Air Liquide (AL) recently announced the construction of three plants in Taiwan to supply, in the framework of long-term contracts, two of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers with large volumes of ultra high purity industrial gases for their leading edge fabs.

Located in the proximity of the customers’ manufacturing sites, these plants will produce a total of up to 2 billion N㎥ per year of ultra pure nitrogen, as well as oxygen and argon. The first plant is expected to be operational in 2024. AL will invest a total of approximately 500 million euros in these units.

François Abrial, Member of the AL Group’s Executive Committee supervising Asia Pacific, said “We has already invested over 400 million euros in Taiwan between 2019 and 2021, to provide ultra pure gases to its electronics customers. With new investments, we strengthens our presence in the area and reinforces its partnership with two long term leading players in the Electronics industry.”