Re-branded Matheson secures helium transfill project
John Bigham, Director of Product Management and Global Logistics, Matheson Global Helium.
Matheson, has announced plans to
build a new helium transfill plant in Pennsylvania. The facility will
constitute Matheson's sixth helium transfill in the United States and parent
company, Taiyo Nippon Sanso's, seventeenth transfill globally.
A preliminary operational target has
been set for December 2010, and the unit is to be constructed in Greensburg.
The transfill will be equipped to
fill high pressure cylinders, tube trailers and liquid helium dewars to both
end-users and distrbibutors throughout the region. The catchment area includes
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey.
Howard Hubert, Senior Vice President
of Matheson Packaged Gas Division, commented, "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."
John Bigham, Director of Product
Management and Global Logistics, Matheson Global Helium, responded, "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."
