Electronics: Air Liquide Signs a Major Contract with China’s Leading Display Manufacturer
25 September 2014 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Air Liquide (Paris:AI):
Worldwide demand for next-generation flat panel displays
is booming, driven by the increasing popularity of smart phones and
tablets as well as ultra-high-definition screens. China has now
become the largest consumer market for electronic goods in
the world. In recent years, several manufacturers have built
state-of-the-art flat panel display fabs to meet local and overseas
demand.
Air Liquide is further expanding its relationship with BOE
Technology Group with a major contract award to supply BOE’s
new G8.5 Flat Panel Display Device and System
Project located in Chongqing, China.
The project - a new display production line - will be
commissioned in the first half of 2015 and produce
displays for laptops, tablets and high-end
monitors, using BOE independent core technologies such as
Oxide-TFT or touch technology. Air Liquide will
invest 30 million euros in a high efficiency,
turnkey on-site gas supply system that will produce 30,000
Nm3/h of ultra-high purity nitrogen and
associated bulk gas infrastructure.
With this new contract, Air Liquide will supply the majority of
BOE’s fabs in China with a total of
100,000 Nm3/h of nitrogen for sites in
Beijing, Chengdu, Hefei, Ordos and Chongqing.
Founded in 1993, BOE has become the largest supplier focusing
on flat panel display technologies, products and solutions
in mainland China. BOE ranks top 5 in the global industry in
terms of shipment and market share. Up to now, BOE’s accumulated
usable patents total over 18,000, with newly increased 4,282 patent
applications in 2013.
Mr. Liu Xiaodong, Chief Operating Officer of BOE,
commented: “Air Liquide has proven its competitiveness, its
supply reliability, and its responsiveness over the years. In
particular, Air Liquide understands our needs and is a source
of ideas in the development of added-value solutions. We are
pleased to count on Air Liquide for this new project in Chongqing
and we look forward to a long and fruitful cooperation with Air
Liquide.”
Michael J. Graff, Air Liquide Group Senior Vice-President
for the Americas and Executive Committee member overseeing
Electronics, commented: “This new contract highlights the
long-term partnership and the confidence placed in Air Liquide by
BOE for their latest Oxide-TFT display fab in Chongqing. 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 flat panel industry in China and
advanced display technologies in Asia.”
Air Liquide ElectronicsWith
over 3,500 employees and € 1,127 million in revenue in 2013,
Air Liquide Electronics has activities in ultra-pure and specialty
gases, new molecules, related equipment, and customized
services.The Electronics business line is based in Asia to improve
its proximity to the markets for semiconductors, flat panel
displays, and solar photovoltaics.
Air Liquide Chinaoperates
more than 70 plants and employs 4,000 employees today,
with a strong presence in the key coastal industrial areas. It
is also expanding into the center, south and west of China. Air
Liquide also has a strong Engineering and Construction activity
(Global E&C Solutions). 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
IndustriesHigh-purity gases are used to manufacture Thin
Film Transistors (TFT), which lie at the heart of FPD technologies:
the main role of nitrogen (N2) is to ensure a clean process
environment. Electronics Specialty Gases (ESGs), along with other
carrier gases, are used either to deposit, etch or functionalize
the material layers that constitute the TFT, and to clean inside
the deposition chambers.
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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