BOC EDWARDS ANNOUNCES CONSTRUCTION OF CHINA SILANE TRANSFILL FACILITY

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BOC EDWARDS ANNOUNCES CONSTRUCTION OF CHINA SILANE TRANSFILL FACILITY
23 September 2006 - BOC Gases

BOC Edwards, a global supplier of materials, equipment and services to the microelectronics manufacturing industry, announced today it will construct a 60-tonnes per year high-purity silane transfill facility in Kunshan, Suzhou, China. Local distribution facilities, known as transfills, compress bulk gas into cylinders for shipment to customer sites.

The new facility will serve the semiconductor, flat panel and float glass industries in China as well as other regions in Asia. Part of the project involves a long-term silane supply agreement that has been negotiated with Advanced Silicon Materials, LLC (ASiMI, Butte, Montana). Groundbreaking will occur within the next two months.

“BOC Edwards has an ongoing commitment to the growth of the semiconductor and flat panel industries in China, the rest of Asia, and around the world. The Suzhou facility is one example of the company’s long-range investment strategy for the region”, stated Peter Thomas, vice president of marketing for BOC Edwards’ electronic materials business. “Product cost and local supply are always key issues for the electronics industry,” he continued, “and this new facility is expected to provide a low cost material while improving supply chain reliability.”

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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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