Praxair to supply China chip plant

Industrial Distribution staff -- Industrial Distribution, 1/19/2007 7:24:00 AM

Praxair China and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. have inked a deal for Praxair to supply industrial gases to SMIC's new FAB 8 facility in Shanghai.

The contract calls for Praxair to upgrade its existing facility and pipelines in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park to supply ultra-high-purity nitrogen, oxygen, argon, hydrogen and helium to the semiconductor plant. Praxair will also build and operate the purification and gas-monitoring systems located on the site.

'We are proud to be chosen again by SMIC as its strategic supplier for its new state-of-the-art wafer facility,” said Praxair China vice president Minda Ho. “We have been working with SMIC since its inception in 2000 and are pleased to have been a major supplier during its growth as the preeminent semiconductor manufacturer in China.”

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