ISO Certification

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is a leading supplier of industrial gases and related equipment and services, and selected chemicals. The company operates on a global scale and has registrations at facilities throughout the U.S., and in Canada, Puerto Rico, South America, Europe, and China.

Improving product quality, service, and overall value to customers is at the heart of our strategies. As an instrumental part of this strategy, Air Products has adopted ISO 9000 as our model for quality assurance and has obtained multiple ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 certifications.

ISO 9001 registrations cover the engineering and manufacturing of equipment for air separation; natural gas liquefaction; hydrogen purification; and other gas processing applications.

ISO 9002 registrations cover industrial chemicals and gases; specialty gas production; MRI services; and Permea nitrogen membrane systems. The markets served are chemical and refining, metals, oil/gas production, electronics, research, food, glass, health care, and pulp and paper.

Multi-site certificates of approval have been obtained for 143 plants located throughout the U.S. and Canada, covering the production of medical gases-including oxygen, USP, nitrogen, and NF3-and industrial gases-including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, helium, and other noble gases; 142 packaged gas and retail service facilities in the U.S. and Canada, covering the manufacture and distribution of industrial, medical, and specialty gases; and the company's MEGASYS(tm) Total Gas Management Services for electronics manufacturers. Additionally, multi-site certificates of approval have been obtained for 188 industrial gas, electronics, and operations facilities located throughout Europe.

ISO 9002 registrations also have been obtained for 10 of the company's chemicals manufacturing facilities worldwide. These certificates of approval cover the manufacture of a variety of polymer resins, performance, and industrial chemicals. The manufactured products are used in the adhesives, agriculture, furniture, automotive, paints/coatings, textiles, paper, and construction industries.