Cinergy Recognizes Air Products With Overall Sustainable Supplier Award LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cinergy Corp. - one of the nation's leading energy companies serving 1.5 million electric customers and 500,000 gas customers in Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Indiana - has honored Air Products with its Overall Sustainable Supplier Award for 2003. Air Products has supplied liquid nitrogen and liquid and gaseous bulk hydrogen to Cinergy's power generation facilities for more than a decade. Presented by a Cinergy review committee comprised of environmental and other specialists, the Overall Sustainable Supplier Award recognizes Air Products for achievements in the areas of environmental improvement, social responsibility and economic development. As factors in its judging criteria, Cinergy representatives cited Air Products' record of having the lowest safety incident rate among large chemical companies for four consecutive years; strong results from its environmental programs, including a 30 percent decline in incidents and a 14 percent decrease in hazardous waste disposals in the last year; and steps taken to centralize the company's security operations to protect Air Products' employees and the communities in which it operates. To read the full news release, go to Air Products' Press Room: http://www.airproducts.com/PressRoom/CompanyNews/LatestNewsReleases.htm DATASOURCE: Air Products CONTACT: Media Inquiries: Katie McDonald, +1-610-481-3673, , or Investor Inquiries: Alex Masetti, +1-610-481-7461, , both of Air Products Web site: http://www.airproducts.com/

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