Specialty Gases

The Canadian industrial gas market is the second-largest in North America, behind the US. It generated revenues of approximately $2,066.0m in 2023. This is down from $2,141.4m in 2022, so the market has been sluggish....

Semiconductor manufacturing firms Coherent, SkyWater Technology Foundry, and X-Fab have each signed preliminary memoranda of terms with the US Department of Commerce to receive millions of dollars under the CHIPS and Science Act.

The Biden-Harris Administration has awarded semiconductor manufacturers Absolics and Entegris with direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to support the construction of two new facilities in Georgia and Colorado.

India’s leading industrial gas provider INOX Air Products (INOXAP) has begun supplying electronic and specialty gases to ReNew Photovoltaics Pvt. Ltd.’s first solar photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturing facility at Dholera, Gujarat. 

The Biden-Harris Administration is looking to invest up to $300m in advanced packaging research projects in Georgia, California, and Arizona to help develop technologies essential for the semiconductor market.

The Biden-Harris Administration is looking to provide $285m to establish a headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, for SMART USA (Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Research with Twins USA), a first-of-its-kind CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute.

Samsung Electronics has held a tool-in ceremony for its semiconductor research and development (R&D) complex, NRD-K, in Giheung, Korea, with operations scheduled to begin in 2025.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has announced plans for a semiconductor-focused workforce training facility that will offer hands-on training in support of the developing semiconductor.