Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is headquartered in Pennsylvania, U.S. and specializes in industrial gases and chemicals. Prominently, in June 2021, Air Products and its subsidiary, Air Products Canada Ltd., teamed up with the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta to launch a multi-billion-dollar plan to construct a ground-breaking net-zero hydrogen energy complex.
Founded in 1940, Air Products & Chemicals sells industrial gases and chemicals, and provides related equipment and expertise to a wide range of industries, including refining, chemical, metals, electronics, manufacturing and food and beverage.
In addition to producing oxygen, nitrogen, argon and helium, the company operates more than 100 hydrogen plants and maintains the world’s largest hydrogen distribution network. Air Products has an extensive hydrogen dispensing technology patent portfolio and has been involved in more than 250 hydrogen fueling projects worldwide. The company has invested US$7 billion to be able to supply green hydrogen to power buses and trucks globally by 2025.
Air Products has a joint venture project with ACWA Power and NEOM in Saudi Arabia, the NEOM Green Hydrogen Complex, which will be powered by four gigawatts of renewable power from solar, wind and storage to produce 650 tons per day of hydrogen by electrolysis.