Airgas will build an air separation unit (ASU) in Carrollton, KY, to supply Dow Corning Corporation and to meet increasing demand for bulk and packaged gases in the region.
Airgas will build the plant on Dow Cornings property located on Four Mile Road with engineering and equipment provided by Universal Industrial Gases (UIG). Airgas and Dow Corning signed a long-term agreement effective immediately for gaseous nitrogen, giving the project a key base-load pipeline customer. When completed in late 2008, the plant will have the capacity to liquefy at least 350 tons per day of nitrogen, oxygen, and argon. Its expandable design will support additional pipeline customers and liquid production.
Servicing the unserved
We look forward to serving Dow Cornings needs with this new state-of-the-art production facility, said Mike Molinini, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Airgas. This project fits with our previously announced strategy to consider our own plants to augment our gas supply in those markets that remain underserved by the industry.
Dow Corning Supply Manager Jodi Dudley commented, This agreement with Airgas will provide a long-term, economical source of nitrogen for our Carrollton facility. We are pleased to be working with Airgas to move this project to the next phase.
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