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| APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Chemicals - Major Diversified |
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Excerpt from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. SEC Filing dated December 13, 2006
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., a Delaware corporation originally founded in 1940, serves technology, energy, industrial and healthcare customers globally with a unique portfolio of products, services and solutions that include atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, equipment and services. The Company is the world’s largest supplier of hydrogen and helium and has built leading positions in growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, natural gas liquefaction, home healthcare and advanced coatings and adhesives. |
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| AVA | Avista Corporation | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Diversified Utilities |
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Excerpt from Avista Corporation SEC Filing dated March 7, 2006
Avista Corp., incorporated in the State of Washington in 1889, is an energy company engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of energy as well as other energy-related businesses. |
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| BLDP | Ballard Power Systems, Inc. | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Industrial Electrical Equipment |
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Excerpt from Ballard Power Systems, Inc. SEC Filing dated March 20, 2006
Our principal business is the design, development, manufacture, sale and service of proton exchange membrane (“PEM”) fuel cells for a variety of applications. A PEM fuel cell is an environmentally clean electrochemical device which combines hydrogen fuel (which can be obtained from natural gas, kerosene or other hydrocarbon fuels, or from water through electrolysis) with oxygen (from air), to produce electricity. It produces electricity efficiently and continuously (as long as fuel is supplied) without combustion, with water and heat as the main by-products when hydrogen is used as the fuel source Ballard® fuel cells feature high fuel efficiency, low operating temperature, low noise and vibration, compact size, quick response to changes in electrical demand, modular design and environmental cleanliness. How Fuel Cells Work A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that produces electricity from hydrogen and oxygen without combustion. Hydrogen fuel which can be obtained from methanol, natural gas, kerosene, petroleum or water (through electrolysis) and oxygen from the air, are combined in a fuel cell to produce electricity, with usable heat and water vapour as the by-products. This is the reverse of the process of electrolysis by which water can be split into hydrogen and oxygen by passing an electric current through the water. A fuel cell, by the nature of its operating principles, is efficient, extracting more electricity from a fuel than combustion based technologies. ICEs operate by converting fuel into heat, heat into mechanical energy and mechanical energy into electric power. The efficiency of this multi-step conversion process is affected by heat and friction losses. By contrast, fuel cells convert fuel directly into electricity, thus minimising energy losses and reductions in operating efficiency. In addition, because fuel cells do not use combustion, they do not produce the air pollutants which are by-products of combustion. Unlike a battery, a fuel cell does not require recharging. It will provide power as long as fuel is supplied. |
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| CBT | Cabot Corporation | Chart | Opinion | Profile | Specialty Chemicals |
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Excerpt from Cabot Corporation SEC Filing dated December 14, 2006
Cabot is a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Our principal products are rubber blacks, performance products, inkjet colorants, fumed metal oxides, aerogels, tantalum and related products, and cesium formate drilling fluids. |
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