Air Liquide: Electronics: a major contract in China on cutting edge display technology
28 May 2014 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Air Liquide (Paris:AI) was recently awarded a major long-term
contract in China by CEC Panda Flat Panel Display Technology Co.
Ltd (a CEC-Panda and Sharp LCD Joint-Venture) to supply ultra-pure
carrier molecules to their first fab that will manufacture
Oxide-TFT screens for mobile devices and TV sets on Generation 8.5
size (G8.5) glass substrates.
Oxide-TFT is a disruptive and complex high resolution display
technology that only a few manufacturers have mastered at the mass
production level. Applied to mobile devices, such as smartphones,
tablets and notebooks, it helps optimize battery life and improves
user experience by increasing run time and decreasing the weight of
the devices.
Air Liquide will invest around 25 million euros in a
large on-site generator to produce ultra-high purity nitrogen and
required bulk gases and back-up infrastructures for CEC-Panda’s new
fab, which will be based in Nanjing Crystal Park, in Jiangsu
Province. The total amount of ultra-pure nitrogen under the new
contract will be 23,000 Nm3/h. Air Liquide will also supply
electronic specialty gases, equipment and installation, and on-site
management.
This is Air Liquide’s second contract with CEC-Panda. The
Group has been supplying CEC-Panda’s first G6.0 fab, based in
Nanjing Crystal Park, since 2010. By 2015, Air Liquide will supply
a total of 37,000 Nm3/h of ultra-pure nitrogen to these two
CEC-Panda fabs.
CEC Panda was established by CEC (China Electronics Corp.), the
largest state-owned IT company in China, founded in 1989, and Sharp
Corporation, a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and
manufactures electronic products.
Michael J. Graff, Air Liquide Group Senior Vice-President
for the Americas and Executive Committee member overseeing
Electronics, commented: “We are honoured by CEC-Panda’s decision
to expand our relationship to the supply of their new fab in the
Nanjing Crystal Park. This new contract attests to our ability to
supply leading electronics customers with products and services
that meet the highest standards. It also reaffirms the value and
competitiveness of our offer and our position in the fast growing
mobility and smart devices revolution. Air Liquide is
positioned to capture the growth of the high resolution and next
generation mobile displays.”
Air Liquide Electronics
With over 3,500 employees and € 1,127 million revenue
in 2013, Air Liquide Electronics has activities in ultra-pure
and specialty gases, new molecules, related equipment, and
customized services.
The Electronics division management is based in Asia to enhance
its proximity to the semiconductor, TFT-LCD and PV markets in
Asia.
Air Liquide 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, south and
west. Air Liquide also has strong Engineering and Construction
capabilities via its Global E&C Solutions division. Air Liquide
resumed the development of its activities in China in the 1970s
with the supply of Air Separation Units and restarted gas
operations in 1990.
The use of molecules in Flat Panel
Industries
High-purity gases are used to manufacture Thin Film Transistors
(TFT), which lie at the heart of FPD technologies. The main role of
nitrogen is to ensure a clean process environment. Electronics
Specialty Gases (ESGs), along with other carrier gases, are used
either to deposit, clean or functionalize the material layers that
constitute the TFT.
World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry
and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with more than
50,000 employees and serves more than 2 million customers and
patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of
the company’s activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide’s
ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term
performance and acting responsibly.
Air Liquide ideas create value over the long term. At the core
of the company’s development are the commitment and constant
inventiveness of its people.
Air Liquide anticipates the challenges of its markets, invests
locally and globally, and delivers high-quality solutions to its
customers and patients, and the scientific community.
The company relies on competitiveness in its operations,
targeted investments in growing markets and innovation to deliver
profitable growth over the long-term.
Air Liquide’s revenues amounted to € 15.2 billion in 2013, and
its solutions that protect life and the environment represented
around 40% of sales. 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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