LNG

March 18 (LNGJ) - Air Products, the US equipment maker for liquefaction plants and LNG processing, said it continued to drive substantial improvements in profitability as it raised its quarterly dividend to 86 cents per share from 81 cents. “Our priorities for the use of the significant cash we generate have remained the same,” said Chairman, President and Chief Executive Seifi Ghasemi. “Those priorities include maintaining our A credit rating, investing in organic growth and accretive acquisitions, continuing to increase the dividend, and finally, if there is excess cash available and the market conditions are right, returning it to shareholders in the form of share buybacks,” the CEO stated.