Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (工业气体、化学品)
http://www.airproducts.com
Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in technology, energy,
healthcare and industrial markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of
products, services and solutions, providing atmospheric gases, process
and specialty gases, performance materials and chemical intermediates.
Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key
growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen,
home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced
coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative
culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the
environment and is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability and
FTSE4Good Indices. The company has annual revenues of $7.4 billion,
operations in over 30 countries, and nearly 20,000 employees around
the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.
Air Products At a Glance (Fiscal 2004)
Ticker Symbol:  APD
Exchange Listings:      New York Stock Exchange; Pacific Exchange, Inc.
Fortune 500 Ranking (April 2004):       295th in sales, 277th in total assets
Sales:  $7.4 billion
Operating Income:       $880 million
Net Income:     $604 million
Diluted Earnings Per Share:     $2.64
Dividends Per Share:    $1.04
Capital Expenditures:   $816 million
Operating Return on Net Assets: 9.5%
Research and Development Spending:      $127 million
Return on Average Shareholders' Equity: 14.7%
Markets Served: Technology, energy, healthcare, industrial
Portfoli      Atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance
materials, chemical intermediates, equipment, services
Growth Areas:   Electronic specialty materials, refinery hydrogen,
homecare services, performance materials, Asia
Global Headquarters:    Allentown, Pennsylvania (corporate); Hersham, UK
(Europe); S鉶 Paulo and Mexico City (Latin America); Singapore and Hong
Kong (Asia)
Countries of Operation: 30+
Employees:      19,900
Core Brand Characteristics:     Understanding, integrity and passion
2004 Consolidated Sales by Business Segment

Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         70%


Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5%

Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   25%
       2004 Consolidated Sales by Destination

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   50%


Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        28%

Canada and Latin America . . . . . . . . . . .  5%

Asia/Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17%

With more than 60 hydrogen facilities worldwide, we are enabling
refiners to meet regulatory requirements and process cleaner-burning
gasoline and diesel.
With over 100 gases and chemicals for electronics manufacturing, we
are powering the next generation of semiconductors and liquid crystal
displays.
With our home respiratory, medical equipment and infusion services,
we are breathing new life into the healthcare industry.
With more than 30 hydrogen fueling stations throughout the world, we
are helping to engineer the transportation of the future.
With our novel performance chemicals, we're shaping evolving
industries such as nanotechnology, energy storage, optical coatings
and electrical materials.
With our patented liquefied natural gas heat exchanger technology,
more of the world's stranded natural gas is being processed to meet
growing energy requirements.
With access to more helium capacity than any other supplier,
we keep over half of the world's magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
machines superconductive.

http://www.airproducts.com/NR/rdonlyres/DD6EED2E-C99A-4C49-9925-C6F908BB3A30/0/CodeofConduct72005.pdf
   美国气体化工产品有限公司(纽约证交所证券代码APD)
是世界上最大的汽油和化工产品公司，美国化工50强NO.11(2002)。在全球范围内为科技，能源，医疗保健和工业制造等领域的客户提供独特的产品、服务、和解决方案。作为世界上唯一的同时生产气体产品和化学品的公司，除了工业气体产品，工艺和特种气体产品之外，还提供相关设备，特种化学品和化学中间体产品。自1940年创立以来，空气化工产品公司不仅在主要市场上居于领先地位,而且一直以创新的企业文化、完善的管理和对环境及安全的承诺得到广泛的认可。其业务遍及30多个国家，年销售额为63亿美元，拥有18,500名雇员，在理解、诚信和热情的基础上与客户成为牢固地合作伙伴并建立持久良好的合作关系。
飓风卡特里娜(Hurricane Katrina)已导致Air Products and Chemicals
Inc.在新奥尔良的一处设施关闭，该设施从事生产用于硅晶圆制造的氢。市场调研公司iSuppli认为，此事可能冲击全球的半导体生产业务。Air
Products and Chemicals Inc.的多数氢制造业务都集中在新奥尔良。

 

Code of Conduct for the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors has adopted the following Code of Conduct for
directors of the Company. The Code is intended to help foster the
highest ethical standards, integrity, and accountability; focus the
Board and each director on areas of potential ethical risk and
conflicts of interest; provide guidance to directors to help them
recognize and deal with ethical issues; and establish reporting
mechanisms.

No code or policy can anticipate every situation that may arise. The
Code is intended to serve as a source of guiding principles for
directors. Directors are encouraged to bring questions about
particular circumstances that may bear on one or more of the
provisions of this Code to the attention of the Chairman of the
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, who may consult with
inside or outside legal counsel as appropriate.

