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Air Products expands tungsten hexafluoride capacity due to semiconductor demand |
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Jan 18, 2007 at 04:45 PM |
 Air Products has announced the expansion of production capacity at its Hometown, PA specialty material manufacturing facility for the increased production of tungsten hexafluoride (WF6) used primarily to construct tungsten vias. The expansion will enable Air Products to produce 60 percent more WF6 for the semiconductor industry. The Company cited growth in memory chip manufacturing for the need to expand capacity.
"We forecast solid growth for WF6 and feel that the timing is right to add more capacity, and further extend our leadership in fluorine chemistry," said Corning Painter, vice president of Electronics for Air Products.
The new production unit is said to be an exact duplicate of Air Products' existing production capabilities, including all nickel construction with automated process systems and a proprietary distillation process to remove impurities, according to the company.
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