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Air Products To Supply On-site Air Separation Unit To Russian Petrochemical Company - Quick Facts

September 3, 2010, Friday, 00:22 GMT | 19:22 EST | 04:52 IST | 07:22 SGT

(RTTNews) - Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD) said it has received a contract to supply a new on-site air separation unit to Voronezhsintezkauchuk, part of Russia and Eastern Europe's leading petrochemical company SIBUR.

The air separation unit or 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.

As part of this agreement, Air Products' first with a state-owned Russian firm, the company will own, operate and maintain the ASU to be located at Voronezhsintezkauchuk's site.