液化空气集团宣布在台湾进行重大投资，进入两个世界最先进的半导体盆地

Air Liquide will invest close to 200 million euros to build production capacities in the Science Parks of Tainan and Hsinchu, respectively located in the South and the North of Taiwan. Under a long-term commitment with a semiconductor market leader, this investment in new production capacity will allow the Group to supply three high volume semiconductor fabrication plants under construction in Tainan Science Park, as well as some of the world’s most advanced R&D fabs for logic IC chips in Hsinchu Science Park.

Air Liquide, through its majority owned joint-venture Air Liquide Far Eastern, willbuild, own and operate ultra-high purity hydrogen and oxygen plants在每个盆地每小时共供5000 Nm3氢气和新竹两个大型工厂生产高纯度氢气氮气和氩气, for an additional capacity of 120,000 Nm3 of high purity nitrogen per hour. It will also supply大量的氦to these fabs. The first plants are expected to start during the second quarter of 2021 to support the customer's multi-billion-dollar wafer fabs expansion.

This breakthrough was in large part driven by Air Liquide’s demonstrated record in providing reliable and power-efficient nitrogen and argon production technology and services to its customers, as well as by its capacity to providelow carbon and high-purity hydrogen and oxygen differentiated solutions. Hydrogen will be partially produced from renewable energy sources, which willavoid the emission of an estimated 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year.

弗朗索瓦·阿布里亚尔，Member of the Air Liquide Group’s Executive Committee supervising Asia Pacific, said:

液化空气公司很高兴被选为台南和新竹科技园的高纯度气体供应商，这进一步巩固了我们作为台湾中部台中科技园高纯度氮气主要供应商的地位。这进一步确认了液化空气集团的专业知识、创新和承诺，使我们能够在台湾和整个亚洲成为半导体行业30多年的合作伙伴。在流感大流行的背景下，我们很自豪地支持这一行业，通过增强的IT基础设施和5G部署，实现更好更快的人员连接。