PRAXAIR

Praxair India to Supply Tata Steel with Nitrogen

BENGALURU (Bangalore), India, November 11, 2010 -- Praxair India Private Limited,
India’s leading industrial gases supplier, has won a contract to supply gaseous nitrogen to
Tata Steel Limited, a major Indian steel company.

Praxair India has been associated with Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur facility since 2005, and
has built three large air separation units with a total capacity of 2,625 tons per day that
supply gaseous oxygen, nitrogen and argon. Further strengthening the association, Tata
steel has contracted for an additional 600 tons per day of high-pressure gaseous nitrogen.

Praxair India has built large air separation units to supply industrial gases to companies
such as JSW Steel, SAIL, Saint-Gobain Glass, Haldia Petrochemicals and Hospet Steel.
Praxair has also built non-cryogenic, vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) plants
for Jindal Steel Power Limited, Usha Martin and others. Praxair India is currently
building a large facility to supply gaseous hydrogen and nitrogen to Indian Oil
Corporation at Paradip, Orissa.

BANGALORE, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 1996--Praxair India, Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of

Praxair, Inc., has entered an agreement with SWIL Ltd. to provide an advanced oxygen supply
system for the company's copper smelting operation in Gujarat, India.

Praxair India will supply SWIL with an on-site oxygen vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA)
system, which will produce up to 77 tons (70 metric tons) of oxygen per day for SWIL's copper
smelting operation. The agreement represents Praxair's first contract for a VPSA system in India.

Coinciding with the start-up of its smelting plant in August 1997, SWIL will use the VPSA oxygen
to increase the efficiency of its melting process and reduce power consumption. SWIL's smelting
plant, an investment of US$150 million (Rs. 464 crores), will produce 55,000 tons (50,000 metric
tons) of copper annually.

VPSA systems, pioneered by Praxair in 1989, use patented technology to separate oxygen from
air, producing volumes ranging from 5 to 200 tons (4.5 to 182 metric tons) per day. The oxygen
produced by these advanced air separation plants is widely used in metal production and
fabrication, glass making, chemical processing, pulp and paper bleaching, and wastewater
treatment processes.

SWIL, part of the Gujarat-based group, Satya, specializes in the production of copper and copper
alloys. These products are used in high-technology applications in vital sectors, such as paper,
telecommunications, electronics and atomic energy plants.
AIR Liquide

With GDP growth of around 8.5%, the Indian economy expanded significantly in 2010, driven by
robust domestic demand. To accompany this development, Air Liquide is announcing new
developments in the west of the country, in Gujarat and Maharashtra. The total investment for
the new facilities and the supply chain amounts to more than €40 million.

Air Liquide has commissioned a new state-of-the-art Air Separation Unit (ASU) to produce
gaseous nitrogen for the new float glass plant of Sezal Glass Ltd. in Jhagadia, in Gujarat
(investment announced in January 2010). In addition, another facility produces hydrogen by
water electrolysis to meet float glass production requirements. The Indian glass industry is
experiencing high growth, driven by huge investments in urban infrastructure projects. The
photovoltaic and automobile sectors also support the booming glass industry. Currently, almost
80% of the glass manufactured in India is consumed by the domestic market.

Air Liquide also invested in a new unit producing nitrogen for the new carbon fiber plant of
Kemrock Industries & Exports Ltd., a leader in reinforced polymer composite in India. This unit,
which has just started production in 2010, is based near Vadodara, also in Gujarat. Aerospace,
wind energy, compressed natural gas and construction are the main markets driving the growth of
carbon fiber.

Additionally, Air Liquide will invest in an Air Separation Unit and cylinder filling station in
Pune, in Maharashtra. When commissioned in 2012, the ASU will produce over 200 tonnes per
day of liquid nitrogen and oxygen dedicated to the industrial and medical markets. Pune is
emerging as a prominent location for manufacturing and IT companies. It is one of the major auto
manufacturing hubs of India, and a large number of engineering, electronic and electrical
industries have been set up there.

Air Liquide will invest, build and operate two Air Separation Units (ASU) with a total installed oxygen
capacity over 1,800 tonnes per day, scheduled to start up by the end of 2012

Air Liquide in India

Having started its Indian business in 1992, Air Liquide now operates with more than 1,100 employees in India:
in industrial gases (mainly for the steel, automobile, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and glass markets),
Engineering & Construction, and Healthcare.

