BOC Gases Angleton, Texas, Special Gases Plant Begins Operations.Business Editors MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. Gases newest special gases production and cylinder distribution facility in Angleton, Texas
Angleton is the county seatGR6 of Brazoria County in the U.S. , has begun operating, serving its Texas Gulf Coast-area process chemical and refining customers. BOC invested nearly $4 million in the new facility, which employs some 20 people and is located on 35 acres in Angleton. Scott Hickes, product manager, special products, BOC, said, "This plant plays a critical role in the BOC supply chain for the Houston area. It helps us meet increasing customer demand for specialty gas mixtures and pure gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon argon (är`gŏn) [Gr.,=inert], gaseous chemical element; symbol Ar; at. no. 18; at. wt. 39.948; m.p. −189.2°C;; b.p. −185.7°C;; density 1.784 grams per liter at STP; valence 0. , and helium." The Angleton plant is the newest addition to BOC's expanding North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. network of more than 115 compressed gas filling facilities. This network supplies more than five million compressed cylinders a year to a variety of manufacturing and testing facilities throughout the U. S. and Canada. The BOC Group (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BOX), the worldwide industrial gases, vacuum technologies and distribution services company, serves two million customers in more than 50 countries. It employs some 43,000 people and had annual sales over $6 billion in 2001. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at http://www.boc.com. --30--ds/ny* csm
CONTACT: The BOC Group
Kristina Schurr, 908/771-1510
kristina.schurr@us.gases.boc.com
KEYWORD: NEW JERSEY
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: CHEMICALS/PLASTICS MANUFACTURING OIL/GAS
SOURCE: The BOC Group
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