Air Liquide America Announces the Acquisition of Analytical Services Group; New Addition to Balazs Analytical Services Offer.FREMONT, Calif. -- Air Liquide America has acquired Analytical Services Group (ASG ASG Assign ASG Allen Systems Group (Naples, FL) ASG Abu Sayyaf Group (terrorist group) ASG Associated Student Government ASG Area Support Group ASG Adaptive Services Grid ASG Assistant Secretary General ), a leading laboratory solving micro-contamination issues and characterizing unknown materials. ASG, a preferred laboratory of many original equipment manufacturers (OEM's) due to its enduring reputation, has relocated its operations within the new cleanroom facility at Air Liquide America's Balazs Analytical Services laboratory in Fremont, Calif. Dr. Hugh Gotts, owner and founder of ASG, is a leading expert on organic and polymer analyses using vibrational spectroscopy such as Raman and FTIR FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared (spectroscopy) FTIR Frustrated Total Internal Reflection FTIR Fourier Transfer Ir (Fourier-Transform Infrared spectroscopy). Along with his organization, Dr. Gotts brings more than 20 years of micro-contamination expertise and a unique set of customer-specific solutions. Balazs Analytical Services, a part of Air Liquide America's Electronics business unit, will now be able to provide comprehensive micro-contamination support by adding chemical bond identification to its well-known elemental identification expertise. ASG's capabilities also strengthen Balazs' know-how on surface, organic and inorganic analyses, testing of packaging materials, thermal analyses of polymers and extensive wafer analyses. In addition to the wafer analyses already provided, such as trace metals on wafers by VPD-ICP-MS, organic analyses and thin films calibrations, Balazs now extends its offering to full wafer bulk oxygen and carbon, fluorine fluorine (fl  `ərēn, –rĭn), gaseous chemical element; symbol F; at. no. 9; at. wt. 18.998403; m.p. −219.6°C;; b.p. −188.14°C;; density 1. in FSG See Linux Foundation. and EPI EPIexocrine pancreatic insufficiency. layer thickness. This acquisition displays Air Liquide's commitment to provide comprehensive analytical services to the semiconductor and other high-tech industries. Said Rich Jahr, Vice President of Air Liquide America's Electronics business unit: "Welcoming Dr. Gotts to our organization is an honor and brings an essential asset to our problem-solving capabilities. It gives us an additional opportunity to offer creative solutions to our customers, and will bring significant synergies to our activity." About Balazs Analytical Services Balazs Analytical Services, a part of the Air Liquide America Electronics business unit, is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 17025 certified laboratory that specializes in ultra-low level trace analyses used to bring absolute solutions for process control. Balazs analyzes ultrapure water, pure chemicals, gasses, cleanroom air, cleanroom and chemical distribution components, as well as wafers and thin films for the electronics industry. Laboratories are located in Dallas, Texas; Fremont, Calif.; and Fishkill, N.Y. About Air Liquide Present in 65 countries, Air Liquide is the world leader in industrial and medical gases and related services. The Group offers innovative solutions based on constantly enhanced technologies. These solutions, which are in line with Air Liquide's commitment to sustainable development, help to protect life and enable our customers to manufacture many indispensable everyday products. Founded in 1902, Air Liquide has more than 31,900 employees. The Group has successfully developed a long-term relationship with its shareholders built on confidence and transparency and guided by the principles of corporate governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. . Since the publication of its first consolidated financial statements Consolidated Financial Statements The combined financial statements of a parent company and its subsidiaries. Notes: Because consolidated financial statements present an aggregated look at the financial position of a parent and its subsidiaries, they enable you to gauge in 1971, Air Liquide has posted strong and steady earnings growth. Sales in 2003 totaled 8,394 million euros, of which sales outside France accounted almost 80%. Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange and is a component of the CAC See Consumer Advisory Council. 40 and EuroStoxx 50 indexes (ISIN Isin (ĭs`ĭn), capital of an ancient Semitic kingdom of N Babylonia. The city became important after the third dynasty of Ur fell to the Elamites and the Amorites (c.2025 B.C.). The phase from c.2025–c.1763 B.C. code FR 0000120073). Please visit our website and media center at www.airliquide.com. |
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