The retrenchment cost millions in separation pay and strike losses, but it paid off.

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The 2010 National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Rakesh Agrawal, Purdue University, for an extraordinary record of innovations in improving the energy efficiency and reducing the cost of gas liquifaction and separation.

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Finally, it also showed that the cost to recreate these in a standalone company outweighed any benefits of separation.

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