Praxair India Private Limited, India's largest industrial and medical gases supplier and a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., has announced plans to construct a new air separation plant at Kalyan to cater to rapidly-growing Mumbai-Pune industrial corridor. The plant will have capacity to supply 300 tonnes per day of liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon to customers in Maharashtra and Gujarat, and is scheduled to begin operations in late 2012.

"This plant will help Praxair India move closer to its customers and expand its geographic reach," said Mr Asit Gangopadhyay, managing director, Praxair India. "Praxair's unmatched application technology capabilities offer value-added solutions to our customers and will further improve our competitive position in this market. Based on strong customer demand, we plan to install additional liquid capacity in the region in the near future."

Praxair India has built large air separation units to supply industrial gases to companies such as Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Saint-Gobain Glass, Haldia Petrochemicals, Jindal Steel & Power Limited, Hospet Steel, Usha Martin and others. Praxair India is currently building a large facility to supply gaseous hydrogen and nitrogen to Indian Oil Corporation at Paradip, Orissa, and two major air separation plants for SAIL at Bhilai.