Air Products invests in six industrial gas plants in China

 

Pennsylvania—Air Products has received multiple, long-term supply awards from semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturers in China as the country’s electronics manufacturing industry continues to boom.

Industrial gases supply contracts awarded to Air Products over the past 12 mos call for the investment in six industrial gas plants and a pipeline network for the supply of gaseous nitrogen and oxygen, as well as other bulk gases.

These facilities will support existing and new customers in key electronics clusters and industrial parks in China’s major economic regions, including the Yangtze River Delta in Eastern China, Pearl River Delta in Southern China, and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in Northern China.

The Chinese Government has a strong commitment to boosting development of the electronics industry. One initiative is the establishment of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, commonly known as the Big Fund, to invest roughly $20 B from 2014 through 2017 in the country’s semiconductor industry. In addition, local governments have also set up regional-level funds totaling around $100 B to promote key technologies and major projects.

Air Products’ wins over the past 12 months include some landmark projects in China’s electronics industry, including some are state-level projects:

• A new memory fab in the Fujian (Jinjiang) Integrated Circuit Industrial Park in Fujian Province, Southern China
• A new foundry in the Pukou Economic Development Zone (PKEDZ) in Eastern China, a state-level high-tech park that will be home to advanced manufacturing and is only 35 km away from the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park (NCIP). Air Products has already built a leading position in the NCIP serving several hundred customers in the park and across Nanjing through pipelines and various supply modes.

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