Air Liquide: New developments in Vietnam
Air Liquide announces the commissioning of two Air Separation Units (ASU) in South Vietnam
The second ASU, located in the Phu My industrial park, one of South Vietnam’s main industrial parks and located near Ho Chi Minh City, has just been commissioned. Air Liquide supplies air gases and hydrogen by pipeline to steel customers. This ASU has a production capacity of 190 tonnes per day of liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon in addition to gaseous nitrogen production.
Investments of the Group in these ASUs and the related supply chain total nearly €30 million.
In addition, Air Liquide is strengthening its leading position with another recent success in the north. The Group will deliver to HQCEC - Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corporation - Vinachem being the user - Vietnam National Chemical Corporation - a unit with capacity of 1,200 tonnes per day, designed and built by the Engineering teams of Air Liquide Hangzhou. When this unit, operated by Vinachem, based in Ninh Binh 90 km north of Hanoi, starts up at the beginning of 2012, it will be the largest ASU in Vietnam.
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