LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Air
Products (NYSE: APD) announced today that Marie Ffolkes has been appointed to the position
of President, Industrial Gases – Americas, effective May 18, 2015. Ffolkes comes to Air Products with
20 years of manufacturing experience and has held senior executive
positions with advancing responsibilities at several companies
during that time. Ffolkes will report to Corning Painter, executive
vice president – Industrial Gases, who held the new position on an
interim basis until an appointment was made.
"We are pleased to welcome Marie to our team at this exciting
time in our company," said Painter. "Marie has demonstrated success
throughout her career working around the world with some very
notable companies. She will be a valuable addition to Air
Products at this time as we continue our transformation. We look
forward to Marie, through her global experience and demonstrated
leadership, making an important contribution to the success of the
Industrial Gases – Americas reporting segment and our overall
corporation."
At Air Products, Ffolkes will be responsible for driving the
strategy and profitability of the Industrial Gases – Americas
business segment, one of the company's largest business areas, to
achieve its primary business objectives and ensure growth, in
addition to directing long range business planning efforts. As this
is a new position within Air Products, Ffolkes will be responsible
for leading change and transformation within this business segment
by helping to combine the various industrial gases businesses into
one unit, a change from the previous structure. Across North and
South America, Ffolkes will have
accountability for safety, plant operations, distribution, supply
chain, procurement, sales, marketing, as well as regional
operations.
Ffolkes joins Air Products most recently from Tenneco, Inc.
where she was global vice president and general manager of its
Global Elastomer & Ride Performance Group responsible for
growth, planning and directing all activities across two business
units. Prior to Tenneco, she was with Johnson Controls, Inc.
as vice president and general manager for its South American
Region's Automotive Group based in Sao
Paulo, Brazil. Ffolkes also formerly worked for General
Electric Company in a variety of roles, including senior manager,
Global Mergers & Acquisitions – GE Healthcare. She
graduated from GE's Financial Management Program (FMP).
Ffolkes holds an MBA from Columbia Business
School and a B.S. from Brooklyn
College.
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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