Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Ltd. (Wison Energy) announced today it signed another gas purchase agreement with Air Products (NYSE: APD) to ensure the long-term supply of gaseous oxygen and gaseous nitrogen for its coal to syngas gasification facility in Nanjing Chemical Industry Park. According to the contract, Air Products will supply Wison 40,000m3 per hour of gaseous oxygen and 12,000m3 per hour of gaseous nitrogen for Wison’s production of Syngases, which will be further processed into carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen. This is the third time that both companies enter into such a strategic agreement on tonnage amounts of industrial gases since their partnership starting in 2005.
"Wison Energy is pleased to partner with Air Products again. As one of the leading suppliers for coal based gases in China, we not only supply to customers reliable, high-quality hydrogen, CO and syngas, but also hope to prosper together and form long-term strategic partnership along successful supply chain,” said Liu Hongjun, President of Wison Energy. “I believe this cooperation is an extension of our strong relationship. It will form a solid foundation for Wison Energy’s future business development.”
Air Products’ China president Steve Jones noted: “We are pleased to grow this relationship with Wison Energy and believe our history of supply reliability and safety record, among other factors, were key to winning this business.” Air Products has been operating in China since 1987 and was one of the first multinational industrial gas corporations to invest in the country.
Wison Energy uses coal as the feedstock and by applying clean coal production technology, supplies high-quality CO, methanol, H2, syngas, enriched H2 and sulfur to customers. Besides Air Products, Wison Energy currently enjoys long-term collaborations with many leading Chinese and international chemical corporations, including Celanese, BASF-YPC and the leading Chinese chemicals provider. Bluestar.
Wison Group, headquartered in Shanghai, is a diverse conglomerate, specialized in high technology content businesses such as engineering services, offshore and marine, clean energy, bio-pharmaceutical and Telecommunication.