Danbury industrial gas maker Praxair Inc. said it won its first contract to install its cryogenic heat exchanger system in a pharmaceutical freeze dryer for a Chinese drug maker.
Praxair China Investment Co. Ltd. installed its NCool system at Shanghai The First Biochemical & Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., an affiliate of Shanghai Pharmaceutical (Group) Ltd. Price was not disclosed.
The system is used for precision cooling and temperature control of chemical reactors and for other critical fluid cooling applications.
Praxair China is one of that nation’s leading industrial gas providers, employing more than 1,200 in China.
