Praxair Awarded NASA Contract; Will Supply Hydrogen to Space Programs
January 22 2015 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX), North America’s largest industrial
gases manufacturer and largest liquid hydrogen producer, has been
awarded NASA’s agency-wide Acquisition of Liquid Hydrogen contract.
Praxair’s hydrogen supply network will serve four NASA sites,
including Stennis Space Center, Mississippi; Kennedy Space Center,
Florida; Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama; and Glenn Research
Center, Ohio. NASA projected the maximum value of the five-year
contract to be $53 million.
Praxair’s hydrogen manufacturing infrastructure and delivery
capability satisfies NASA’s stringent standards for product quality
and on-time delivery to fulfill the agency’s missions. NASA uses
liquid hydrogen as fuel for rocket engine development, testing and
launch of spacecraft; delivery of satellites into earth orbit; and
delivery of payloads to the International Space Station.
In addition to the hydrogen supply, NASA awarded Praxair a
five-year liquid oxygen supply agreement for the Kennedy Space
Center, and previously, the Department of Defense awarded Praxair a
five-year liquid hydrogen supply agreement for missions launched
from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
“NASA has been a longtime customer of Praxair, and we are proud
to have been awarded this contract,” said Jeff Barnhard, vice
president, east region for Praxair’s U.S. industrial gases
business. “We look forward to playing an even larger role in our
country’s national space program and the expanding satellite
technology industry.”
Praxair will serve the NASA requirements from three production
facilities located in Alabama, Indiana and New York. The company’s
Niagara Falls, New York, production facility is preparing to
commission an expansion project that enhances Praxair’s capability
to fulfill potential mission growth and new applications.
About Praxair
Praxair, Inc., a Fortune 250 company with 2013 sales of $12
billion, is the largest industrial gases company in North and South
America and one of the largest worldwide. The company produces,
sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and
high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and
technologies are making our planet more productive by bringing
efficiency and environmental benefits to a wide variety of
industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage,
electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, primary metals and
many others. More information about Praxair, Inc. is available at
www.praxair.com.
PraxairJason Stewart,
Media203-837-2448jason_stewart@praxair.comorKelcey Hoyt,
Investors203-837-2118kelcey_hoyt@praxair.com
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