BOC OFFERS FIBER OPTICS AND PHOTONICS DEVICE INDUSTRY SINGLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY

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BOC OFFERS FIBER OPTICS AND PHOTONICS DEVICE INDUSTRY SINGLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY
11 March 2002 - BOC Gases

BOC Edwards’ compound semiconductor group and BOC’s fiber optics solutions unit are coordinating their business activities to present the optical communication industry with a single entity capable of providing products and services that span the entire spectrum of their manufacturing needs.

Glenn Rush, vice president, BOC fiber optics solutions, says, "The really big winner in this new arrangement is the customer, who is going to benefit from our increased coordination and expertise to deal with their entire process."

"Greater synergy on the supply side," he predicts, "will lead to greater efficiencies and reduced cost for optical communication customers."

George Courville, global vice president, compound semiconductor, BOC Edwards, says, "BOC Edwards’ experience serving the silicon semiconductor market is of great value in the compound semiconductor industry, especially since we are structured to provide a full range of products and services to this evolving industry."

BOC Edwards is the world’s leading supplier of vacuum equipment, deposition systems, chemical dispense equipment and electronic materials to the silicon semiconductor industry. Its compound semiconductor group provides process-critical electronic materials such as high purity ammonia, arsine and phosphine to the global compound semiconductor industry, especially in Japan, where its partner OSK has a long established market leadership position.

BOC has been supplying gases, chemicals, delivery systems, 24-hour monitoring and maintenance to the fiber optics and photonics market since the early 1980s. Its fiber optics solutions group currently provides chemicals, gases, gas recycling systems, and equipment to this market along with on-site analytical and monitoring services.

Courville adds, "Together we are capable of providing a full range of solutions along the entire fiber optic chain."

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About: BOC Gases
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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