Air Products Signs Contract with Russian Petrochemical Company (ADP)

Air Products (NYSE: APD) today announced a contract to supply Voronezhsintezkauchuk, part of Russia and Eastern Europe's leading petrochemical company SIBUR, with a new on-site air separation unit (ASU).

The ASU will have the capacity to produce up to 3,000m(3)/hour of gaseous nitrogen when on-stream in 2012, plus up to 16,000m(3)/hour of dry compressed air. In addition to providing Voronezhsintezkauchuk with all of its industrial gas requirements, Air Products will supply liquid product to the Russian market.