Air Liquide invests EUR170 mn to support semiconductor manufacturer in Japan

Industrial gases firm Air Liquide announced a new investment of more than EUR170 million to supply ultra-high purity gases to a leading semiconductor manufacturer in Japan. Under a long-term agreement, the group will support the expansion of its customer’s existing logic chip production facility.

Air Liquide will build, own and operate several production units to deliver large volumes of ultra-pure nitrogen, oxygen, argon and hydrogen, including significant backup storage capacity. These gases are essential to ensure the ultra-clean and stable environments required for chip manufacturing.

Located at the core of Japan’s Southern semiconductor hub, a strategic area driving major industrial investments, this project is said to reinforce Air Liquide’s position as a premier partner to the local semiconductor industry – where the group’s expertise in electronics has been established for over 40 years – and across the broader Asian market