Air Products Signs Contract with Taiwan’s CMO to Supply Flat Panel Market

30-07-2009: Air Products announced that its subsidiary in Taiwan, Air Products San Fu Co. Ltd., has signed a long-term contract with Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), a TFT-LCD supplier, to provide nitrogen and bulk gases to their Fab 6 located in Tree Valley Science and Industry Park (TVSIP), Tainan, Taiwan.

Air Products San Fu has installed an air separation unit next to CMO Fab 6 to provide on-site nitrogen. Air Products also will supply bulk gases including oxygen, argon, helium, hydrogen and carbon dioxide to CMO and other customers in the TVSIP.

Air Products San Fu has established a leading supply position in TSIP, and its customers in the park include CMO’s Fab 3, Fab 4, Fab 5 and Fab 7; TSMC’s Fab6 and Fab 14Phase One and Phase Two; and United Microelectronics Corporation’s (UMC) Fab12A. Air Products San Fu serves its customers through large ultra-high purity (UHP) bulk gas facilities and a pipeline that is fed by the world’s largest UHP nitrogen facility. This plant also produces UHP liquid nitrogen and UHP liquid oxygen for other semiconductor customers.

Air Products SanFu is a leading producer of industrial gases in Taiwan, supplying atmospheric gases, electronics specialty gases, chemicals and related equipment for many industries.