Air Products signs long-term contract to supply the steel industry in Malaysia

摘要

Air Products has signed a long-term contract with Ann Joo Steel Berhad to supply onsite gaseous oxygen, nitrogen and argon to Ann Joo Steel's mill at Prai, northwest Malaysia. Air Products will build, own and operate an on-site air separation unit (ASU) to supply Ann Joo Steel. Scheduled to come on-stream in mid-2009, the ASU will have a total production capacity of more than 800-tpd (tons per day), including liquefied industrial gases for supply to the fast growing market in Malaysia.