Foreign companies favor China's industrial gas market

U.S. Air Products announced recently that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pamela (China) Co., Ltd., has provided PRISM membrane separators for oxygen-enriched equipment in passenger train cars on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to ensure that it rides on the roof of the world. Passengers of the train can breathe more comfortably. This move has become another important move for the company to enter the Chinese market.

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway opened to traffic on July 1st, the length of the railway from Golmud in Qinghai to Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region is 1,142 kilometers, and the highest point is 5072 meters above sea level. As the altitude rises, the oxygen content in the air will drop, causing breathing difficulties. The PRISM Membrane Separator provided by Air Products Chemicals produces oxygen-enriched air that mixes with the original air in the passenger compartment of the train, allowing the total oxygen content in the air to reach 23%, ensuring that passengers are normally traveling on the plateau Breathing.

According to reports, Air Products’ PRISM membrane series is a reliable and durable membrane separation system that separates pure oxygen and nitrogen from gases through permeation. The PRISM production line for gas generation systems supplies nitrogen and oxygen to more than 1,500 customers in more than 30 countries around the world. The current global markets involved include electronics, food, metallurgical, chemical and energy processes.

Previously, Air Products announced that its new air separation plant in Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province, China was officially completed and put into production. The plant will be the first Asian joint venture glass fiber manufacturer in the Tongxiang Economic Development Zone in Zhejiang Province. Jushi Group Co., Ltd. supplies gaseous oxygen. In addition, the new plant will also supply 300 tons of liquid gas products per day to the local market to meet the increasing demand for liquid gas products in East China. According to reports, Air Products is one of the first global industrial gas manufacturing companies to enter the Chinese market. As early as 1987, it entered the Chinese market and established a joint venture company, and it has occupied a leading position in China's major industrial gas market. Air Products has been supplying oxygen to Jushi Group since 2004 and signed a new long-term contract with it in November last year. Air Products will supply oxygen to the second phase of Jushi Group. Recently, the two sides are fully discussing the supply of gas for the third phase of the project. This will enable Air Products to form a more economical liquid product supply network in East China, one of the most important manufacturing bases in the world.