Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) entered into a marketing agreement with Surface Combustion Inc. (Maumee, Ohio) in which both companies will jointly market a newly integrated portfolio to the metals processing industry.

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; http://www.airproducts.com) entered into a marketing agreement with Surface Combustion Inc. (Maumee, Ohio; http://www.surfacecombustion.com) in which both companies will jointly market a newly integrated portfolio to the metals processing industry. The agreement leverages each company's respective leadership position in the industry while diversifying its product offerings. The complementary mix of offerings includes a variety of industrial gases, services, technology and atmosphere generating equipment. Among the products supplied by Air Products are bulk and gaseous nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, argon and helium, as well as complementary equipment and technologies used in the metals processing industries. Surface Combustion has one of the largest product offerings for endothermic and exothermic gas generators.