Medical Oxygen & Healthcare Industry Support

May 5, 2021 - Air Products continues to actively support INOX Air Products Pvt. Ltd, our joint venture (JV) company in India, as they facilitate the supply and distribution of medical oxygen across the country. INOX Air Products has ramped up its oxygen production capability to maximum capacity.

In the last week, Air Products has provided several 20 MT capacity ISO LOX oxygen containers, which were transported by the Indian Air Force and are now being operated by INOX Air Products to meet the oxygen demand across India. We are further coordinating with various agencies to transport additional ISO LOX containers, which are expected to be received in India in the coming days.

We remain in continuous dialogue with INOX Air Products, and our teams are working closely together to understand and respond to the evolving needs on the ground. We also continue to coordinate with various industries in India, providing ongoing technical support and expertise.

The Air Products team around the world will continue to stand with India in this fight.

April 26, 2021 - Air Products is deeply concerned about the current situation that the people of India are facing in the continuing battle against COVID-19.

We are providing support to INOX Air Products Pvt. Ltd, our joint venture (JV) company in India, as they continue to serve the people and country of India by facilitating the supply of medical oxygen across the country.

In response to the escalating situation, Air Products is allocating resources and assets from its operations around the world to support and maximize the supply and distribution of oxygen within India during this period of crisis.

We are liaising with government agencies and other local logistics experts to deliver multiple ISO LOX oxygen containers to India by air. These large storage containers will then be filled with medical oxygen within India by INOX Air Products, who will coordinate their transport to needed areas.

Air Products will continue to support its JV partner and do everything we can during this time of great need.

Jan 19, 2021 - During the Filomena Storm, an unprecedented snowfall that paralyzed Central Spain, our team at Carburos served as a key pillar to ensure medical oxygen supply in many hospitals in the territory. The plants kept operating, the Logistics Team organized priorities and routes, the Commercial Team were on call at all times, and our drivers did their very best--even clearing access routes from roads to hospital tanks. We're proud of our teams for delivering essential products and always putting safety first.

July 1, 2020 - Spain's Secretary-General of Industry (Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism), Mr. Raül Blanco, met with Air Products' subsidiary Carburos Metálicos’ employees in the Aranjuez Plant in Madrid to thank our people for their commitment in supplying medical gases and equipment to health facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr. Blanco recognized Carburos Metálicos' collaboration with public institutions in extending health facilities & creating field hospitals such as Ifema (Madrid) & Valladolid, while maintaining medical oxygen supply to all facilities to which the company delivers gases.

June 12, 2020 - Our teams are continuing to work hard to support our hospital customers, recently completing the installation of a new, additional medical oxygen system at the Darent Valley Hospital in Kent, UK. The upgrade was completed in a much shorter timeframe than usual, and the customer’s supply continued throughout. Thanks to everyone who worked together on another successful project.

May 29, 2020 - We're proud of our teams who've installed additional medical oxygen vaporizers and a new pressure control panel at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan, UK as part of the National Health System (NHS) England's prioritization schedule during COVID-19. Well done to everyone involved in this important installation.

May 20, 2020 - The upgrade of the vaporization and pressure control panels on the medical oxygen system at Arrowe Park Hospital was completed within just two weeks of the hospital being prioritized by NHS England, and the customer’s supply continued throughout thanks to the installation of a temporary supply skid. Thanks to everyone for their contribution to another successful project.

May 15, 2020 - Our teams quickly mobilized to support the installation of new vaporizers at a hospital in the UK. These will enable the hospital to provide higher levels of oxygen than those normally required. We’re proud of the extraordinary work our teams are doing across the globe during this challenging time.

May 12, 2020 - Responding to an all-too-familiar call, Air Products teams mobilized quickly to support a new 20-ton medical oxygen tank installation at a treatment hospital in Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland. Following essential quality, safety and engineering steps, the installation was completed in a very short time frame, ensuring supply of medical oxygen for patients.