Conflict of Interest
Directors shall avoid conflicts of interest with the Company. Any
situation that involves, or may reasonably be expected to involve, a
conflict of interest with the Company shall be disclosed promptly to
the Chairman of the Board and the Chairman of the Corporate Governance
and Nominating Committee.

A conflict of interest occurs when a director's personal interest
interferes in any way, or appears to interfere, with the interest of
the Company as a whole.  Conflicts of interest also arise when a
director or a member of his or her immediate family receives improper
personal benefits as a result of his or her position as a director of
the Company.

Potential conflicts which directors should avoid include:

Relationship with third parties. Directors may not engage in any
conduct or activities which are inconsistent with the Company's best
interests or disrupt or impair the Company's relationship with any
person or firm with which the Company has or proposes to enter into a
business relationship. A director shall recuse himself from any Board
decision involving another firm or company with which the director is
affiliated.
Gifts. Directors and members of their immediate families may not
accept gifts from persons or firms who deal with the Company where the
gift is being made in order to influence the director's actions as a
member of the Board, or where acceptance of the gift could create the
appearance of a conflict of interest.



Corporate Opportunities
Directors owe a duty to the Company to advance the Company's interests
when the opportunity to do so arises. Directors may not: (a) take for
themselves opportunities that are discovered through the use of
Company property or information or through the director's position;
(b) use the Company's property or information or the director's
position for personal gain; or (c) compete with the Company, directly
or indirectly, for business opportunities that the Company is
pursuing.


Confidentiality
Directors shall maintain the confidentiality of information entrusted
to them by the Company and any other confidential information that
comes to them from whatever source in their capacity as a director,
except when disclosure is authorized or legally required. Confidential
information includes all non-public information that might be of use
to competitors or harmful to the Company or its customers if
disclosed.

Confidential information about the Company, including information that
can be expected to have an impact on the market for the Company's
stock may be released only in accordance with Company guidelines and
United States securities laws. Contacts with media organizations
should be handled through the Company's media office.


Compliance with Laws, Rules, and Regulations; Fair Dealing
Directors shall comply with all applicable laws, rules, and
regulations, including insider-trading laws.

Directors shall ensure that the Company has policies in place that
require fair dealing with the Company's customers, suppliers,
competitors, and provide that employees and officers shall not take
unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of
privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or any
other unfair dealing practices.


Protection and Proper Use of Company Assets
Directors shall protect the Company's assets and ensure their
efficient use. All Company assets shall be used for legitimate
business purposes.


Encouraging the Reporting of Any Illegal or Unethical Behavior
Directors should promote ethical behavior and provide oversight to
ensure that the Company (a) encourages employees to talk to
supervisors, managers, and other appropriate personnel when in doubt
about the best course of action in a particular situation and to
report violations of laws, rules, regulations, or the Company Code of
Conduct to appropriate personnel; and (b) informs employees that the
Company will not permit retaliation for such reports made in good
faith.


Compliance with the Code
Directors should communicate any potential concerns regarding the
application of provisions of the Code promptly to the Chairman of the
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee for review by the Board
or by a person or persons designated by the Board. If a significant
matter exists and cannot be resolved, the director should resign.


Waiver
Any waiver of this Code may be made only by the Board of Directors and
must be disclosed promptly to shareholders in accordance with New York
Stock Exchange rules.

 

美国气体化工产品公司

美国气体化产品有限公司(简称"APCI")始建于1940年，公司除销售工业气体外，还为各类工业提供特殊用途的气体，同时还生产化工产品和空分、能源及环保设备，其业务范围遍及世界各地。

APCI公司创立五十多年来，在悉心经营和不断的技术创新下，现已成为一个年营业额55亿美元，在全世界拥有三百多余家自己的气体厂，在三十多个国家拥有十万余家用户，雇员达一万六千余人的庞大企业，列在美国二百家大企业的排名榜上，公司总部位于美国宾西法尼亚州的阿灵顿市。

APCI公司下属二个部门：气体及设备部、化工部。

气体及设备部主要业务是：

设计、制造和运行用于气体分离、液化及纯化等工艺过程的低温与非低温设备。

生产与销售各种工业气体、特殊气体与稀有气体。

化工部主要生产乳化胶、聚乙烯醇、聚胺脂中间体、聚胺脂添加剂，特种添加剂及烷基胺等产品，上述产品的产量在美国居第一位，部分产品在世界上也名列前茅。

APCI公司是世界上气体分离技术的领导者，它不仅在设计制造低温气体液化、分离、纯化设备方面，而且在设计、制造非低温气体分离设备方面，在特种气体、电子气体生产技术方面也居世界领先水平，为了增加APCI在膜分离技术上的世界领先地位，1991年将柏美亚从原孟山都公司收购过来，作为APCI公司中专门从事气体分离膜研究和生产的子公司。

