Praxair Starts Up New Air Separation Plant In Korea

The air separation plant will also expand Praxairโ€™s merchant capacity in the region, supplying liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon to a variety of industries, including non-ferrous metal, wastewater treatment and shipbuilding. Through a long-term contract, the plant will supply on-site high-purity oxygen, nitrogen and argon to Samsung, one of the largest electronics companies in the world.

Danbury, CT & Hwasung, KOREA - Praxair Korea, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., announced the start-up of its second state-of-the-art air separation plant at the Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung) semiconductor facility in Hwasung, Korea. Through a long-term contract, the plant will supply on-site high-purity oxygen, nitrogen and argon to Samsung, one of the largest electronics companies in the world and the largest global producer of memory chips, TFT-LCDs, CDMA mobile phones and monitors.

The air separation plant will also expand Praxairโ€™s merchant capacity in the region, supplying liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon to a variety of industries, including non-ferrous metal, wastewater treatment and shipbuilding. In addition to atmospheric gases, Praxair supplies hydrogen, helium, process gases, sputtering targets, ALD precursors and other advanced materials for use in Samsungโ€™s manufacturing processes.

โ€œPraxair Korea is proud to be the largest atmospheric gases supplier to Samsung,โ€ said S.B. Seo, president of Praxair Korea. โ€œPraxair Korea has worked successfully with Samsung for more than 20 years, increasing the supply of gases to the companyโ€™s main manufacturing complexes in the country and supporting the companyโ€™s global growth and leadership position in the semiconductors and consumer electronics industries.โ€

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