April 29, 2020 - As hospitals and other medical facilities prepared themselves for increasing oxygen demand due to COVID-19, our team in Germany was on hand to install a larger tank for additional capacity in a short time. Following a request by the crisis management team of the Saxon Ministry of State, a clinic in East Germany had to prepare for a possible admission and care of COVID-19 patients. For this purpose, we installed an additional tank with a storage volume of 10 tons of medical oxygen. The entire process took only a few working days from the clinic's initial request to the handover of the tank. This speed was only possible thanks to the committed cooperation of all the teams involved.

April 22, 2020 - The Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow has been converted into a temporary hospital—NHS Louisa Jordan—to provide beds for critically ill patients in Scotland.

Our teams are proud to be working alongside more than 400 contractors and nearly 150 clinicians and operational staff to establish the new facility. It is expected that the site will be operational this month, initially with 300 beds with the possibility of holding more than 1,000 patients if required.

April 17, 2020 -In Queens, New York City, Air Products is playing a crucial role converting the U.S. Tennis Association's Billie Jean King (BJK) National Tennis Center to a temporary hospital. Air Products first sent two Portable Customer Station (PCS) mobile units—normally used to temporarily supply liquid argon, nitrogen or oxygen—to the site of the annual U.S. Open Tennis Tournament. Air Products had proactively converted several of its PCS fleet for the sole purpose of certified medical oxygen delivery as COVID-19 mounted.

Next, working around challenges including city access, physical site logistics, security, and with strict adherence to safety, larger oxygen tanks—a 9,000-gallon main oxygen tank/3,000-gallon reserve—were then installed, as well as piping and vaporizers. On April 13, the first oxygen delivery for the larger capacity system began providing critical oxygen supply for patients, and the PCS units are being deployed to a new location.

April 17, 2020 - With a project completion timeframe reduced from one week to 72 hours, Air Products was able to install large-scale medical oxygen supply for an approximately 400-patient temporary hospital at the Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC) in Florida. Within the tight time frame, which began in earnest on April 9, by April 12, Air Products was ready to put in place an 11,000-gallon medical oxygen tank, a 1,500-gallon reserve tank, as well as vaporizers and other infrastructure.

The 38,000-pound empty medical oxygen tank traveled 1,800 miles from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Miami Beach, Florida, and per the project scope, the system received its first medical oxygen fill ready for patients. Supply chain management and project assistance included tank procurement, a third-party trucking firm and tandem driving team for transporting the tank; working with the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security to help expedite certain permissions from the various states; as well as all other site infrastructure essentials coming from multiple states for just-in-time arrival and installation in Miami. 

Once a new concrete pad at MBCC to secure the tanks was confirmed to be safe for empty tank placement, and additional tests showed the pad was ready for the weight of full tanks—nearly 150,000 pounds—the first fill of the oxygen tanks took place on April 15. In a matter of days and over the holiday weekend, the Air Products team, together with outside resources, worked to meet this critical need safely and on time—truly an exceptional team effort. Proud to serve a critical need at a critical time. Times like these remind us we're all in this together.

April 9, 2020 - As part of our efforts to help the National Health Service (UK), our teams have been working hard to get medical oxygen supplies installed at the next Nightingale Hospital in Birmingham.

April 9, 2020 - In the beginning of April, Air Products completed a medical oxygen hospital upgrade project at Southmead Hospital in Bristol, UK.

On a project that would normally take approximately six weeks, the team planned and executed the work in less than a week, securing improved flow rates and additional medical oxygen capacity. The oxygen supply had to remain online at all times, so some careful planning of how to tie in and complete safe isolations was needed.

Work began on site with the installation of 40 metres of pipework. After the installation of the first vaporiser, the necessary tests were completed, supply was switched over and the flow to the old one isolated. This process was then repeated for the second vaporiser. A new medical oxygen pressure control panel will give the hospital an additional 3,000 litres per minute of oxygen and the replaced vaporisers increase the heat transfer area from 52m2 to 195m2.

April 9, 2020 - Proud to have worked quickly and safely to install and commission a CryoEase® tank in record time, providing needed oxygen supply to an elder-care residential care facility in Melun, France.