Air Products sees big opportunities from restructuring

Corning Painter, executive vice-president of industrial gases at Air Products, said that China's ongoing economic restructuring and upgrading will be "a big positive" for the company.

"In China, marketing is very easy as the government puts forward a clear guideline for development," said Painter during a recent visit to the company's China headquarters in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai. "You just have to read their work plans and understand their impacts on our customers."

Air Products provides atmospheric and process gases as well as equipment related to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical materials, metals and electronics. The US-based company, which has been in operation for more than 75 years, is also the world's leading supplier of liquefied natural gas processing technology and equipment.