Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Specimen)

Air Products serves customers in technology, energy, healthcare, food and industrial markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of products, services and solutions. It is a large provider of atmospheric gases (mainly oxygen, nitrogen and argon, hydrogen, carbon monoxide), process and specialty gases, performance materials and chemical intermediates.

Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction, epoxy additives, advanced coatings and adhesives. It is also noted as growing its portfolio of solutions to address the hydrogen fuel cell economy through hydrogen fueling stations as well as its personal care chemicals business.

Air Products also provides the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen that provide fuel for the Space Shuttle External Tank. Air Products has had a working relationship with NASA for 50 years. In fact, Air Products has supplied all the liquid hydrogen used for every Space Shuttle launch and prior Mercury and Apollo missions.

The company is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, and was founded by Leonard P. Pool in 1940.

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Certificate: Common Stock, specimen, late 1900’s

Printer: American Bank Note Company

Dimensions: 8” (h) x 12” (w)

State: PA-Pennsylvania

Subject Matter: Chemicals and Related | Specimen Pieces

Vignette Topic(s): Male Subject | Female Subject | Globe Featured | Laboratory Equipment Featured | Truck Featured

Condition: No fold lines, punch hole cancels in signature areas and body, very crisp.