LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., June 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Air
Products (NYSE: APD), a world-leading industrial gases company, today announced it has recently received multiple, long-term
supply awards from semiconductor and flat panel display manufacturers in China as the country's
electronics manufacturing industry continues to boom.
Industrial gases supply contracts awarded to Air Products over the past 12 months call for the investment in six industrial
gas plants and a pipeline network for the supply of gaseous nitrogen and oxygen, as well as other bulk gases. These facilities
will support existing and new customers in key electronics clusters and industrial parks in China's major economic regions, including the Yangtze River Delta in Eastern
China, Pearl River Delta in Southern China, and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in
Northern China.
"We are greatly honored to be selected by our existing as well as new customers to support their growth plans in China. These wins speak volumes about their confidence in our capabilities," said Saw Choon Seong,
China president, Industrial Gases at Air Products. "Air Products has been serving the
China market for 30 years. These recent strategic investments reflect our continued commitment
to supporting the fast-paced development of electronics manufacturing customers here who are gaining new momentum for growth
under the country's 13th Five-Year Plan and 'Made in China 2025' initiative. We will
continue to bring our scale, innovation, and reliable and safe supply to enable them to thrive."
The Chinese Government has a strong commitment to boosting development of the electronics industry. One initiative is the
establishment of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, commonly known as the Big Fund, to invest roughly
USD 20 billion from 2014 through 2017 in the country's semiconductor industry. In addition, local
governments have also set up regional-level funds totalling around USD 100 billion to promote key
technologies and major projects.
Air Products' wins over the past 12 months include some landmark projects in China's
electronics industry, and some are state-level projects, such as:
- A new memory fab in the Fujian (Jinjiang)
Integrated Circuit Industrial Park in Fujian Province, Southern
China; and
- A new foundry in the Pukou Economic Development Zone (PKEDZ) in Eastern China,
a state-level high-tech park which will be home to advanced manufacturing and is only 35 kilometers away from the Nanjing
Chemical Industry Park (NCIP). Air Products has already built a leading position in the NCIP serving several hundred
customers in the park and across Nanjing through pipelines and various supply modes.
Air Products has been a leading industrial gases supplier to the global electronics industry for over 40 years. In
China, the company has been serving many world-leading and domestic manufacturers in the
development of next generation electronics devices by leveraging its strong and reliable supply network across the country. One
example is the supply to one of China's most advanced fabs, which is located in Xian City, Western China, and is owned and operated by a leading global
semiconductor company. Air Products is also supplying the country's highest-generation, most advanced and most efficient
TFT-LCD (thin-film transistor liquid crystal display) fab located in the Banan Jieshi IT Industrial Park in
Chongqing City, Western China.
About Air Products
Air Products (NYSE: APD) is a world-leading
Industrial Gases company in operation for over 75 years. The Company's core industrial gases business provides atmospheric and
process gases and related equipment to manufacturing markets, including refining and petrochemical, metals, electronics, and food
and beverage. Air Products is also the world's leading supplier of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment.
The Company had fiscal 2016 sales of $7.5 billion from continuing operations in 50 countries and
has a current market capitalization of approximately $30 billion. Approximately 16,000 employees
are making Air Products the world's safest and best performing industrial gases company, providing sustainable offerings and
excellent service to all customers. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com.
NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions
as of the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual performance and financial results may differ materially
from projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the Company's Form 10K for its fiscal year ended September 30,
2016.
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