Praxair to Build a Specialty Gases Facility in Nanjing, China

Praxair to Build a Specialty Gases Facility in Nanjing, China

September 17, 2007

    DANBURY, Conn., Sept. 17 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Praxair
(China) Investment Co. Ltd has announced plans to build a
new state-of-the-art specialty gases facility in the
Nanjing Science Park, in Nanjing, China.  

    "This facility will allow Praxair to dramatically
increase its presence in the rapidly growing Chinese
specialty gas markets," said David Chow, president of
Praxair China.  "With the addition of high-purity
gases, calibration gases and ultra-high-purity gases for
the electronics segment, this facility will also be capable
of producing complex mixtures for research laboratories and
emission testing centers being developed throughout
China."

    The facility, scheduled to start up in August 2008,
will consist of a specialty gas laboratory, calibration
equipment and gas analyzers, and high purity cylinder
filling operations.  Markets served will include the
petrochemical, automobile, lighting, and pollution control
industries as well as numerous laboratories and research
centers.  It will also enhance Praxair's capability to
develop new applications technologies specifically for
Chinese customers.  In a second phase, the facility will
process electronics-grade gases and mixtures to serve the
semiconductor industry.

    About Praxair China

    Praxair (China) Investment Co., Ltd is a leading
industrial gases provider in China.  It is headquartered in
Shanghai and has 13 wholly owned companies and 11 joint
ventures in China. More information on Praxair China is
available on the Internet at http://www.praxair.com.cn .

    About Praxair

    Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) is the largest industrial
gases company in North and South America, and one of the
largest worldwide, with 2006 sales of $8.3 billion.  The
company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric,
process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface
coatings.  Praxair products, services and technologies
bring productivity and environmental benefits to a wide
variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food
and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare,
manufacturing, metals and others. More information on
Praxair is available on the Internet at
http://www.praxair.com .



    For more information, please contact:

    Praxair (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
     Li Zhenmin 
     Director, Product Management and Marketing
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