BOC Wins New Oxygen Business in South East Asia; Plant Set to Begin Operating in June

The oxygen plant that will supply SAT is expected to begin operating later this month.

Under the contract, worth nearly $30 million, Eastern Industrial Gas, a BOC joint venture company, will supply the oxygen to SAT, a majority-owned subsidiary of Asahi Glass Company, for use in its production furnaces. SAT, which manufactures display glass for televisions at its Laem Chabang site, is in the process of converting from an air-fuel to an oxyfuel glass melting system.

Steve Hope, vice president, glass markets, BOC, said, "BOC's relationship with Asahi, a major global customer, has resulted in a mutually beneficial, strategically important contract, which reinforces BOC's position as the leading industrial gases supplier to the glass industry in Asia."

Theera Sayamipakdi, general manager of Thai Industrial Gases (TIG), a BOC company, said, "Besides generating significant revenues, this contract provides BOC with the base load for a large pipeline customer grid. It makes BOC a leading oxygen supplier in Thailand and sets the stage for further growth in Southeast Asia."

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