MOSCOW (MRC) -- Linde said it has started up a new air separation unit (ASU) and the first of three nitrogen generators in Taiwan, as part of a 15-year contract to supply ultra-high purity industrial gases to a major electronics customer, said Chemweek.
Built and operated by Linde’s joint venture Linde LienHwa (LLH), the project will support a multi-billion-dollar wafer fab expansion in Tainan Science Park.
The remaining two generators are expected to come on stream in 2021. Once completed, the ASU and the three generators will have a total combined gas capacity of over 173,000 Nm3/hr.
"LLH is proud to have reached this significant milestone with our customer, starting the project on time and with the highest safety standards," said Alex Tong, President of LLH.
"This start-up further underscores our track record of delivering on our promises and we look forward to completing the project safely in support of our customer’s growth."
As MRC informed earlier, Linde plans to work with a subsidiary of Chinese energy and petrochemicals firm China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) to jointly develop China’s hydrogen energy industry.
As MRC informed earlier, in February 2020, Linde PLC received a contract to provide technology for PJSC SIBUR Holding’s cracker at Amur gas chemical complex (GCC). GCC is an integrated 1.5 million tons per year polyethylene and polypropylene production complex to be built near Svobodny in Russia’s far-east Amur region. The contract was awarded to Linde under a consortium with SIBUR subsidiary and project contractor NIPIgazpererabota (Nipigaz).
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, PE imports to Russia dropped in January-June 2020 by 7% year on year to 328,000 tonnes. High density polyethylene (HDPE) accounted for the main decrease in imports. At the same time, PP imports into Russia rose in the first six months of 2020 by 21% year on year to 105,300 tonnes. Propylene homopolymer (homopolymer PP) accounted for the main increase in imports.
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