Praxair builds world's largest advanced air separation plants to supply Spain steel mills.DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1996--Praxair, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PX) recently completed construction of two of the world's largest advanced air separation oxygen production facilities. The 133 tons-per-day (120 metric tons) facilities supply two Ucin Group steel-producing mini mills in Spain, and will utilize Praxair's vacuum pressure swing adsorption Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) is a technology used to separate some gas species from a mixture of gases under pressure according to the species' molecular characteristics and affinity for an adsorbent material. (VPSA VPSA Vice President for Student Affairs VPSA Vainshtein-Presnyakov-Sobelman Approximation ) technology. Praxair installed its latest technology at Ucin's Madrid and Azpeitia production facilities, which had both previously utilized liquid oxygen. "These installations represent significant progress in our global initiative to offer technology that brings value to our customers' changing production processes by meeting their stringent productivity requirements," said Edgar G. Hotard, President, Praxair. "Our VPSA systems provide a reliable source of low-cost oxygen, and allow our customers to significantly decrease capital costs, energy consumption and general system operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales ." The expanded capacity of Praxair's VPSA technology enables the company to cost-effectively serve a broader range of oxygen customers. Large-volume oxygen users previously had to choose between higher cost alternatives such as two smaller VPSA systems or a cryogenic facility. Praxair VPSA and membrane supply system contracts represent 8,100 tons of contracted oxygen and nitrogen capacity for more than 700 customers worldwide. The company plans to bring at least three more 120-ton facilities on-stream by the end of 1996. Ucin, one of Europe's largest mini mill producers, operates three mills The Three Mills are former working mills on the River Lee in the East End of London, one of London’s oldest still-surviving industrial centres. The largest and most powerful of the four remaining tidal mills is possibly the largest tidal mill in the world. in Spain and one in Bayonne, France, and serves the European construction industry with 2.5 million tons of annual production. Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and one of the largest worldwide, with annual sales of more than $4 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high- performance surface coating. Praxair is also the world's largest supplier 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. and a recognized leader in the commercialization of new technologies that bring productivity and environmental benefits to a diverse group of industries. CONTACT: Praxair, Inc. Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Ashe (203) 837-2026 (203) 837-2454 (fax) |
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