Johnson Matthey To Supply GPT 40 Hydrogen Purifier
To Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) Group In Taiwan
WEST CHESTER, PA, June 29, 2006 Johnson Matthey
Gas Purification
Technology (GPT) group, a global leader in the design, manufacture
and distribution of highly reliable bulk and point-of-use purifiers,
announced today that they will be suppling a 30 Nm/hr GPT -
40 hydrogen purifier to Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) Group.
Pionics Technology Corporation, Johnson Matthey's Taiwanese
sales and service agent, obtained the sale.
CMO, headquartered at the Tainan science-based industrial
park, is one of the leading manufacturers of thin film transistor
liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD) in the world. Founded in
1998, they have 15,000 employees. Their products include panels
for notebooks, desktop monitors and televisions and they are
the world's leading supplier of large-size LCD TV panels.
We are excited that CMO, an industry-leader, has chosen to
use Johnson Mattheys bulk hydrogen purifiers, said Sean Peng,
Asian Sales Manager of Gas Purification for GPT. Our goal is
to be the major supplier of gas purification products to the
Asian marketplace obtaining this order keeps us headed in that
direction.
Johnson Matthey's state-of-the-art bulk hydrogen purifiers
are capable of providing 99.9999999 percent pure hydrogen for
wafer fabrication and they are the technology of choice for
epitaxy and zero-gas generators used in the calibration of
the most technologically advanced analytical equipment.
About Johnson Matthey Gas Purification Technology:
Backed by a reputation for superior reliability, technological
expertise and customer service * and having installed over
5,000 gas purification units around the world * the company
is a global leader in the design, engineering, manufacture
and distribution of state-of-the-art purification systems
for all pure, inert and specialty gases used in the semiconductor
industry. The Johnson Matthey GPT group maintains facilities
in North America, France, Japan, South Korea, Singapore,
Taiwan, China and Hong Kong.
About Johnson Matthey:
Traded on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: JMAT), Johnson
Matthey is a specialty chemicals company focused on its core
skills in catalysts, precious metals and specialty chemicals.
The $9.3 billion company, is 190 years old, employs over
7,500 people in 34 countries and has been providing gas purification
solutions for more than 40 years.
Contact Information:
For further information, please contact
Jeff Lucht, Business Manager,
Johnson Matthey Gas Purification Technology
1397 King Road, West Chester, PA 19380;
Phone: (610) 232-1968 or (800) 624-2204; Fax: (610) 232-1934;
E-mail: luchtjl@jmusa.com;
Web site: http://www.pureguard.net
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