The Port Manatee,

Florida Facility
World class manufacturer of cryogenic
equipment from the leader in liquefied natural
gas technology, equipment and services

The roughly 300,000 sq. feet

(28,000 sq. meters) facility allows
Air Products to manufacture small
to very large LNG heat exchangers
as demanded by the market.

At the Port Manatee facility, we manufacture small,

medium, and very large size cryogenic coil wound
heat exchangers (CWHE) to support the LNG market.
Additionally, we produce equipment used in our air
separation and hydrocarbons businesses such as
columns, vessels, and cold boxes.

“Being adjacent to the Port of The manufacturing facility is located adjacent to the Port of Manatee and
Manatee allows us to collaborate provides unrestricted access to port services for shipping equipment anywhere
with our clients to offer fabrication in the world. The plant began operations in 2014, and to date, has fabricated
options and construction strategies and shipped heat exchangers and cold boxes within the United States and
that were previously not possible. In Internationally. Our workforce is comprised of highly-skilled and experienced
addition, we are proud that the new craftspeople who take pride in the quality of their work and attention to detail.
facility has offered opportunities The result is a superior product delivered on-time that customers count on to
to the local workforce and the operate safely, reliably, and efficiently for many years.
surrounding community.”
Jim Solomon
Director
LNG at Air Products
The Leading LNG Technology and Equipment
Provider
Air Products is the premier global LNG technology, equipment, and services
provider. Our unique ability to integrate the liquefaction process design and
critical liquefaction equipment leads to an optimization of performance, costs,
operability, and reliability that has become the benchmark of the LNG industry.
Air Products has already shipped 116 LNG heat exchangers to 17 countries
around the world. For more than 50 years, we’ve supplied technology and
equipment for small, medium, and large LNG facilities to meet growing market
demands and customer requirements.

Serving our local community

Air Products’ Port Manatee employees care about the community in which
they work and live. They work closely with local schools and colleges to
improve the technical education of students. They are actively engaged in the
community through the Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development
Corporation and participate in fund raising to support worthy charities such as
United Way and the Manatee Food Bank.
Fast facts about Air Products’ Port Manatee facility

Facility Engineering Capabilities Equipment Supply

• 32-acre site (13 hectares) and Experience • LNG
• 300,000 sq. feet of workshop • Leading edge skills in Pressure – Cryogenic coil wound heat
space (28,000 sq. meters) Vessel Design using the ASME exchangers
• Heavy capacity overhead cranes Code and all major International • Air Separation/Hydrocarbons
and material handling equipment Design Codes and Standards – Cold boxes
• Unrestricted access to the closest • State of the art analysis tools to – Distillation columns
deep-water port to Panama fully consider wind, wave, seismic, – Pressure vessels
Canal with heavy lift and Ro-Ro and blast loadings for highly – Skids
capabilities reliable long life equipment assets – Other fabrication/assembly work
• Dedicated team of Structural and

People Piping engineers design platforms, Quality Control Testing

ladders, and piping support Capabilities
• Welders qualified in multiple systems that ensure seamless
materials and processes • Oxygen/oxidizer cleanliness
integration with your plant
• Experienced production inspections
• Extensive experience of
supervisory team • X-ray inspection of welds
modularization strategies to
• Independent quality department: reduce costs and schedule in the • Manual/automated ultrasonic
welding engineers; qualified field testing for flaw detection in welds
non-destructive testing (NDT) • Life cycle field support services and • Dye penetrant testing
technicians life extension studies • Magnetic particle testing
• Material handling/warehouse • Mass spectrometer vacuum leak
personnel testing
Operations and Services
• Maintenance department • Ultrasonic leak detection
• Cutting, forming, welding and
• Production support staff: • Pneumatic testing
testing of:
purchasing, planning and • Hydrostatic testing
– Aluminum alloys
coordination
– Stainless steel • Positive material identification
• Cost estimating team – Monel
• Project management team – Nickel
Certifications
• HR, training, and payroll – Carbon steels
• ISO 9001:2015 registration
• Industrial engineering team • Global Field Support:
– Construction, start up, and • ASME Certificate of Authorization
repairs (U&R stamps)
Authorizations
– Welding/fabrication, • National Board Certificate of
• Hartford Steam Boiler is our supervision and welding Authorization (NB & R stamp)
inspection service engineering • Chinese Manufacturing License for
• Welders qualified to ASME IX pressure vessels
• NDT personnel qualified to
SNT TC 1A

Ongoing emphasis on safety

Air Products is an industry leader in environmental, health, and safety
performance, and has been listed in the top 10% of the Dow Jones Sustainabiity
World Index on several occasions. The company has a total safety philosophy,
which integrates safety into all activities with the objective of attaining
industry leadership in safety performance.
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The location provides ready access

to port services and will facilitate
global shipping.

For more information,

please contact us at:

Port Manatee Facility

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
2525 Inland Transport Street
Palmetto, FL 34221-8683
T 941-723-4257
PManatee@airproducts.com

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