Air Products is to increase the production of gaseous nitrogen and expand its nitrogen pipeline in the Gumi National Industrial Complex of North Gyeongsang Province, Korea.
The expansion will serve the increasing demand from photovoltaic (PV) and semiconductor manufacturers, amidst the growth of electronics customers in the country’s largest inland industrial complex.
Air Products will build a new nitrogen plant at its site in the Gumi National Industrial Complex 2 and will expand its nitrogen pipeline to Complex 5. The pipeline currently delivers nitrogen to nearly 20 long-term photovoltaic and semiconductor customers across Complexes 1 to 4.
The new plant is expected to be on-stream in the summer of 2012 and will serve the increasing needs of existing customers as well as new demand in Complex 5.
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