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Praxair Mexico Signs Contract with Fonderia

11/01/2010 - Praxair Mexico has signed a contract with Fondería to supply oxygen through a vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) plant, which is expected to begin operations in the third quarter of 2011.

Praxair Mexico has signed a contract with Fondería to supply oxygen through a vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) plant designed to increase Fondería’s productivity in its annual steel production of 600,000 tonnes.
 
Under this new contract, Praxair Mexico will supply 120 tonnes of oxygen per day and is expected to begin operations in the third quarter of 2011.
 
“We have been working with Praxair Mexico for the past four years and are very pleased with their reliable and safe performance,” said Fernando Abaroa, General Director of Fondería. “We are looking forward to having Praxair as a strategic partner in this new project.”
 
“On behalf of Praxair Mexico, we reiterate our commitment to continued reliable, safe supply of products and technologies that support Fondería’s expansion, growth, and development,” said Murilo Melo, President and General Director of Praxair Mexico.
 
Fondería, S.A. de C.V. is part of Grupo Siderúrgico, located in San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México. The company produces commercial steel billets for the construction industry, selling to Grupo Siderurgico as well as other companies in and outside México.
 
Praxair Mexico, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., is a leading industrial gas provider in Mexico, operating as a global company. It operates more than 300 production, distribution, and sales sites, has 2500 employees, and serves more than 35,000 customers in a range of industries. 
 
Praxair, Inc. is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and one of the largest worldwide, with 2009 sales of $9 billion. The company produces, sells, and distributes atmospheric, process, and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services, and technologies benefit a variety of industries, including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals, and others.