LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa.,
Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Air
Products (NYSE: APD) today announced it has been selected to supply
gaseous nitrogen, oxygen and argon to Samsung Mobile Display's
(SMD) newest Active-matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED)
fab located in Tanjeong, Korea.
Air Products will build a new air separation unit (ASU) and
pipeline at its Tanjeong site for gases supply to SMD. Air Products
also supplies gaseous nitrogen and other bulk gases via pipeline to
SMD's two large-scale TFT-LCD facilities in Cheonan.
"We are honored to extend our relationship with Samsung and be
involved with such an important customer whose new plant will
utilize this new technology," said Corning Painter, vice president
and general manager of the Electronics Division at Air Products.
"This contract is an excellent example of our capability to serve
the world's largest electronics customers with our infrastructure,
technology advancements and product capacity in place."
Samsung Mobile Display, a joint venture between Samsung
Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung SDI Co. Ltd., is a global leader
in next-generation small and medium displays and is building a
5.5th generation production line in Tanjeong to start mass
production of AMOLED, which is an emerging display technology used
in mobile devices and media players for large high-resolution
displays that consume significantly less power.
For more information on Air Products' electronics business,
please go to www.airproducts.com/electronics.
To view the complete news release, visit Air Products' online
Press Room at
http://www.airproducts.com/PressRoom/CompanyNews/Archived/2010/09Dec2010.htm.
***NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements
within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's reasonable expectations and assumptions as of
the date of this release regarding important risk factors. Actual
performance and financial results may differ materially from
projections and estimates expressed in the forward-looking
statements because of many factors not anticipated by management,
including risk factors described in the Company's Form 10K for its
fiscal year ended September 30,
2010.
SOURCE Air Products