Effective January 1, 2019, or as contracts permit, Air Products (AP) increased product pricing, monthly service charges, and surcharges for merchant customers in North America. The pricing adjustments include increases of up to 20% for liquid argon.

And up to 10% for liquid nitrogen, liquid oxygen, liquid carbon dioxide and monthly service charges.

AP said these adjustments are in response to increases in sourcing, production and delivery costs, and support continued investments in reliability, security and safety.

AP also explained that “some price adjustments may be outside of these ranges based on specific situations. Helium prices will also be increased based on supply/demand and cost situations and may be customer specific.”