LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Oct. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Air
Products (NYSE:APD) will join companies and organizations across
the nation in celebrating National Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Day on
October 8 (10/08), the date chosen in
recognition of the atomic weight of hydrogen (1.008). This is the
fourth year in a row that the United
States (U.S.) has observed National Hydrogen & Fuel Cell
Day. It has also been formally recognized by the U.S. Senate for
the fourth year with the passage of Senate Resolution 664.
To commemorate the day, Air Products will display its hydrogen
fuel cell-powered Toyota Mirai at the America on Wheels museum in
Allentown (5 North Front Street)
on Saturday, October 6, at
11:00 a.m. In addition, as part of
the museum's speaker series, Nick
Mittica, commercial manager for Hydrogen Energy Systems at
Air Products, will educate visitors on the benefits of hydrogen
fuel cell cars that turn hydrogen into electricity, as well as
discuss how far the technology has come today.
"We are excited to make our hydrogen fuel cell vehicle available
to visitors at America On Wheels and appreciate the opportunity to
educate the public about the benefits that fuel cells and hydrogen
technologies provide in generating reliable and resilient power,
improving the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and
increasing America's energy security," said Mittica. "We will have
a raffle drawing where one lucky visitor will have the opportunity
to get behind the wheel of the Toyota Mirai and experience
first-hand that hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are clean, efficient,
and quiet."
Air Products, the leading global supplier of hydrogen to
refineries to assist in producing cleaner burning transportation
fuels, has vast experience in the hydrogen fueling industry. In
fact, several sites today for certain hydrogen fueling applications
are fueling at rates of over 75,000 refills per year. Use of the
company's fueling technology is increasing and is over 1,500,000
hydrogen fills per year. The company has been involved in over 250
hydrogen fueling projects in the United
States and 20 countries worldwide. Cars, trucks, vans,
buses, scooters, forklifts, locomotives, planes, cell towers,
material handling equipment, and even submarines have been fueled
with trend-setting Air Products' SmartFuel®
technologies.
Air Products has more than 60 years of hydrogen experience and
an extensive patent portfolio in hydrogen dispensing technology.
Air Products provides liquid and gaseous hydrogen and a variety of
enabling devices and protocols for fuel dispensing at varied
pressures. Hydrogen for these stations can be delivered to a site
via truck or pipeline, produced by natural gas reformation, biomass
conversion, or by electrolysis, including electrolysis that is
solar and wind driven.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE:APD) is a world-leading Industrial Gases
company in operation for over 75 years. The Company's core
industrial gases business provides atmospheric and process gases
and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including
refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food and
beverage. Air Products is also the world's leading supplier of
liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment.
The Company had fiscal 2017 sales of $8.2
billion from continuing operations in 50 countries
and has a current market capitalization of about $35 billion. Approximately 15,000 passionate,
talented and committed employees from a diversity of backgrounds
are driven by Air Products' higher purpose to create innovative
solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and
address the challenges facing customers, communities and the world.
For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2017.
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