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CHART ENERGY & CHEMICALS, INC. TO SUPPLY HEAT EXCHANGERS FOR PHOENIX PARK GAS IN TRINIDAD

December 13, 2005 – Garfield Heights, OH – Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc. (“Chart”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chart Industries Inc., has received an order for a piped assembly of six brazed aluminum heat exchangers for the Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited (PPGPL) facility in Trinidad. The heat exchanger assembly consists of six parallel heat exchangers connected by manifold piping and will replace an existing assembly, improving the plant’s performance. In response to the customer’s need for expedited delivery, Chart is expected to complete the exchangers and have them prepared to ship in early March 2006.

The new assembly will have Chart’s innovative and proprietary mercury-tolerant features as well as a methanol injection system to facilitate exchanger cleaning, unlike the older assembly. Chart’s mercury-tolerant features can help mitigate potential failures induced by liquid mercury. Chart has over 400 mercury-tolerant heat exchangers successfully operating around the world.

Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc. has a substantial and thriving track record in the world’s most demanding cryogenic processing applications. Chart designs and manufactures aluminum plate fin heat exchangers for a variety of global applications. Chart’s innovation in technology has added to its success in gas process applications. Together with high design pressure experience, mercury tolerant construction features, and its modern manufacturing facilities, Chart offers its customers the highest quality at the lowest evaluated cost.

Chart Industries, Inc. is a leading global supplier of standard and custom engineered products and systems serving a wide variety of low temperature and cryogenic applications. Chart has domestic operations located in seven states and an international presence in Australia, China, the Czech Republic, Germany and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.chart-ind.com.

Contact:
Jason J. Curtis
Corporate Director of Marketing
Chart Industries, Inc.
952-882-5167

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