LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Oct. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Drink
out of a glass today? Drive across a steel bridge? Put air in your
vehicle's tires? Admire any metal sculptures at an art
museum? In recognition of modern manufacturing, Air Products (NYSE:
APD) joins manufacturing industries throughout North America today in celebrating and
recognizing National Manufacturing Day(SM).
In addition to its core industrial gas business, Air Products
designs and manufactures world-leading equipment for natural gas
liquefaction (LNG), air separation, hydrocarbon recovery and
purification, turbomachinery, and liquid helium and hydrogen
transport containers and storage tanks. Beyond its own
manufacturing, Air Products is integral to manufacturing around the
world as its many customers own manufacturing operations produce
countless goods that touch the lives of consumers daily around the
globe in positive and sustainable ways.
"We strive to operate our manufacturing operations in a
sustainable manner and produce products which help our customers
improve their sustainability performance through higher
productivity, better quality products, reduced energy use, and
lower emissions. We don't make many products that are directly used
by consumers, but Air Products is a manufacturer that contributes
to our customers' products that we use every day," said
Seifi Ghasemi, chairman, president
and chief executive officer at Air Products.
Some examples of products in which Air Products plays a role
include:
- Glass - Oxygen helps melt glass in a way that saves energy,
reduces emissions, and improves quality. Nitrogen and
hydrogen are used in the forming process to make flat glass for
windows, furniture, and cars. Additionally, inert gases improve the
insulating properties of windows.
- Steel - Steelmakers use oxygen in their furnaces to produce
more and better steel, faster. They use argon to make stainless
steel. And heat treaters use hydrogen and nitrogen to give the
steel the right strength and other properties.
- Tires - High-purity, high-pressure nitrogen is used to cure the
rubber when tires are manufactured.
- Welding - Argon, helium, nitrogen, and hydrogen, are essential
tools for state-of-the-art cutting and welding.
These are just four cases showing Air Products' involvement and
assistance to the global manufacturing industry. If you are
interested in learning more about other products you might use
daily that Air Products contributes to in some form or manner
around the globe, please visit from A to Z. This web site
will provide you a more detailed description of these many
additional manufactured products.
Introduced in 2012, National Manufacturing Day is a national
celebration of all things manufactured. It was initiated by
Founding Partner Fabricators and the Manufacturers Association
International to motivate the public to learn about manufacturing,
and underscore the economic and social significance of
manufacturing.
In more than 50 countries around the world, Air Products
provides valuable manufacturing jobs which have helped to
accumulate a wealth of expertise that enables the company to offer
a wide range of services and manufactured equipment. The equipment
is produced at several manufacturing sites and is sold to customers
in many industries, including those in metals, glass, chemical
processing, electronics, energy production and refining, food
processing, metallurgical industries, medical, and general
manufacturing.
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 2016 sales of $7.5
billion from continuing operations in 50 countries and has a
current market capitalization of approximately $30 billion. Approximately 16,000 employees are
making Air Products the world's safest and best performing
industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and
excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit
www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the Company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2016.
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