Air Liquide Electronics 2007 awards for Electronic Specialty Gases

 Constant technology breakthroughs, and increasing pressure on cost control have made the electronics industry one of the most competitive industrial sectors. These industries - semiconductor, flat panel and photovoltaic - have extremely stringent requirements for ultra-high purity, reliability and competitiveness. 

Air Liquide Electronics Supplier Management Program ensures that these demanding criteria are respected, with regular quality and safety audits, continuous gathering and analyzing of statistical process control data and extreme attention to safety and reliability. This year's awards acknowledge suppliers whose contributions consistently deliver excellent service, value, and continuously improve quality and productivity.
Air Liquide Electronics is pleased to honor its best 2007 ESG raw materials suppliers:

 Best New Supplier: Linggas Ltd (China)
 Consistent Quality: REC Group (Norway)
 Most Competitive supplier: Ulsan Chemical Co.Ltd (South Korea)
 Best Service: SODIFF Advanced Materials Co. Ltd. (South Korea)
 Supplier of the year: DENAL Silane Co. Ltd. (Japan)

During the presentation of Supplier Awards in Taipei, Christophe Fontaine, Vice-President Electronics of Air Liquide declared: “These suppliers have shown exceptional performance and are crucial to our ability to deliver and service Air Liquide products in a timely and cost-efficient manner. The strong partnerships we are building with them are a real asset, enabling us to meet and even exceed customers’ expectations.”

With more than 40,000 employees in 72 countries, Air Liquide is a world leader in industrial and medical gases and related services. The Group offers innovative solutions based on constantly enhanced technologies and produces air gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases…) and many other gases including hydrogen. The Group contributes to the manufacturing of many everyday products: bubbles in sparkling beverages, protective atmosphere for packed foods, oxygen for hospitals and homecare patients, ultra-pure gases for the semiconductor industry, hydrogen to desulfurize fuels...

Air Liquide is committed to sustainable development and helps to protect life. Founded in 1902, Air Liquide has successfully developed a long-term relationship with its shareholders built on trust and transparency and guided by the principles of corporate governance. Since the publication of its first consolidated financial statements in 1971, Air Liquide has posted strong and steady earnings growth. Sales in 2007 totaled 11,801 million euros, with sales outside France accounting for almost 80%. Air Liquide is listed on the Paris stock exchange and is a component of the CAC 40 and Eurostoxx 50 indices (ISIN code FR 0000120073).