April 2019

23/04/2019 / Last updated : 23/04/2019 gaspedia semiconductor

Showa Denko Starts Service to Measure Performance of Noxious-GHG Removal Equipment

Showa Denko (SDK) (TOKYO: 4004) will soon start a service to measure and analyze performance of noxious-GHG removal equipment, which is used in manufacturing processes for electronic parts including semiconductor chips and LCD panels, as an option for the maintenance work of SDK’s noxious-GHG removal equipment. In processes to manufacture semiconductor chips or LCD panels, various GHGs, such as PFCs*1, are used by manufacturers. These manufacturers are required by the government to treat noxious GHGs emitted from their production lines to make those GHGs’ densities lower than certain levels, calculate the emitted amount of GHGs after treatment, and report that amount to the government. Methods to calculate the amount of […]

21/04/2019 / Last updated : 21/04/2019 gaspedia H2

Air Liquide opens Gamagori Hydrogen Station, first-ever hydrogen station to open inside a Resort Complex facility in Japan

On April 22, Air Liquide Japan Ltd. is opening a station inside a Resort Complex facility, “Laguna Ten Bosch” in Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture. This is the first time that a hydrogen station is opening within a Resort facility. This presence will contribute to meet increasing demand for hydrogen powered vehicles in the Higashi-Mikawa region, as well as to raise awareness on hydrogen as a key solution for the energy transition, in particular for clean mobility, and contribute to its recognition in society. The Gamagori Hydrogen Station is the first Air Liquide station to be deployed in the frame of the Japan Hydrogen Mobility (JHyM) national consortium. It is also […]

16/04/2019 / Last updated : 23/04/2019 gaspedia CO2

SDK Group Starts Mass Production of Liquefied Carbon Dioxide in Oita Petrochemical Complex

Showa Denko Gas Products Co., Ltd. (SGP), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK) (TOKYO:4004), has established a new plant to produce liquefied carbon dioxide (CO2) in its Oita Plant located in the premise of SDK’s Oita Petrochemical Complex, and started shipment of products. Liquefied carbon dioxide and dry ice (solidified CO2) are used in many fields including beverage, food, and other manufacturing industries. Liquefied carbon dioxide is made from CO2 gas contained in by-product gas generated in the processes of oil-refining, steel-making and ammonia production. However, the scaling back of oil-refining and ammonia production processes in Japan has been resulting in reduction in supply of by-product gas used to produce […]