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SOUTH KOREA FACILITY IS THE WORLD’S FIRST GENERATION 7 TFT LCD FAB
23 September 2006 - BOC Gases
| BOC Edwards, an integrated supplier of gas, chemical, vacuum and exhaust management solutions to the flat panel and semiconductor industries, has received a major vacuum systems order from Samsung Electronics. Over 60 vacuum systems will be supplied for Samsung’s Generation 7 thin film transistor-liquid crystal display manufacturing facility in Taenjong, South Korea. |
BOC Edwards, an integrated supplier of gas, chemical, vacuum and exhaust management solutions to the flat panel and semiconductor industries, has received a major vacuum systems order from Samsung Electronics. Over 60 vacuum systems will be supplied for Samsung’s Generation 7 thin film transistor-liquid crystal display manufacturing facility in Taenjong, South Korea. The order, includes BOC Edwards modular iHxK dry vacuum pumping systems for harsh duty plasma-enhanced chemical-vapor deposition processes, the recently-introduced iFXK1 pump for loadlock applications, as well as high-speed, magnetically levitated turbomolecular pumps for plasma etch tools. “We continue to enjoy great success in this incredibly dynamic market sector by providing cost-effective, innovative products, combined with a world-class global service and support network,” said J.Y. Kim, president of BOC Edwards vacuum products group in Korea. “By maintaining close relationships with flat panel display end users and FPD process tool manufacturers, our product roadmap beyond Generation 7 is well aligned with the anticipated rapid upsizing in panel dimensions.”
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Through its PGS line of business, BOC supplies gas and related solutions to the chemicals, petroleum, glass, water services, electronic packaging, fibre optics, hydrogen energy, metals and food industries. BOC helps meet customer needs in a variety of ways, from the supply of a single gas or application through to designing, constructing and operating fully integrated gas and utilities schemes.The BOC Group, which serves two million customers in more than 50 countries, is one of the largest and most global of the world's leading gases companies. It employs some 44,500 people worldwide and had annual sales of over £4.3 billion in 2003. Further information about The BOC Group may be obtained on the Internet at www.boc.com The BOC Group has an international portfolio of companies grouped for management control and reporting into three lines of business: Process Gas Solutions, Industrial and Special Products, and BOC Edwards. It also has a specialist logistics business, Gist. |
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