Air Products inks pact with Sinopec and EPEC for e-commerce in China

Air Products is the first industrial gases supplier and the third multinational company to establish such a strategic partnership with Sinopec and EPEC on e-commerce. “This project is one of our efforts to support the ‘Internet+’ strategy and accelerate structural transformation of the manufacturing industries under the government’s 13th Five-Year Plan. We can leverage the platform to help boost the ‘Internet Industrial Gases’ initiative and provide even stronger support to the sustainable development of China’s industrial gases industry. We will continuously innovate our sales model to better serve manufacturers in the chemical and other industries with our gas offerings,” said Saw Choon Seong, industrial gases China president, Air Products.

Air Products was one of the first multinational industrial gases corporations to enter China when setting up its first plant in Shenzhen in 1987. For 30 years, the company has been growing with the China market, helping customers from over 30 industries improve productivity, efficiency, quality and environmental performance with its high-quality products, leading-edge technologies and sustainable solutions. 

Today, the company has around 2,500 employees, more than 60 entities, over 130 production facilities, and has built more than a dozen world-class air separation units for significant energy projects in the country, including the largest on-site ASU order ever awarded to an industrial gases company. It has also established a number of regional or global capabilities, including R&D, sourcing, engineering, cryogenic equipment manufacturing, and IT application.