The main facilities are in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Vadodara, Panipat, Roorkee, Dharuhera
and soon in Vizag.

The Large Industries business line of Air Liquide offers gas and energy solutions that improve process
efficiency and help achieve greater respect for the environment, mainly to the refining and natural gas,
chemicals and metals.

2009 revenues were € 3,219 million.

Air Liquide announces the signature of a long-term agreement with the second largest
government-owned steel company in India, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). Air Liquide
will supply oxygen and nitrogen to meet the needs of RINL’s expansion from 3 to 6.3 millions
tons per year of steel. Located in Vizag, north of Andhra Pradesh, this new facility of industrial
gases will address the south India market, complementing Air Liquide’s existing strong foothold in
the north and west of India.

Air Liquide will invest, build and operate two Air Separation Units (ASU) with a total installed
oxygen capacity over 1,800 tonnes per day, scheduled to start up by the end of 2012. In
addition, Air Liquide will produce large quantities of liquid gases (oxygen, nitrogen and argon) to
meet the needs of the industrial and medical customers in the region.

Air Liquide plans big for India

February 9, 2008: Air Liquide India, a 100 percent subsidiary of the France-based Air Liquide
Group, plans to focus on the steel sector as one of its primary vehicles of growth in the
country. The Air Liquide Group is a global provider of industrial and medical gases and related
services.

The company, which supplies industrial gases to several steel companies in north and west
India, is also installing air separation plants in companies like the public sector Steel Authority
of India Ltd (SAIL) and Jindal Steel.

It is also either in the bidding or negotiation stage for setting up plants and gases supply on
build-own-operate (BOO) basis to companies like SAIL (Steel Authority of India Ltd), Tata Steel,
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) and Jindal Steel, among others.

Air Liquide India has an annual turnover of Rs 2.8 billion, and plans to invest in a big way in
large air separation gases units in India. The company is in the process of installing two new
industrial gases manufacturing units. One will be at Jagadhia in Gujarat, which is expected to
be operational this year. The other will be the largest air separation unit in north India at IOCL
in Panipat, which will be operational next year. It is also setting up one gas filling facility at
Dharuhera, which is expected to be operational this year.

As part of its expansion and consolidation plans, the company has recently doubled the
capacity of its air separation gases manufacturing facility in Hyderabad. A cryogenic tank
manufacturing facility is also in an advanced planning stage.

Air Liquide started its presence in India by providing air separation technology to BHPV. It then
started its own plant manufacturing and selling activity in India the 1980s, by setting up its
own company, Air Liquide Engineering India Pvt. Ltd in Hyderabad, which has been involved for
the last 15 years in the designing, engineering, construction, execution, project management
and commissioning of air separation plants in India, for both Air Liquide as well as third party
customers.
According to a spokesperson of the company, Air Liquide India is fully backed in terms of
technical and engineering support, by Air Liquide Engineering India. To date, it has designed
and commissioned more than 30 air separation units.

Air Liquide then started its gases manufacturing and selling activity in 1996 starting from a
plant in Rajasthan. Today it has more than doubled its gas manufacturing capacity with a new
plant in Roorkee. According to media reports, the Roorkee plant was set up with an investment
of $20 million, and provides nitrogen to the Asahi India Glass Ltd facility in Roorkee.

At present, Air Liquide has three state-of-the-art gas manufacturing units and gas filling
facilities in Alwar in the state of Rajasthan, Roorkee in Uttaranchal and Ankleshwar in the state
of Gujarat. The gas manufacturing units are running on continuous basis and supplies oxygen,
nitrogen, argon and hydrogen to over 200 customers in various sectors of the Indian industry
like major steel, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, glass, healthcare markets, oil and
petrochemical companies.

Linde

The technology group The Linde Group and its consortium partner Samsung Engineering, Korea,
have been awarded the contract to build a turnkey ethylene plant in Dahej, India. The plant has been
commissioned by the Indian company OPAL, a subsidiary of the state-owned ONGC (Oil and Natural
Gas Corporation Ltd). The contract is worth around 1.030 billion euro in total, of which Linde's share
is 350 million euro. The plant will be the largest of its kind in India and one of the largest ethylene
plants in the world.

