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Air Products unveils new state of the art European technical and training centre in Nijmegen

16th April 2002 — Today at SEMICON® Europa, Air Products announced the opening of its new state of the art technical and training centre in Nijmegen, Holland, giving increased support and technical learning capabilities to its electronics clients in Europe.

'The centre, designed to offer higher levels of customer orientated service, is the latest and best equipped addition to our strategy of providing fast and flexible local support to our customers across Europe. We always have a technician available, who is able to respond to customer questions at site, no matter whether the problem concerns gases, chemicals or the environment or whether it is a long term or short term issue', said Ernest Grosfeld, Central Europe Technical Centre Manager.

Air Products' Nijmegen technical centre includes a 25m² clean room, which allows the centre to flexibly manufacture spare parts at short notice, in a low particle environment, and even to produce gas panels for cabinets, where required for clients. It also holds an extensive local stock of UHP equipment, available 24 hours a day, for use at other Air Products electronics locations, as well as to serve clients in the optoelectronic, semiconductor, glass fibre and pharmaceutical industries. Also offered are local design and project engineering capabilities as well as high purity analytical services.

The training centre benefits from a state of the art training suite and full time trainers, offering classroom and computer-based training classes. It also includes an extensive range of dedicated gas delivery, toxic gas monitoring and analytical equipment, specially developed for hands on practical operations and troubleshooting training. Training is offered for both the continued development of Air Products' MegasysTM (TGCM) personnel in Europe and directly to customers.

The centre is able to draw on the broad expertise and experience gained from Air Products' market leading MegasysTM (TGCM- total gas and chemicals management) operations, with customers in the Electronics industry. With sites spread all around the world, Air Products has an extensive knowledge of gases and chemicals, which is transferred via training sessions and courses, presented in a range of languages.

 

Notes to the editor

Air Products PLC is the UK subsidiary of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (www.airproducts.com), the world's only combined gases and chemicals company. Founded more than 60 years ago, the business has annual revenues of $5.7 billion and operations in 30 countries. Air Products is a market leader in the global electronics and chemical processing industries, and a longstanding innovator in many industrial markets, including coatings, adhesives and polyurethanes. The company distinguishes itself through its 18,000 employees around the world, who build lasting relationships with their customers and communities based on understanding, integrity and passion.

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