On August 22, 2012, Linde North America will conduct the groundbreaking ceremony for its new air separation plant, which will be constructed on a site situated at 2244 on Highway 82 in Lewisville, Arkansas.
The new facility with a capacity of 470 ton per day will generate liquid oxygen and nitrogen to fulfill ever-increasing demand in regions, including Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas. Linde North America has invited customers, local and state officials, and the media to attend the event.
The new air separation plant is slated for operation by Q4 of 2013 and will have 24 employees. The facility will deliver the produced liquid oxygen and nitrogen through tanker trucks to a myriad of customers, including chemical product manufacturers, food processors, healthcare providers, independent gases and welding distributors, and metal fabricators.
The new facility will be built with the most advanced design technology from Linde’s Engineering Division in order to consume minimum electricity for the production of gases. Linde’s delivery trucks will also consume less fuel as the facility will be situated closer to customers.
Linde North America’s President, Pat Murphy stated that the Lewisville facility will provide the company the size and operating efficiency required to meet the growing demands of its customers. Once completed, the facility will bring products quicker to customers, thus improving their supply security and decrease the company’s carbon footprint. Designing environmental solutions that decrease emissions of greenhouse gases is part of the company’s sustainability strategy.
Linde North America is a unit of The Linde Group, a major gases and engineering firm.
Source: http://www.lindeus.com