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Air Products
Air Products Introduces XeCoverySM On-site Xenon Recovery System
August 1st, 2008
Air Products (NYSE:APD) today introduced its new XeCovery(SM) on-site xenon recovery service for the semiconductor and MEMS industries. Semiconductor manufacturers faced with rising prices for xenon can now recover and reuse the crucial gas, saving valuable time and money in the process. Recently, the cost of xenon has been on the rise due to a number of novel new uses for the rare gas. With demand and prices on the rise, there is a growing concern that cost or availability will hamper its applicability. This is the situation within semiconductor manufacturing, where the price of xenon has risen while device prices have continued to decline. Besides higher costs, the...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-08-01)
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