BOC wins CGA Fleet Safety and Environmental Excellence awards.MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
See: New York Stock Exchange :BOX), one of the world's largest industrial gases companies, has been recognized by the Compressed Gas Association The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) is involved in the development and promotion of safety standards and safe practices in the industrial and medical gas industry in the USA. (CGA (Color/Graphics Adapter) The first video display standard for the IBM PC. This low-resolution system was superseded by EGA and then VGA. CGA required a digital RGB Color Display monitor. See PC display modes. CGA - Color Graphics Adapter ) for excellent safety and environmental performance in 2005. The CGA awarded BOC with its prestigious Fleet Safety and its Environmental Excellence awards at the industry group's annual meeting in Florida last month. The Environmental Excellence award recognizes industrial gases companies whose efforts have a significantly positive effect on our environment. BOC received the award for work done at its City of Industry, Calif., air separation plant. BOC received the Fleet Safety award for the safe driving of its cylinder trucks in the over 3 million-mile category. BOC's fleet of some 200 trucks in Canada and the U.S. covered 6.4 million miles in 2005. These drivers supply customers in all 10 of Canada's provinces with a range of industrial, medical and specialty gases for use in applications ranging from welding to healthcare and laboratory testing. In the U.S., BOC supplies liquid and gaseous helium to customers for a variety of uses, including scientific research, medical testing and equipment manufacturing. This is the second time BOC has received the cylinder truck Fleet Safety award. BOC is a seven-time recipient of the CGA's bulk fleet safety award in the over 20 million-mile category. "At BOC, we put safety first in everything we do. Put simply, we do not want anyone to get hurt. Everyone here at BOC is very proud of our Canadian and Helium distribution people for winning this award. It is tremendous recognition for the safety effort put in every day by a team that really cares about the customers and the people around them," said Kevin Baudhuin, president, Industrial and Special Products, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . In City of Industry, BOC redesigned and upgraded its plant, which produces oxygen, nitrogen and 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. , to increase efficiency and capacity and reduce energy usage. Since the upgrade in January 2005, the plant's utility provider, Pacific Gas & Electric, has also been able to reduce its carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. emissions by some 3.6 million pounds a year. "BOC is pleased we were able to deliver a net positive effect on the environment. This project, and others like it, reflects BOC's overall commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy environment for our employees, customers and neighbors wherever we do business," said Trevor Burt, president, Process Gas Solutions, North America. The BOC Group (NYSE:BOX), the worldwide industrial gases, vacuum technologies and distribution services company, serves two million customers in more than 50 countries. It employs 30,000 people and had annual sales of over $8.1 billion in 2005. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at http://www.boc.com. |
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