MATHESON Awarded Total Gas and Chemical Management Provider by SMIC
Basking Ridge, NJ - July 13, 2011 - (Shanghai) Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world and the largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland China has named MATHESON its Total Gas and Chemical Management (TGCM) provider for its Shanghai fabrication facility. Building on the exceptional reputation MATHESON has earned as a safe, reliable and cost efficient provider of gas and chemical management services in China, MATHESON will be responsible for inventory, delivery and hook up of the facility's process gases and chemicals as well as overseeing the operation and maintenance of the facility's gas and chemical delivery systems.
"We appreciate the opportunity to show SMIC how MATHESON can help them enhance the safety, efficiency, reliability and cost savings of their gas and chemical operations", said Todd Givens, MATHESON's Regional Operations Director and General Manager .
About SMIC: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ("SMIC"; NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 981) is one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world and the largest and most advanced foundry in Mainland China, providing integrated circuit (IC) foundry and technology services at 0.35-micron to 45/40-nanometer. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, SMIC has a 300mm wafer fabrication facility (fab) and three 200mm wafer fabs in its Shanghai mega-fab, two 300mm wafer fabs in its Beijing mega-fab, a 200mm wafer fab in Tianjin, and a 200mm fab under construction in Shenzhen. SMIC also has customer service and marketing offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and a representative office in Hong Kong. In addition, SMIC manages and operates a 300mm wafer fab in Wuhan owned by Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation.
MATHESON is a single source for industrial, medical, specialty and electronic gases, gas handling equipment, high performance purification systems, engineering and gas management services, and on-site gas generation with a mission to deliver innovative solutions for global customer requirements. MATHESON is the largest subsidiary of the Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation Group, the largest Japanese supplier of industrial gases and one of the five largest suppliers of industrial, specialty, and electronics gases in the world.
