Air Products Selects Aspen Technology for Process Design and Optimization Software

Aspen Technology, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) has won a multimillion dollar agreement with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Lehigh Valley, PA), a major worldwide supplier of industrial gases and chemicals. The agreement will enable Air Products to use AspenTech's modeling software to design new industrial gas and chemical plants and optimize the performance of its current investments and facilities.

"AspenTech is a proven supplier to Air Products, and its modeling capabilities and applied math technology are second to none. In addition, AspenTech's strategic direction is aligned with Air Products goals, and its integrated portfolio of products meets our needs," said John Pfeiffer, director of Research & Engineering Systems for Air Products. "Aspen Technology was the clear choice to provide us with process design and optimization solutions for the future."

In both its industrial gases and chemicals divisions, Air Products will be able to use a consistent model created with AspenTech software--including Aspen Plus for steady-state simulation. Additionally, Air Products will use Aspen Dynamics for dynamic simulation and operability analysis, as well as Aspen Custom Modeler for developing custom models of process units--for the full range of engineering analyses.

"As a leader in the field of plant design and construction, Air Products is an ideal partner for AspenTech," said Larry Evans, chairman and CEO of Aspen Technology, Inc. "AspenTech and Air Products will be working together as a team to develop tightly integrated modeling and process knowledge capabilities. We have been working together for more than eight years, and this recent agreement reinforces and expands that relationship. Air Products chose to extend its agreement based on the results AspenTech's products have demonstrated at its industrial gas and chemical facilities worldwide."

Air Products has also invested in Aspen Zyqad, which allows teams of engineers to share process data, knowledge and best practices throughout the engineering lifecycle. Polymers Plus, for polymers process modeling, and Batch Plus, for recipe-based modeling, will be applied in the chemical division. All of these products are part of AspenTech's Plantelligence suite of integrated products for the design, management and operation of process manufacturing plants.

Edited by Nick Basta