Mahesh Wani

Air Products India

Air Products touches the lives of consumers around the globe in positive ways every day. With over 20,000 employees and operations in more than 50 countries, we serve customers across a wide range of industries, including refining, chemical, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food and beverage. We supply a unique portfolio of atmospheric and process gases, equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built a reputation for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. Our passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products' higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and address the challenges facing customers, communities and the world. Prodair Air Products India Private Limited (Air Products India), a 100% subsidiary of Air Products and Chemicals Inc., USA, was established in 2009, having registered an office in Pune, Maharashtra. Air Products is present in four states of India as it operates an EPC center and IT center in Pune, Maharashtra, an EPC center in Vadodara, Gujarat, a Business Development office in Delhi and a World scale, Industrial Gas Complex at BPCL Kochi Refinery in Kochi, Kerala. Our India EPC centers, provides technology and equipment for air separation, hydrogen generation and associated technologies for industrial gases applications globally. Our world-scale industrial gas complex was commissioned in 2017 to support the BPCL Integrated Refinery Expansion Project at the same location under the build-own-operate (BOO) model, the largest of its kind in India in terms of investment. Air Products' Kochi Industrial Gas Complex, which generates hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and steam, is an invaluable constituent of BPCL's IREP to manufacture auto-fuels complying with Euro-IV/Euro-V specifications.