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Praxair China Supplies Gases to Shipyards and Helps Energy & Cost Saving


SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 26 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Praxair (China) Investment Co., Ltd. has signed a gases supply contract with Guangzhou Longxue Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (GLS), an affiliate of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). Praxair China also supplies gases to CSSC's Changxing Island Shipbuilding Base in Shanghai.

Since the 1990s, Praxair China has been supplying high quality liquid oxygen to local shipyards, replacing small air separation units that consume more energy and large volumes of packaged gas. The new supply system also improves the reliability of supply as well as providing significant costs and energy savings.

Praxair China has also been developing new gas applications for the shipyards as well as providing improvements in welding and cutting technologies to combat various technical problems encountered by the shipyards.

"This GLS contract provides Praxair China with another opportunity to support the energy saving and improved environmental performance of the shipbuilding industry in China", said David Chow, President of Praxair China.

Praxair has also been working with other customers in China's shipbuilding industry including Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd., CSSC Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, Shanghai Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and COSCO-Shipyards etc.

Recently, Praxair China participated in the China International Exhibition on Equipment for Shipbuilding Industry, Ship Design & Manufacturing Technology 2008. As the only exhibitor from the industrial gas sector, Praxair China presented a technical paper titled "Gas Application in Hybrid Laser-MAG Welding of Steel Structures for Shipbuilding" to introduce Praxair's state-of-the-art application technologies as well as the benefits they can bring to customers.

About Praxair China

Praxair (China) Investment Co., Ltd is a leading industrial gas provider in China. It is headquartered in Shanghai, has 15 wholly owned companies, 10 joint ventures and over 1200 employees in the country with 2007 sales of more than $ 300 million. More information on Praxair China is available on the Internet at http://www.praxair.cn .

About Praxair

Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and one of the largest worldwide, with 2007 sales of $9.4 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and technologies bring productivity and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and others. More information on Praxair is available on the Internet at http://www.praxair.com .

Source: Praxair (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
Keywords: Chemical
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