APCI公司是世界上最大的特种气体、电子气体生产者和供应商。自从电子工业产生与发展以来，APCI一直为电子客户提供产品与服务。自26年前在美国硅谷首次向客户提供现场供气与管道供氮，以及综合技术服务以来，APCI在电子行业成为世界领先的各种气体、设备、系统和综合服务的供应商。自从15年前在摩托罗拉公司形成全面气体和化学品管理(MEGASYSTM)的概念以来，此管理方式已推行到了13个国家的超过80个装配现场。目前APCI的气体和化学品供应方面在美国电子行业占有47%的市场份额，在全球有27%，均为排名第一。

目前，APCI已在中国设立了一个投资性公司、两个代表处、六个独资企业和三个合营企业。

APCI中国天津公司将扩大经营投资，采用国际先进的设备厂及工艺和科学的管理方法，在保税区内及区外生产、储存和销售各种微电子产业及其它产业用的气体。公司将面向北京、天津市及周边地区，以及国内外市场提供产品销售、仓储和各种服务。

公司将应用在世界各地，尤其是在美国硅谷地区和中国天津摩托罗拉公司MOS-17项目MEGASYSTM系统的成功经验，在天津微电子区内建立为微电子产业服务为主的气体生产基地、管道氮气供应网络及电子特种气体综合技术服务中心。基主要技术特点如下：

制氮设备采用世界最先进的工艺技术，用模块化方式设计与制造。达到了高可靠性、高效、节能、低成本、操作简便、维修方便。

对微电子区内企业的氮气使用，采用管道化的方式供应。将降低供应成本、提高供应可靠性、并可满足客户对气体供应量的灵活要求，满足区内日益增长的电子客户对高纯度氮气的需求。

由于APCI公司在气体分离设备的设计及制造方面的上述特点，使本公司在中国也获得了良好的声誉。

早在1987年，中国两个最大的钢铁公司-鞍钢及宝钢-相继为炼钢生产配套选用了APCI公司的空分设备，即宝钢的30,000NM3/H与鞍钢的35,000NM3/H制氧设备。

1994年宝钢公司又引进APCI公司一套72000NM3/H空分装置。这是亚洲目前最大的空分装置。该装置同时采用了当今世界空分技术最先进的六大技术(PSA法空气予净化、高效规整填料上塔、全精馏无氢制氩、部分液氧内升压、膜冷凝蒸发器、负荷跟踪自动调节)。APCI还将根据合同于1999年为南京化学工业集团公司提供一套46000NM3/H空分装置。

 

空气化工产品有限公司(Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
)是一家居世界领先地位的工业气体供应商，并且是唯一的气体及化学品相结合的公司。总部位于美国宾夕法尼亚州。公司创立于1940年，在全球30多个国家和地区拥有300多家气体生产厂，1.7万名员工和10余万客户，年营业额超过54亿美元。公司在纽约证券交易所上市，证券代码APD。

空气化工产品有限公司的产品包括普通空气气体产品，特种和加工气体，以及化学中间体产品，在全球范围内为科技，能源，医疗护理和工业制造等领域的客户提供独特的产品，服务和解决方案。空气化工产品有限公司是全球最大的电子特气，氢气和氦气的供应商。在"财富"杂志2003年4月号的全美500家最大的企业排名中，空气化工产品有限公司排名第311位，在美国化工企业销售额排名中则名列第六，并在"财富"年度最受尊敬的企业排名中名列化工行业第四。

空气化工产品有限公司于1987年进入中国，在深圳蛇口设立了一家气体工厂，这在当时是西方的气体公司在中国成立的第一家合资企业。在随后的时间里在全国的主要城市包括香港和台湾地区相继建立了15家企业，分布在北京、上海、广州、天津、南京、烟台、无锡、宁波、深圳、珠海、福州、香港、台湾等地。

在中国，空气化工产品公司也是中国最大的工业气体产品公司之一，通过提供一系列高质量的气体产品包括普通空气气体产品如氧气，氮气和氩气，到特种气体如氦气，氢气和电子特气等，为各行业大量的本地和跨国企业客户提供产品和服务。