Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is an American industrial gases company headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, founded in 1940 by Leonard Pool to supply oxygen to industrial customers by building on-site gas plants rather than shipping cylinders. It grew into one of the world's largest suppliers of atmospheric and process gases, serving industries including refining, chemicals, electronics and steelmaking.
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Company TypeIndustrial gases and chemicals corporation, publicly traded (NYSE: APD) 1 Founded Year HeadquartersTrexlertown, Pennsylvania 1 Connections
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A major chemical company; classified in the atlas chemical-industry.
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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is a U.S.-based international corporation whose principal business is selling gases and chemicals for industrial use. Air Products is headquartered in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
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