"This prestigious award is the confirmation of the many strengths of our Engineering Division in the
international plant construction business", explained Dr Aldo Belloni, member of the Executive Board of
Linde AG. "We are a market leader in steam cracker technology and are experienced in the robust
execution of projects. We also have a global market coverage and a sound financial basis. India is one of
the most promising markets of the future for both engineering services and industrial gases, with many
significant synergies between the two. The very successful collaboration with Samsung Engineering from
South Korea is now approaching its third decade and has generated business for us in China, Thailand,
Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and now India."

The plant is part of a new petrochemical complex being built in the Indian state of Gujarat and it will produce
1.1 million tons of ethylene, 400,000 tons of propylene, 150,000 tons of benzene and 115,000 tons of
butadiene per annum. These products are used as source materials in the plastics industry.
Linde is the consortium leader on this project, responsible for the steam cracker technology, the basic
engineering and the supply of critical components. Samsung Engineering is responsible for the detail
engineering, the supply of the remaining components, and the construction and assembly of the plant
BOC

BOC India Ltd proposes to construct a gas bottling plant in the SIPCOT industrial complex in
Irungattukottai, about 40 km from here, at an investment of around Rs 9 crore. The plant is
expected to become operational by September.

Currently, BOC India has two bottling plants in Chennai — at Tondiarpet and Ambattur.

After the Irungattukottai plant comes up, one of the two existing plants may be closed down, Mr
Sanjiv Lamba, Managing Director, BOC India, told Business Line.

The new facility will have the latest features in gas bottling technology to ensure productivity and
safety. It will also have separate units for gas meant for industrial and medical purposes, Mr
Lamba said.

Mr Lamba was here to speak at a national seminar on industrial gases, organised by the All India
Industrial Gases Manufacturers' Association.

BOC India, which is 55 per cent-owned by BOC Plc of the UK, is investing in two air separation
plants, which produce various gases from the air. One is a 900-tonnes-per-day (tpd) plant at
Bellary in Karnataka.

The plant will supply industrial gases (oxygen, nitrogen and argon) for Jindal Steel. The other is a
100-tpd plant coming up in Hyderabad at an investment of Rs 45 crore.

The company has five air separation units — three in the western region and two in Jamshedpur.

AIR PRODUCTS

December 14, 2010) – Air Products (NYSE: APD)today announced that INOX Air Products Ltd.,
its joint venture (JV) in India, will construct three air separation units (ASU) and liquefiers for the
merchant market and also will build a fourth plant for long-term industrial gas supply to Saint
Gobain Glass India. The four facilities are scheduled to come on stream during 2012.

“We are the market leader in merchant industrial gases in India, and these new plants are part of
our strategy to continue to provide efficient and reliable product to support the strong growth in
India. The anticipated manufacturing growth is more than seven percent annually over the next
five years, and the demand for industrial gases has been steadily increasing,” said Pavan K. Jain,
managing director of INOX Air Products. “The investments strengthen INOX Air Products’
existing substantial presence throughout India and reinforce our supply positions which we have
achieved through our strong customer focus.”

INOX Air Products will build the ASU and liquefier merchant plants to produce liquid oxygen,
liquid nitrogen, and liquid argon in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Puducherry. All
three locations have a strong manufacturing base, and these cost-effective facilities are
strategically located close to the principal markets that they serve.

INOX Air Products will also build an ASU and liquefier for the merchant market and signed a long-
term supply contract for nitrogen and hydrogen with Saint Gobain Glass India (SGGI). The
production plants, to be located at SGGI’s facility in the state of Rajasthan, will supply nitrogen
from the ASU by pipeline and hydrogen from a steam methane reformer (SMR) plant designed to
meet the specific requirements of the customer. The SMR is a product offering from Air Products’
PRISM® gas generation portfolio.

“A customer-focused approach was essential in gaining our business. Reliable supply is very
important to our project, and we believe INOX Air Products’ industrial gas expertise will deliver on
our industrial gas needs,” said Mr. S.N. Eisenhower, director–Operations at Saint Gobain Glass
India.

In adding these four new facilities, INOX Air Products’ market presence in India continues to
grow. Earlier this year, the company announced a long-term contract with POSCO Maharashtra
Steel Private Limited (PMSPL) to supply on-site nitrogen and hydrogen gases to its new facility in
Vile Bhagad, Maharashtra, in western India. PMSPL is a subsidiary of POSCO, the world’s fourth
largest steel producer by output. The nitrogen plant and the SMR are both product offerings from
Air Products’ PRISM® gas generation portfolio. The plants are expected to come on stream in
late 2011.