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Air Liquide commits €15 million to silane bundle transfilling in Japan
Air Liquide has reported that, due to demand levels, it would invest €15 million in a new Electronics Material Centre (EMC) in Japan, which will be dedicated to silane bundle transfilling as well as other high value molecules.
"This new JAG [Japan Air Gases] investment is in line with Air Liquide's strategy to actively invest in fast-growing markets, such as the supply of gases and advanced materials for the Electronics Industry in Japan," stated Christophe Fontaine, Vice-President Electronics, Air Liquide Group. "It will enable us to strengthen our overall supply chain, particularly in the West of Japan but also to support our customers even more effectively in other parts of Japan as well as in Asia."
The facility located in Harima Science Park in Ako, Hyogo, north west of Osaka, will be operational in 2008.
