LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Dec. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced the sale of a
hydrogen fueling station to Hyundai Motor Company Australia
(HMCA). The fueling station will initially be used to fuel a
Hyundai ix35 hydrogen-powered zero-emission fuel cell electric
vehicle, the first hydrogen-powered car to be imported into
Australia. The hydrogen fueling
station, which will be located at HMCA's offices in New South Wales just outside of Sydney, is currently undergoing commissioning
and is scheduled to begin vehicle fueling this week to demonstrate
the benefits of hydrogen-based, zero-emission fuel cell electric
vehicle technology in Australia.
"Since we work with Hyundai at other locations around the world
by providing hydrogen mobile fuelers in the U.S. and are leasing a
Hyundai FCEV Tucson in Europe, we
are thrilled to be working with Hyundai in Australia so they can fuel and showcase their
vehicle and its benefits first-hand. We continue to develop
our relationships with Hyundai and other vehicle manufacturers to
highlight the benefits of hydrogen as a clean fuel, and the
benefits of fuel cell electric drive trains as a zero emission
automotive propulsion system at locations around the world," said
Chris Kretz, business development
manager for Hydrogen Energy Systems at Air Products.
Air Products' SmartFuel® hydrogen fueling stations
are proven, stand-alone compression, storage, and dispensing units
that have been placed into operation in over 21 countries as a
standard product offering. Air Products is working closely
with Coregas Ltd. Pty., an Australian-owned industrial, medical,
and specialty gas company, as the local supplier of hydrogen to
offer a complete fueling solution. Details on Air Products'
hydrogen fueling station technologies can be viewed at
www.airproducts.com/h2energy.
Air Products, the leading global supplier of hydrogen to
refineries to assist in producing cleaner burning transportation
fuels, has vast experience in the hydrogen fueling industry. In
fact, several sites today for certain hydrogen fueling applications
are fueling at rates of over 75,000 refills per year. Use of the
company's fueling technology is increasing and is over 1,000,000
hydrogen fills per year. The company has been involved in over 180
hydrogen fueling projects worldwide. Cars, trucks, vans, buses,
scooters, forklifts, locomotives, planes, cell towers, material
handling equipment, and even submarines have been fueled with
trend-setting Air Products technologies.
Air Products has more than 50 years of hydrogen experience and
an extensive patent portfolio in hydrogen dispensing technology.
Air Products provides liquid and gaseous hydrogen and a variety of
enabling devices and protocols for fuel dispensing at varied
pressures. Hydrogen for these stations can be delivered to a site
via truck or pipeline, produced by natural gas reformation, biomass
conversion, or by electrolysis, including electrolysis driven by
renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a
leading industrial gases company. For nearly 75 years, the company
has provided atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and related
equipment to manufacturing markets including metals, food and
beverage, refining and petrochemical, and natural gas liquefaction.
Air Products' materials technologies segment serves the
semiconductor, polyurethanes, cleaning and coatings, and adhesives
industries. Over 20,000 employees in 50 countries are working to
make Air Products the world's safest and best performing industrial
gases company, providing sustainable offerings and excellent
service to all customers. In fiscal 2014, Air Products had sales of
$10.4 billion and was ranked number
276 on the Fortune 500 annual list of public companies. For more
information, visit www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the Company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2014.
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