INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Linde Opens Gas Plant at BOE
(MUNICH, GERMANY) Linde LienHwa (LLH),
The Linde Group’s joint venture with LienHwa
Mi TAC Group of Taiwan, today announced a
further strengthening of its commitment to the
TFT-LCD industry in China with the opening of
an ultra-high purity gas plant at BOE Technology
Group Co. Ltd’s (BOE) latest 8. 5 generation TFT-LCD manufacturing facility in the Beijing Development Authority. The new facility developed by
LLH consists of an installation of the plant’s bulk
gases supply systems, including on-site nitrogen
plants one of which will be the SPECTRA-N 30,000
series ultra-high purity nitrogen generator. This
allows the supply of 30,000Nm3/hour of nitrogen
via an underground pipeline. LLH has also constructed high capacity liquid nitrogen storage
tanks and storage and supply systems for other
gases on the site, including oxygen, hydrogen
and argon. Linde www.linde.com
Praxair Increases Stake in Yara
(DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, USA) Praxair,
Inc. and Yara International ASA of Norway have
signed an agreement whereby Praxair increased
its ownership in the Yara Praxair AS industrial
gases joint venture in Scandinavia from 50% to
66%. The Yara Praxair joint venture, formed in late
2007, comprises Yara International’s industrial
gases businesses located in Norway, Denmark
and Sweden. The venture will continue to operate
under the name Yara Praxair AS and be based in
Oslo, Norway. Specific terms of the agreement
were not disclosed. Praxair www.praxair.com
+1 203-837-2311
Air Liquide to Form Partnership for
H2-based Trucks
(PARIS, FRANCE) Air Liquide and Plug Power
announce their intent to join forces to develop
the market for hydrogen-powered forklift trucks
in Europe. Among all the markets for hydrogen
energy that of fuel-cell powered forklift trucks is
today the fastest growing. This initiative should
lead to the creation of a joint venture based in
France. This anticipated joint venture between
Plug Power and Axane (subsidiary of the Air
Liquide group) would rely on the advanced
technology of the GenDrive® fuel cell solution
from Plug Power, a manufacturer of fuel cells for
forklift trucks. Air Liquide www.airliquide.com +
33 (0)1 40 62 55 55
Air Products Project to Fuel
London Taxis
(LONDON, UK) A new project will soon see 15
hydrogen-powered London black-cabs and five
hydrogen-powered Suzuki Bergmann scooters
carrying passengers around the capital. Funded
by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, the Hy TEC project (Hydrogen Transport
for European Cities), which is in part funded by
the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
(FCH JU), will also see the installation of an Air
Products hydrogen fuelling station in London.
This new station will connect up with the two
fuelling stations already in operation in the city
supporting London’s hydrogen bus fleet, creating an infrastructure network powering hydrogen fuel cell vehicles across the capital, some in
time for the 2012 London Olympic Games. Air
Products www.airproducts.com
Messer Supplies Nitrogen at Lanxess
(KREFELD, GERMANY) Messer is installing a
reactor cooling unit at LANXESS Deutschland AG.
The Cryocontrol unit, which uses cryogenic liquid
nitrogen as a coolant, will be used for rubber-related research and development purposes at
the Dormagen site. The start-up of this unit provides Messer with a new reference in the field of
reactor cooling. In pharmaceutical and chemical
production very low process temperatures are
often required in reactors. The Cryocontrol process uses cryogenic liquid nitrogen to produce
these low temperatures. Messer www.messer-
group.com + 49 (0) 2151 7811-251
Praxair China to Supply Oxygen
to CNBM
(SHANGHAI, CHINA) Praxair China has signed
a long-term contract to supply oxygen and
oxy-fuel technology for the solar photovoltaic
glass production line of China National Build-
ing Materials (Hefei) New Energy Co., Ltd., a new
enterprise of Bengbu Design & Research Institute
of Glass Industry, a subsidiary of China National
Building Materials Group Corporation (CNBM).
Under the contract, Praxair China will construct
two vacuum-pressure-swing-adsorption plants
and one air separation unit at CNBM’s glass pro-
duction site located in Hefei, Anhui Province,
in Eastern China. Praxair www.praxair.com +1
905-803-5866
