POSCO Zhongtai Air Solution Launched, Signaling the Start of High Purity Rare Gas Business
POSCO Zhongtai Air Solution Launched, Signaling the Start of High Purity Rare Gas Business
Inauguration ceremony held on August 26...To begin commercial production of high purity rare gases from Q4 2025
8月26日举行就职典礼... 将从2025年第四季度开始高纯度稀有气体的商业化生产
POSCO Zhongtai Air Solution was launched on August 26 and will fully participate in the high purity rare gas production business.
浦项制铁中泰空气解决方案于8月26日推出，将全面参与高纯度稀有气体生产业务。
POSCO Zhongtai Air Solution is a joint venture in which POSCO Holdings and Zhongtai Cryogenic Technology (hereinafter "Zhongtai") hold 75.1% and 24.9% of shares, respectively. Zhongtai is a company that specializes in gas-related facility production and engineering and is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The company has rare gas production facilities and specialty technologies in the area of gases such as air separation units.
浦项中泰空气解决方案是一家合资企业，浦项制铁控股和中泰低温科技（以下简称 “中泰”）分别持有75.1％和24.9％的股份。中泰是一家专门从事天然气相关设施生产和工程的公司，在深圳证券交易所上市。该公司拥有稀有气体生产设施和气体领域的专业技术，例如空气分离装置。
High purity rare gases refers to Neon (Ne), Xenon (Xe), and Krypton (Kr) with a purity of 99.999%, which are usually used in high tech industries including semiconductors, displays, and satellite thrusters.
高纯度稀有气体是指纯度为99.999％的霓虹灯（Ne）、氙气（Xe）和氪气（Kr），通常用于半导体、显示器和卫星推进器等高科技行业。
These rare gases exist in extremely small amounts, and can be produced only when there is a large air separation unit in a steel mill. Also, since the rare gases from large air separation units have a purity below 41%, they must go through a high purity refining process to be used in semiconductor production.
这些稀有气体的存在量极小，只有在钢厂有大型空气分离装置时才能产生。此外，由于来自大型空气分离装置的稀有气体的纯度低于41％，因此它们必须经过高纯度的精炼过程才能用于半导体生产。
Until now, high purity rare gases have mainly been imported from overseas such as from the United States, China, and Ukraine. Since POSCO is the only domestic company with large air separation units, it has a favorable precondition for producing high purity rare gases.
到目前为止，高纯度稀有气体主要从美国、中国和乌克兰等海外进口。由于浦项制铁是唯一一家拥有大型空气分离装置的国内公司，因此它具有生产高纯度稀有气体的有利先决条件。
POSCO Zhongtai Air Solution will begin the construction of a high purity rare gas production plant on a 39000m2 site south of Gwangyang DongHoAn in November of this year. It plans to begin commercial production in Q4 2025. The company decided to supply high purity rare gases produced here to domestic and foreign semiconductor companies such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Intel.
浦项制铁中泰空气解决方案将于今年11月开始在光阳东湖以南占地39000平方米的土地上建造一座高纯度稀有气体生产厂。它计划在2025年第四季度开始商业化生产。该公司决定向三星电子、海力士和英特尔等国内外半导体公司供应这里生产的高纯度稀有气体。
POSCO Zhongtai Air Solution is expected to localize high purity rare gases for semiconductors, which were mostly dependent on imports, and lead the stabilization of the supply chain with this business. In addition, by processing rare gases from large air separation units into high-profit products, it is anticipated to expand the industrial gas business portfolio of the POSCO Group.
浦项制铁中泰空气解决方案预计将实现半导体用高纯度稀有气体的国产化，而半导体主要依赖进口，并通过该业务引领供应链的稳定。此外，通过将大型空气分离装置中的稀有气体加工成高利润的产品，预计将扩大浦项制铁集团的工业气体业务组合。
POSCO Zhongtai Air Solution president Sun-gu Jeong said, "Our company started off from POSCO's industrial gas business division and is equipped with sufficient capacity to build rare gas facilities. We are planning to safely establish high purity rare gas production facilities and production systems."
浦项制铁中泰空气解决方案总裁Sun-gu Jeong表示：“我们公司从浦项制铁的工业气体业务部门开始，拥有足够的能力来建造稀有气体设施。我们计划安全地建立高纯度稀有气体生产设施和生产系统。”
▲POSCO Zhongtai Air Solution employees are seen in a commemorative photo to mark its foundation on August 26. (Photo) Fourth from the left, POSCO Zhongtai Air Solution President Sun-gu Jeong.
▲浦项制铁中泰空气解决方案的员工出现在8月26日为纪念其成立而拍摄的纪念照片中。（照片）左起第四，浦项制铁中泰空气解决方案总裁郑顺九。