# Air Products to build nitrogen plant for SMIC in Tianjin

Air Products has clinched a contract to build a nitrogen plant for Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation's (SMIC) Tianjin facility, as part of an expansion to create the world's largest integrated 8-inch IC production line with 150,000 wafers/month capacity.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-06-27
- Where: Tianjin, China
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 150,000 wafers/month
- Products: nitrogen, high-purity bulk gases
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Air Products](https://endata.com/companies/299.md)
- [Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/19550.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [gasworld.com](https://www.gasworld.com/story/air-products-clinches-nitrogen-plant-contract/2083623.article/), 2017-06-27: "Air Products has clinched a contract to build a nitrogen (N2) plant for the Tianjin facility of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC)."

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