Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services.
Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives.
The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. Air Products has annual revenues of $10 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 22,000 employees around the globe.
The company’s brand research has suggested that the understanding of its people is Air Products’ difference. Its integrity, understanding, and passion create the personality of Air Products as an organization.
Deliver the Difference is Air Products’ strategy to focus on its customers as One Company across all of its businesses and regions. By concentrating its energy on four strategic initiatives (Portfolio Management, Growth, Work Process and Change) and three priority projects (SAP, Customer Engagement, and Corporate Development Office) Air Products will create increasing value for its employees, shareholders and customers.
Air Products’ working environment
The company’s competitive global marketplace requires a working environment that visibly demonstrates its commitment to its people. Air Products will foster trust through open communication and consistent actions. It will share a collective understanding of its success and, with a sense of urgency, combine its best efforts to achieve it.
Air Products will also nurture ownership behaviour through clear accountabilities, recognition and rewards. It will promote new ideas and new ways of thinking and the company will value diversity and insist on an inclusive culture. It will enable Air Products' people to contribute to their full potential.