Praxair's AMKO Services Adds Additional Pneumatic Retesting Capabilities.Business Editors DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2004 AMKO Service Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PX) announced today that it is now offering pneumatic retesting of 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. trailers at its Adelanto, California Adelanto is a city in San Bernardino County, California about 9 miles northwest of Victorville. The population was 18,130 at the 2000 census. The name Adelanto is Spanish for progress or advance facility. In addition to the Adelanto facility, pneumatic retesting of carbon dioxide trailers is performed at AMKO's Gnadenhutten, Ohio Gnadenhutten is a village located on the Tuscarawas River in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,280 at the 2000 census. Gnadenhutten was founded as a settlement of German and Lenape Native Americans affiliated with the Moravian Church. facility. The pneumatic test when compared to standard hydrostatic testing reduces testing time by approximately 25% and eliminates introduction of water into the vessel that may contribute to contamination, oxidation and additional dry out time. The pneumatic retesting process can be used on trailer equipment used to transport liquid industrial gas products including carbon dioxide, ammonia, liquid natural gas, 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. , nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen. "AMKO is pleased to be able to extend our pneumatic retesting service to additional AMKO sites. Customers will benefit from AMKO's many years of experience performing pneumatic trailer testing," said AMKO President Mike Sinicropi. "All AMKO locations are registered with the US Department of Transportation and Transport Canada Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. History as qualified retest facilities." Headquartered in Dover, Ohio, AMKO is a comprehensive service provider to the industrial gas industry with over 125 specialists operating from 5 U.S. facilities. AMKO offers a wide variety of cryogenic services including manufacture of new cryogenic trailers and rehabilitation and repair of cryogenic trailers, tanks and railcars, and the fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of vacuum jacketed piping and gas regulator manifolds. AMKO is qualified to perform acoustic emission retesting of high-pressure cylinders, both mobile and stationary, at its U.S. locations and overseas. Additional information about AMKO is available on the Internet at www.amkoservice.com. Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and one of the largest worldwide, with 2003 sales of $5.6 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process, and specialty gases as well as gas and equipment related technologies and services to a wide variety of processing industries. Praxair is a recognized leader in the commercialization of new technologies that bring productivity and environmental benefits to a diverse group of industries. For more information about Praxair visit www.praxair.com or call toll free: 1-800-PRAXAIR. |
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