Air Liquide Signs a Major Ultra-Pure Carrier Gases Contract in China
December 05 2013 - 2:30AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Air Liquide (Paris:AI):
The global popularity of smartphones and other mobile devices is
driving the need for advanced semiconductor components such
as mobile application processors and wireless communication chips.
China possesses more than 50% of the global assembly capacity
for televisions and mobile devices and is the world’s
largest electronics and smartphone market.
Air Liquide has just been awarded a major long-term contract
in China by SMIC (Semiconductor
Manufacturing International Corporation) to
supply ultra-pure carrier gases to its latest cutting-edge
fab in Beijing which will manufacture advanced integrated
circuits for consumer electronics and mobile devices for both
international and Chinese markets. SMIC Beijing Fab B2 will
begin operating in early 2014 and will produce 300 millimeters
wafers with 28 nanometers advanced technology*.
To meet the needs of this customer, Air Liquide will invest
in a large on-site generator producing ultra-high purity
nitrogen. Nitrogen is an essential molecule that is used in the
production processes, along with electronics specialty gases and
precursors, to ensure that the stringent cleanliness requirement is
met and that manufacturing equipment is safely operated. Air
Liquide will also invest in the necessary bulk gases supply
infrastructure. Air Liquide’s overall investment will amount to
€18 million.
Founded in 2000, SMIC is the largest foundry
manufacturer in China and the fourth largest worldwide. Air
Liquide and SMIC have established a long-term relationship that
goes back to 2001. Air Liquide already supplies electronic
specialty gases to SMIC’s large fabs in Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin,
and Shenzhen.
Tzu-Yin Chiu, CEO of the SMIC Group, said: “We are
delighted to enter into this new long-term collaboration with Air
Liquide in Beijing. Air Liquide has shown an excellent
understanding of our needs and offered us competitive solutions.
Thanks to its worldwide experience, technology, and excellence in
operational management, we will benefit from a safe, reliable and
energy efficient supply of industrial gases.”
Michael J. Graff, Air Liquide Group Senior Vice-President
for the Americas and Executive Committee member overseeing
Electronics, commented: “Building on the successful and
long-term partnership with SMIC, we are very pleased to expand this
relationship to supply SMIC in the strategic Beijing area. This new
contract attests to our ability to supply electronics customers
with products and services that meet the highest standards, and
reaffirms the value and competitiveness of our offer and our
position in the fast-growing mobility and smart devices
revolution.”
Air Liquide Electronics
With over 3,500 employees and revenue
of €1,222 million in 2012, Air Liquide Electronics has
activities in ultra-pure carrier and specialty gases, new
molecules, related equipment, and customized services.
The Electronics division management is
based in Asia to enhance its proximity to the markets for
semiconductors, flat panel displays, and solar photovoltaics.
*The semiconductor chips at a
glance
Semiconductor chips are manufactured using
thin and spherical high purity silicon wafers as the base
substrate. The largest wafers in production are 300 millimeters
wide.Billions of tiny digital on/off electrical switches or
transistors that constitute each chip are formed on top of the
wafer surface. The transistors can be as small as a few tens of
nanometers or one to two thousand times thinner than hair. The
larger the wafer and the smaller the transistor the better the chip
performs and the lower the cost of production.
Air Liquide in China
operates more than 70 plants and
employs 4,000 employees today, with a strong presence in the
key coastal industrial areas, and is expanding into the center,
northeast, south and west.Air Liquide also has strong
Engineering and Construction capabilities based in Hangzhou and
Shanghai.Air Liquide entered China in 1916, returned to supply Air
Separation Units in the 1970s and restarted gas operations in
1990.
Air Liquide is the world leader in gases for industry, health
and the environment, and is present in 80 countries
with close to 50,000 employees. Oxygen, nitrogen,
hydrogen and rare gases have been at the core of Air Liquide’s
activities since its creation in 1902. Using these molecules, Air
Liquide continuously reinvents its business, anticipating the needs
of current and future markets. The Group innovates for the good of
society while delivering profitable growth and consistent
performance.
Innovative technologies that curb polluting emissions,
lower industry’s energy use, recover and reuse natural resources or
develop the energies of tomorrow, such as hydrogen, biofuels or
photovoltaic energy… Oxygen for hospitals, home healthcare,
fighting nosocomial infections… Air Liquide combines many products
and technologies to develop valuable applications and services not
only for its customers but also for society.
A partner for the long term, Air Liquide relies on
employee commitment, customer trust and shareholder support to
pursue its vision of sustainable, competitive growth. The
diversity of Air Liquide’s teams, businesses, markets and
geographic presence provides a solid and sustainable base for its
development and strengthens its ability to push back its own
limits, conquer new territories and build its future.
Air Liquide explores the best that air can offer to preserve
life, staying true to its Corporate Social Responsibility and
sustainable development approach. In 2012, the Group’s revenues
amounted to € 15.3 billion of which 82% were
generated outside France. Air Liquide is listed on the Paris
Euronext stock exchange (compartment A) and is a member of the CAC
40 and Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 indexes.
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