Airgas to build Ala. air separation unit
Airgas signed a long-term agreement to build an air separation unit (ASU) in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The facility will supply tonnage oxygen, nitrogen and argon via pipeline to Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc., a subsidiary of Nucor Corporation, at its steel manufacturing plant.
"We're excited about our new partnership with Nucor and look forward to serving its gas needs in Tuscaloosa with our new, state-of-the-art atmospheric gas production facility," said Airgas president and chief executive officer Michael L. Molinini.
Airgas' new large-scale ASU will be constructed adjacent to the existing Nucor facility and is expected to be on-stream in the spring of 2017. The ASU will also produce oxygen, nitrogen, and argon to support the region's merchant bulk gas market.
Airgas currently owns and operates 16 ASUs and is the fifth-largest producer of atmospheric gases in the U.S.
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