Matheson Announces Construction of Sixth Helium Transfill Near Pittsburgh, PA
Basking Ridge, NJ - July 2, 2010 - Matheson has announced plans to build a new helium transfill facility in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania suburb.
This will be Matheson's sixth helium transfill in the U.S. and parent company Taiyo Nippon Sanso's (TNSC) seventeenth transfill worldwide. The Greensburg facility is expected to be fully operational by December 2010. The transfill will be capable of filling high pressure cylinders, tube trailers, and liquid helium dewars for delivery to end user customers and distributors located throughout a market area which includes Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey.
Howard Hubert, Senior Vice President, Matheson Packaged Gas Division, stated, "The Greensburg helium transfill will strengthen Matheson's competitive position within one of our core market areas, by reducing our cost and eliminating our dependence on competitors for our helium supply".
According to John Bigham, Director Product Management and Global Logistics, Matheson Global Helium, "The Greensburg site was selected due to its central proximity to existing and potential Matheson helium customers. Investment in the Greensburg transfill is consistent with Matheson's strategy to upgrade our helium supply capability within the company's expanding U.S. footprint."
Matheson manages the global helium business of TNSC under the name Matheson Global Helium. TNSC is the leading helium supplier in Japan and is one of only six industrial gas companies in the world who have direct access to sources of helium. Matheson has contractually guaranteed access to three helium sources and will gain access to a fourth source at the end of 2011, when the Riley Ridge helium source is expected to commence production from a new plant that will be located in Big Piney, WY. The Big Piney Plant will be owned and operated by APMTG LLC, a joint venture between Matheson Tri-Gas and Air Products and Chemicals.
Matheson is a single source for industrial, medical, specialty and electronic gases, gas handling equipment, high performance purification systems, engineering and gas management services, and on-site gas generation with a mission to deliver innovative solutions for global customer requirements. Matheson is the largest subsidiary of the Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation Group, one of the five largest suppliers of industrial, specialty, and electronics gases in the world.
