Praxair, through a subsidiary, has expanded its presence in China, signing a long-term contract to supply industrial gases to Nanjing Jinling Huntsman New Materials, a joint venture between Sinopec Jinling and Huntsman. Jinling Huntsman will use the gases to help build a propylene oxide and methyl tertiary butyl ether plant in Nanjing, China. Propylene oxide is a compound used to make polyurethane materials, and methyl tertiary butyl ether is a clean fuel additive.
Praxair will erect the air-separation unit, with a capacity of 900 tons per day of oxygen, in Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park, a state-level interconnected chemical production facility. Praxair will also build a pipeline in the park to help meet the industrial gas requirements of Jinling Huntsman and other customers throughout the park. The air separation is expected to start up in 2016.
"The air separation plant that we will build will establish Praxair as the first industrial gases pipeline supplier in NCIP, with great potential to supply more customers in the new phase of this top-notch chemical park," Dr. Minda Ho, president of Praxair China, said in a statement.
Praxair, which has done business in China more than 20 years, has a strong track record of developing industrial gases supply networks in leading chemical industrial parks such as Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, Huizhou Daya Bay Chemical Industrial Park and Yangzhou Chemical Industry Park, according to Ho.
18-Jul-14 
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