Praxair, Inc. has announced the start-up of a new air separation plant (ASU) to support Samsung’s display manufacturing complex in Tangjeong, South Korea, its third such plant at the facility.
The new ASU will supply 700 tons per day (tpd) of nitrogen to the electronics complex, and builds on a more than 25-year relationship with Samsung.
The company has been supplying Samsung’s display operations with nitrogen, oxygen, argon, helium and other gases since 2005, including its LCD factory in Tangjeong. In this latest instance, Praxair’s nitrogen will be used for cooling and purging applications in Samsung’s manufacturing process.
The Tangjeong complex, the world’s first and largest sixth-generation flexible Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) panel plant, is expanding to meet increasing demand for future generations of displays. OLEDs are used in a variety of products including televisions, mobile devices, digital cameras, virtual reality headsets and laptops.
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