06/05/2026
Air Products hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration at the new $70 million expansion of its Missouri Manufacturing and Logistics Center in Maryland Heights, near St. Louis, MO.
Wally Nelson, President, Equipment Businesses & Technical Solutions, Air Products; Andy Schollenberger, PARIC Corporation; Erin Sorensen, General Manager, Air Products Membrane Solutions; Kayla Kueckelhan, Deputy Director, Missouri Department of Economic Development; Mike Moeller, Maryland Heights Mayor, and Rob Smegner, Air Products Membrane Solutions (left to right)
The expansion, which is Air Products Membrane Solutions' largest-ever investment in a single location, is driven by growing product demand in biogas and hydrogen recovery applications, as well as customer needs for the use of nitrogen for the aerospace industry and cleaner fuels for the marine industry.
Products manufactured at the new facility will include the PRISM® GreenSep membrane separator for bio-LNG production and the PRISM® N2Sep membrane separator designed to separate nitrogen from compressed air.
"This is a great day for Air Products Membrane Solutions and the area community," said Dr. Erin Sorensen, General Manager, Air Products Membrane Solutions. "This expansion of our Maryland Heights facility enables Air Products Membrane Solutions to meet growing customer demand and help our customers work more efficiently and further our collaborative goal of building a cleaner, more productive world."
A crowd of more than 100 guests, including state and local leaders, joined the company’s employees for the event. Those in attendance included program speakers Walter Nelson, President, Equipment Business & Technical Solutions, Air Products; Kayla Kueckelhan, Deputy Director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, and Mike Moeller, Mayor, Maryland Heights. At the event, the Air Products Foundation also announced two grants totaling \$30,000 to support non-profits in the St. Louis area. It awarded \$15,000 to Backstoppers, a nonprofit supporting first responders, and \$15,000 to The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
The company has completed more than 70 hires in the region to support the new manufacturing facility. More than 250 employees now work at the facility.
About Air Products Membrane Solutions
Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 85 years, focused on serving energy, environmental and emerging markets and generating a cleaner future. The company supplies essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemicals, metals, electronics, manufacturing, medical and food. As a leading global supplier of hydrogen, Air Products also develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest clean hydrogen projects, supporting the transition to low- and zero-carbon energy in the industrial and heavy-duty transportation sectors. For more information, visit https://membranesolutions.com.
