Air Liquide was recently awarded a major long-term contract in China by CEC Panda Flat Panel Display Technology Co. Ltd to supply ultra-pure carrier molecules to their first fab.
The fab will manufacture Oxide-TFT screens for mobile devices and TV sets on Generation 8.5 size (G8.5) glass substrates. Oxide-TFT is a disruptive and complex high-resolution display technology that only a few manufacturers have mastered at the mass production level.
Applied to mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets and notebooks, it helps optimise battery life and improves user experience by increasing run time and decreasing the weight of the devices.
Air Liquide will invest around €25m in a large on-site generator to produce ultra-high purity nitrogen and required bulk gases and back-up infrastructures for CEC-Panda’s new fab, which will be based in Nanjing Crystal Park, in Jiangsu Province. The total amount of ultra-pure nitrogen under the new contract will be 23,000 Nm3/h. Air Liquide will also supply electronic specialty gases, equipment and installation, and on-site management.
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