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Atlas Copco to expand presence in the US semiconductor market
Atlas Copco has entered into an agreement to acquire Cere Technologies, a US manufacturer of gas and vapour delivery equipment for the semiconductor industry.
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Plans for Arizona-based semiconductor plant unveiled amidst shortage concerns
In response to increased demand in the semiconductor market, Edwards has invested in a new 200,000-sqaure-foot facility for the efficient and environmentally sustainable production of chips.
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Concerns for rare gas production from Ukraine
With a significant percentage of the world’s semiconductor-grade neon production derived from Ukraine and Eastern Europe as a whole, concerns are being raised for the stability of rare gases supply as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues.
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Helium shortages threaten US semiconductor and medical imaging markets
As helium supply continues to tighten in the US, key businesses that rely on a consistent supply in the country, including semiconductor manufacturers and operators of magnetic resonance image (MRI) machines, are beginning to feel an impact.
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Intel makes $5.4bn acquisition to support semiconductor shortages
Intel has acquired Tower Semiconductor for $5.4bn to further expand its manufacturing capacity of semiconductor chips to address unprecedented industry demand.
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Linde signs deal to supply new semiconductor plant in Singapore
Linde will build, own and operate a state-of-the-art SPECTRA generator plant to produce ultra-high purity nitrogen and oxygen for a new multi-billion-dollar semiconductor fabrication plant in Singapore.
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New semiconductor plants cannot come soon enough
With an ongoing semiconductor shortage, due to increased demand, start-up of new semiconductor manufacturing plants cannot come soon enough.
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Air Liquide announces $60m plant investment in Arizona to support the semiconductor market
Air Liquide will invest $60m to build, own and operate onsite plants and systems at a new manufacturing site in Phoenix, Arizona, to supply ultra-high purity hydrogen, helium and carbon dioxide to one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers.
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Helium Super Summit: Semiconductor industry set to be a $1 trillion industry by 2030
The second day of sessions is well underway at gasworld’s Helium Super Summit, at which 270 delegates have gathered for the return of our in-person events.
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Linde signs deal to supply new semiconductor plant in Arizona
Linde plc has signed a long-term deal with one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers for the supply of industrial gases to a new multi-billion dollar manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Linde to construct a 2MW electrolyser plant in Austria to serve the semiconductor industry
Linde has today (18th August) unveiled plans to build, own and operate a two-megawatt electrolyser plant in Austria to supply the semiconductor industry with green hydrogen.
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Requirements for specialty gases in semiconductor manufacturing
Precision gas delivery is at the core of semiconductor manufacturing. Many different gases – corrosives, reactives and inerts – in varying flow rates are delivered to process chambers to produce critical features on silicon wafers that are used in manufacturing logic and memory chips. These gases, collectively called electronic specialty ...
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US expands semiconductor capacity amid chip shortage
Jim Minicucci, Global Head of the Specialty Gases business field at EMD Electronics, a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, shares his viewpoints on the semiconductor chip shortage and supply chain with gasworld.
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Andy Tuan: Growth predicted for the semiconductor market
The effect Covid-19 has had on the semiconductor market, as well as growth drivers in Korea, Taiwan and Japan were all focuses today at gasworld’s Asia-Pacific virtual event.
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New paper compares technologies for UHP gas analysis
Gas analysis expert Servomex has published a new paper which compares gas chromatography using plasma emissions detectors (GC-PED) with atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry for ultra-high-purity (UHP) gas analysis in the semiconductor industry.
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Work underway on semiconductor research facility
Work has begun on a new £30m state-of-the-art facility at Swansea University in Wales that will bring together groundbreaking research with technology development in the field of semiconductor science and engineering.
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Linde starts up new plant in China
Linde has started up the first of two new high-purity nitrogen generators in Shanghai, China, as part of a 20-year contract to supply ultra-high purity industrial gases to GTA Semiconductor.
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Air Liquide makes major investment in Taiwan
Through its majority owned joint-venture Air Liquide Far Eastern, Air Liquide has said that it will build new production capacities in the Science Parks of Tainan and Hsinchu, respectively located in the south and north of Taiwan.
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Edwards opens new headquarters
Edwards, a manufacturer of vacuum and abatement solutions, has opened a new North American Semiconductor Technology Centre in Hillsboro, Oregon, US.
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Edwards launches new iXH Mk2 dry pump
Edwards has announced its new iXH Mk2 Series – a high efficiency, low-power, ultra-harsh duty dry pump.