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Air Products and Sinopec Form Joint Venture to Serve Nanjing Market in China

Air Products Shanfeng Becomes Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Air Products in China

Air Products Sells High-Purity Process Chemicals Line to KMG Chemicals

Air Products to Sell Interest in VAE Polymers JV to Wacker


 

December 19, 2006 Air Products

Air Products and Sinopec Form Joint Venture to Serve Nanjing Market in China

Air Products, a globally diversified gases and chemicals company, today announced plans to form a joint venture (JV) company with
Nanjing Chemical Industries Co Ltd (Nanjing Chemical), a subsidiary of Sinopec Assets Management Corporation, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), to produce hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and liquid products. A Letter of Intent to form the JV was recently signed in Beijing by the two companies.

Air Products and Nanjing Chemical will jointly build and operate an air separation unit and a hydrogen facility in
Nanjing. Slated to come on-stream in 2009, this facility will have the capacity to produce more than 100 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of hydrogen for Nanjing Chemical and other customers in the Nanjing area to meet their industrial gas needs.



Air Products was one of the first international industrial gas companies to enter China with a joint venture in 1987. It has since established a solid infrastructure in Northern, Southern and Eastern China.

Air Products China Inc  Beijing
Southern Air Products (Zhuhai) Ltd.  Zhuhai, Guangdong
Air Products (Nanjing) Co., Ltd  Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
Air Products and Chemicals (China)  Shanghai
Chun Wang Industrial Gases Co Ltd  Shenzhen

 


October 18, 2007 Air Products

Air Products Shanfeng Becomes Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Air Products in China
  TEDA Business Positioned for Stronger Growth in Global Polyurethane Market

Air Products today announced that it has acquired all outstanding shares in Air Products Shanfeng, making the venture a wholly-owned Air Products subsidiary in China. This strategic move is part of Air Products
focus and investment in the performance materials business in China.

The official name of the new company is
Air Products and Chemicals (Changzhou) Co., Limited. Air Products Shanfeng was first established in 2005 as a joint venture with Changzhou Shanfeng Chemical Industry Co Ltd., a leading chemical supplier in China.

Air Products Shanfeng, including its production site in Changzhou
常州市, Jiangsu Province in East China, was formed to support the growth of Air Productstriethylenediamine (TEDA) business for the polyurethane foam market in China.


October 24, 2007 Air Products

Air Products Sells High-Purity Process Chemicals Line to KMG Chemicals
  Electronics Focused on Value-Added Products Customers Demand

Air Products has signed a definitive agreement to sell its
high-purity process chemicals (HPPC) business to KMG Chemicals of Houston, Tex. The business had sales of $87 million in the year ended September 30, 2007. The sale is part of the Electronics businessportfolio management activities to provide customers with the high value products they demand.


In an effort to focus on what matters most to our customers, Air Products decided the HPPC business no longer fit our electronic gases, chemicals and equipment portfolio. This divestiture marks the end of our restructuring of the Electronics business and leaves us in a stronger position as we continue to invest to serve our customers and grow our business worldwide,said Corning Painter, vice president, Electronics, for Air Products. Its a testament to our team that we can make these kinds of adjustments, continue to focus on our customers, and be successful in the market place.

KMG Chemicals

Headquartered in Houston, TX, KMG Chemicals produces and distributes established specialty chemicals in niche markets in North America and globally. The Company is growing primarily by acquiring and optimizing stable chemical product lines and businesses with established production processes. KMG improves operating efficiencies, product quality, distribution and responsiveness to customers, thereby expanding profitability and extending the economic life of mature chemicals. Current operations are focused primarily on wood treatment (79% of LTM sales), animal health products (17% of LTM sales) and agricultural chemicals (4% of LTM sales).


December 11, 2007 Air Products

Air Products to Sell Interest in Polymers Joint Ventures to Wacker
  Portfolio Management Move Continues Focus on Strengthening Growth Businesses

Air Products today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its interest in its vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) polymers joint ventures to Wacker Chemie AG, its long-time joint venture partner. As part of the agreement, Air Products will receive full ownership in the Elkton, Md., and Piedmont, S.C., production facilities and their related businesses plus cash considerations of $265 million. The sale is part of Air Productspreviously announced portfolio management activities intended to make the company a more focused, less cyclical and higher growth company.


The sale consists of the global VAE polymers operations including production facilities located in Calvert City, Ky.; South Brunswick, N.J.; Cologne, Germany; and Ulsan, Korea; and commercial and research capabilities in Lehigh Valley, Pa., and Burghausen, Germany.

 


Aramco, Air Products, ACWA to form JV in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco, Air Products and ACWA Power signed on Sunday an agreement outlining terms for setting up a gasification/power joint venture in Saudi Arabia with assets bought from the state energy giant.

“The JV will purchase the gasification assets, power block and the associated utilities from Saudi Aramco for approximately $8 billion,” they said a statement.

According to the term sheet, U.S.-based Air Products will own at least 55 percent of the joint venture, to be set up in Jazan Economic City (JEC), with Saudi Aramco and ACWA Power owning the balance, the statement said.

The joint venture will own and operate the facility under a 25-year contract for a fixed monthly fee. Saudi Aramco will supply feedstock and the joint venture will produce power, hydrogen and other utilities for Aramco.

The statement said the assets are currently under construction and would be transferred to the joint venture upon start-up, scheduled in 2019.

“The JV will serve Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Refinery and terminal at Jazan Economic City, a megaproject that will process heavy and medium crude oil to create liquefied petroleum gas, sulfur, asphalt, benzene and paraxylene, and add 400,000 barrels per day of refining capacity,” it added.

The refinery on the Red Sea is part of a plan to revive the southwestern region by building an economic city which will help create thousands of jobs.

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), has a total shareholding of 25 percent in Riyadh-based ACWA Power, a developer and operator of power and water plants.
Saudi Aramco, Air Products, ACWA to form $8B-plus power joint venture

Saudi Aramco release

The JV will purchase the gasification assets, power block and the associated utilities from Saudi Aramco for approximately over $8 billion. These assets are currently under construction and will be transferred to the JV upon successful start-up, scheduled in 2019.

The JV will own and operate the facility under a 25-year contract for a fixed monthly fee. Saudi Aramco will supply feedstock to the JV, and the JV will produce power, hydrogen and other utilities for Saudi Aramco. Air Products will own at least 55 percent of the JV, with Saudi Aramco and ACWA Power owning the balance.

The JV builds upon the importance and recognition that critical infrastructure assets in the region are being developed and operated under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.

The consortium will increase job opportunities and transfer the most advanced technologies in this field to the Kingdom, and enable Saudi talent to employ this technology for the first time.

The JV will serve Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Refinery and terminal at JEC, a megaproject that will process heavy and medium crude oil to create liquefied petroleum gas, sulfur, asphalt, benzene and paraxylene, and add 400,000 barrels per day of refining capacity.