Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) has now made the online ordering process even more convenient for its valued customers by adding order templates to the company's APDirect™ Internet portal application. The company's APDirect portal—located at www.airproducts.com/apdirect—offers existing U.S. gases and chemicals customers, suppliers and partners a secure, convenient, easy-to-use e-channel for placing product orders, as well as the ability to check order status, check shipment tracking—via direct link to carrier websites, order chemical samples, and access information such as MSDS's, safetygrams, and technical data.

This new functionality will afford registered customers the ability to place repeat orders using a common form. Within a customized portal page, customers will be able to create an unlimited number of templates containing the gas and/or chemical products they most frequently order, for a specific location or various locations. This application allows them to create a template and use it immediately; name and describe it to their liking; modify it as needed; as well as offers them the option to save credit card information in a secure environment. As an added convenience, the system will automatically save and reference their last three orders placed through the APDirect portal.

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (www.airproducts.com) is the world's only combined gases and chemicals company. Founded more than 60 years ago and headquartered in eastern Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, the company has annual revenues of $5.5 billion and operations in 30 countries. Air Products is a market leader in the global electronics and chemical processing industries, and a longstanding innovator in basic manufacturing sectors, including steel, metal, glass and food processing. The company distinguishes itself through its 17,500 employees around the world, who build lasting relationships with their customers and communities based on understanding, integrity and passion.

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