Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced it has been awarded additional on-site nitrogen supply by one of its strategic global customers, who is among the world’s largest manufacturers of electronic components, for its new production line in Binhai New Area, Tianjin, China.
Air Products has been supplying on-site nitrogen to the customer’s manufacturing site in Tianjin and supporting its ongoing expansion for over 12 years. The company has been building several facilities with three currently running and two starting up in the coming months. Air Products will add the sixth facility, further strengthening its supply position in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to serve the customer’s increasing need from the new production line.
“It is our honor to have earned the continued trust of our strategic customer. The expanding relationship will further position us to support their upcoming and long-term growth,” said Saw Choon Seong, China president at Air Products. “For over 40 years, Air Products has been serving the global electronics industry and the world’s leading manufacturers with safety, reliability, efficiency and excellent service. Our ongoing investment in the strategic Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region is part of our longstanding commitment to supporting the development of China’s electronics manufacturing industry under the government’s 13th Five-Year Plan and beyond.”
Binhai New Area, taking advantage of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei development and serving as the gate to northern China, represents a high-end modern manufacturing and research and development base, a northern international shipping and logistics center, as well as China’s third economic growth pole.