has a current market capitalization of about $35 billion. Approximately 15,000 passionate, talented
and committed employees from a diversity of backgrounds are driven by Air Products' higher purpose to create innovative solutions
that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and address the challenges facing customers, communities and the world. For
more information, visit www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions
as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially
from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the company's Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30,
2017.
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