LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Feb. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Effective March 1, 2017, or as
contracts permit, Air Products (NYSE: APD) will increase product
pricing for merchant customers in North America. The pricing
adjustments include increases of:
- Up to 20% for liquid argon
- Up to 15% for liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, liquid and bulk
hydrogen
- Up to 10% for liquid carbon dioxide, liquid and bulk
helium
Based on specific situations, some price adjustments may be
outside of these ranges.
These price adjustments are in response to increased operating
costs and will also support continued investments to improve the
reliability, security, and safety of Air Products' operations.
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,
2016.
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SOURCE Air Products