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Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (APD)On Dec 15: 81.93   0.00 (0.00%)  
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Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
7201 Hamilton Boulevard
Allentown, PA 18195-1501
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Phone: 610-481-4911
Fax: 610-481-5900
Web Site: http://www.airproducts.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Basic Materials
Industry:Chemicals - Major Diversified
Full Time Employees:18,400

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. offers atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services worldwide. The company’s Merchant Gases segment sells atmospheric gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen, and argon; process gases, including hydrogen and helium; and certain medical and specialty gases for the metal, glass, chemical processing, food processing, healthcare, steel, general manufacturing, and petroleum and natural gas industries. This segment also offers respiratory therapies, home medical equipment, and infusion services primarily in Europe. Its Tonnage Gases segment provides hydrogen, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, oxygen, and syngas principally to the energy production and refining, chemical, and metallurgical industries, as well as produces dinitrotoluene used in the manufacture of a precursor of flexible polyurethane foam. The company’s Electronics and Performance Materials segment offers specialty gases, such as nitrogen trifluoride, silane, arsine, phosphine, white ammonia, silicon tetrafluoride, carbon tetrafluoride, hexafluoromethane, critical etch gases, and tungsten hexafluoride, as well as tonnage gases, specialty chemicals, and services and equipment for the manufacture of silicon and compound semiconductors, thin film transistor liquid crystal displays, and photovoltaic devices. This segment also provides performance materials primarily for coatings, inks, adhesives, civil engineering, and personal care products. Its Equipment and Energy segment designs and manufactures cryogenic and gas processing equipment for air separation, hydrocarbon recovery and purification, natural gas liquefaction, and helium distribution, as well as offers plant design, engineering, procurement, and construction management services principally to chemical and petrochemical manufacturing, and oil and gas recovery and processing industries. The company was founded in 1940 and is based in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Air Products & Chemicals Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Dec-09 is better than 50.6% of S&P 500 companies and 88.4% of Materials companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. John McGlade , 55
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Pres and Chairman of Exec. Committee
    $ 1.20M $ 436.00K
    Mr. Mario L. Baeza J.D., 55
    Founder, Director, Chairman of Corp. Governance & Nominating Committee, Member of Exec. Committee and Member of Environmental, Safety & Public Policy Committee
    $ 103.00KN/A
    Mr. Paul E. Huck , 59
    Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 650.00K $ 588.00K
    Mr. Robert D. Dixon , 50
    Sr. VP and Gen. Mang. of Merchant Gases
    $ 460.00K $ 459.00K
    Mr. Scott A. Sherman , 58
    Sr. VP of Strategic Devel. & Execution
    $ 500.00K $ 765.00K
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-09 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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