Praxair Korea Expands Offering to Provide Local C3F8 Transfilling.Business Editors DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2001 Praxair, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PX) announced today that its semiconductor business in Korea (Praxair Korea, Ltd.) has expanded its facilities in Giheung, Korea to provide local transfilling of octofluoropropane (C3F C3F Commander Third Fleet 8). The facility will transfill high grade C3F8, which has proved to be an effective chamber cleaning material for chemical vapor deposition Vapor deposition Production of a film of material often on a heated surface and in a vacuum. Vapor deposition technology is used in a large variety of applications. (CVD CVD Cardiovascular disease, see there ) reactors. By providing local transfilling support to semiconductor manufacturers in Korea, Praxair can ensure a more reliable and cost-effective means of distribution. "Praxair will continue to expand our facilities in Asia to better serve the Asian semiconductor manufacturing industry," states Frank Crespo, vice president of Praxair's semiconductor materials Semiconductor materials are insulators at absolute zero temperature that conduct electricity in a limited way at room temperature (see also Semiconductor). The defining property of a semiconductor material is that it can be doped with impurities that alter its electronic properties business. "This expansion allows Praxair to provide an important new product to our customers in Korea." Praxair Korea provides the wide range of high purity products to the semiconductor market. In addition to a full line of semiconductor process gases available, Praxair Korea features a class 100 cleanroom and gas analysis laboratory. Praxair Semiconductor Materials is dedicated to the development of innovative process materials solutions, helping semiconductor manufacturers lower the cost of ownership, reduce environmental impact and improve productivity. Offering the semiconductor industry a strong, integrated source for process gases, materials supply and related equipment and services, Praxair Semiconductor Materials has designed, built and managed advanced gas systems in Asia, Europe and North America. Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and one of the largest worldwide, with 2000 sales of $5 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric and process gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and technology bring productivity and environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , healthcare, semiconductor materials, steel, chemicals and refining, metal fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. , water treatment, glass and others. For more information, visit Praxair on the Internet at www.praxair.com. |
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