This article originally ran in St. Louis Business Journal on May 28, 2024.
An industrial gas supplier is planning a $70 million expansion in St. Louis, a move it says will add more than 30 jobs.
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. will invest more than $70 million to expand its manufacturing and logistics center in Maryland Heights, Missouri. Growing product demand in biogas and hydrogen recovery applications, in addition to customer needs for nitrogen used in the aerospace industry and cleaner fuels for the marine industry, are driving Air Products’ Missouri expansion. The gas separation and purification membranes producer will create 30 jobs with this expansion project, which is the largest ever for the company’s Air Products Membrane Solutions division.
