Company paying $13 million for cleaning solutions supplier.
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Edward Shober to lead company's process materials & advanced materials global businesses.
Higher volume and favorable energy pass-though was offset by unfavorable currency exchange.
Fourth-quarter sales up 7 percent year-over-year.
Company selling division to Evonik Industries for $3.8 billion.
CEO: Sale helps company "focus on core industrial gas business."
Prices will increase for liquid and bulk industrial gas products.
Industrial gases sales in Americas decreased 17 percent in quarter.
Air Liquide's $10.3 billion purchase of Airgas creates world's largest gases distributor.
Air Liquide to pay twice what Air Products offered four years ago.
Materials technologies business to spin-off as Versum Materials.
Fourth-quarter sales down 9 percent year-over-year.
CEO: Sale allows company to "value industrial gases and materials technologies businesses independently."
Industry & specialty gases company opens new helium production facility to offset ongoing shortage.
