Shire Pharmaceuticals Honors Airgas East With 2005 Supplier Excellence Award.RADNOR, Pa. -- Shire Shire or Shiré (both: shē`rā), river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, flowing from the southern end of Lake Nyasa, Malawi, SE Africa, to the Zambezi River in central Mozambique. It is navigable to Nsanje. Pharmaceutical's Cambridge, MA-based human genetic therapies business unit has honored Airgas East with a Supplier Excellence Award for its performance in supplying specialty gases and related products during 2005. The biotechnology research facility, known as Shire Human Genetic Therapies, was acquired by Shire in July 2005 from Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. and has been served by Airgas' Hingham, MA location for several years. Airgas acquired the Hingham location as part of its acquisition of the BOC (Bell Operating Company) One of 22 companies that was formerly part of AT&T and later organized into seven regional companies. See RBOC. U.S. packaged gas business in 2004. Shire's research facility and manufacturing team rates its suppliers on a 100-point scale based on various factors, including on-time deliveries, quality, error-free deliveries, and customer service. During 2005, Airgas received scores of 97 or greater out of a possible 100 points in each quarter of 2005. "As we both have undergone changes in our respective teams, the Airgas service has become a constant that has allowed Shire to stay focused on developing and commercializing treatments for rare genetic diseases," said Adi Mohanty, vice president of manufacturing for Shire Human Genetic Therapies. "We are excited about winning this honor from Shire's team in Cambridge," said Airgas East President Jim Muller. "Shire and other members of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council are an exciting, vibrant part of the region's economy that we are pleased to serve. Congratulations go to the entire Airgas team in Hingham and throughout the region who helped deliver this great consistent service." About Airgas, Inc. Airgas, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ARG See argument. arg - argument ), through its subsidiaries, is the largest U.S. distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, and related hardgoods, such as welding equipment and supplies. Airgas is also the third-largest U.S. distributor of safety products, the largest U.S. producer of nitrous oxide nitrous oxide or nitrogen (I) oxide, chemical compound, N2O, a colorless gas with a sweetish taste and odor. Its density is 1.977 grams per liter at STP. It is soluble in water, alcohol, ether, and other solvents. and dry ice, the largest liquid 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. producer in the Southeast, and a leading distributor of process chemicals, refrigerants Chemical refrigerants are assigned an R number(sometimes the label replaces it with the word Freon) which is determined systematically according to molecular structure. The following is a list of refrigerants with their R numbers, IUPAC chemical name, molecular formula, and CAS number. and ammonia products. Its 10,000 employees work in about 900 locations including branches, retail stores, gas fill plants, specialty gas labs, production facilities and distribution centers. Airgas also distributes its products and services through eBusiness, catalog and telesales telesales Noun the selling of a commodity or service by telephone telesales npl → televentas fpl telesales npl → channels. Its national scale and strong local presence offer a competitive edge to its diversified customer base. For more information, please visit www.airgas.com. |
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