Air Products Summary

Brief Description of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.:

Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in technology, energy, healthcare and industrial markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of products, services and solutions, providing atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases; performance materials and equipment and services.  Founded in 1940, we have built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives.  The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. With fiscal 2008 annual revenues of over $10 billion, operations in more than 40 countries, and 21,000 employees, we strive to build lasting relationships with our customers and communities based on understanding, integrity and passion. Visit Air Product's Web site for more information.


Air Products is a founding member of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change Business Environmental Leadership Council, a group of major companies that demonstrate leadership by establishing and meeting greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets; investing in more efficient products, practices and technologies; and supporting domestic and international action to achieve cost-effective emissions reductions. Read the guiding principles of the Business Environmental Leadership Council.


CEO:

John E. McGlade


What Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Has to Say About Climate Change:

"From our earliest days as a gases company with atmospheric gas separation at our core, we’ve delivered technologies and solutions that have contributed to cleaner air, energy efficiency improvements, and safer products for our customers and the communities where we live and operate. In bringing this unique capability and real answers to market problems, our commitment to protect the environment has never wavered. Nearly 70 years later, with the hurdles we all face in protecting the global environment from climate change, we believe the challenge of mitigating greenhouse gases (GHGs) must be addressed through a diverse mix of technology solutions.
We’ve focused our efforts on developing and implementing clean energy technologies with the potential to reduce GHG emissions across the energy supply chain. As the world’s leading producer of hydrogen, we enable refineries to convert a variety of sour crudes into low-sulfur, cleaner-burning fuel—and more of it. Beyond traditional steam methane reforming, we also are involved in a number of projects to produce hydrogen energy from renewable feedstocks. We also have unequaled experience supplying massive-scale oxygen systems for solid fuel combustion and oil or coal gasification. And we’ve pioneered a suite of carbon capture, purification and compression solutions, including patented oxyfuel technology with the potential for exceptionally high capture rates. In addition, Air Products has engineered nearly 100 hydrogen fueling stations globally—more than any other company—in support of a potential future hydrogen economy. We continue to invest in both internal and external R&D while remaining active in a number of global initiatives working to combat climate change and advocate pragmatic policies and solutions."