Airgas to co-located liquid CO2 plant at Pacific Ethanol’s Stockton facility

In Pennsylvania, Airgas USA, LLC, an Air Liquide company, announced plans to increase its presence in California with the construction of a new liquid carbon dioxide (CO₂) production facility in Stockton, CA.

The new facility in Stockton, CA will produce liquid CO₂ and support the manufacturing of dry ice used in a variety of customer applications, from water treatment and food chilling to freezing systems and brewing and winemaking. The plant’s process will use CO₂ by-product from Pacific Ethanol’s nearby ethanol production facility. With the additional plant in Stockton, Airgas will have three strategically located CO₂ plants in Northern, Central, and Southern California.