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Air Liquide to Supply New Air Separation Units for Posco E&C
10/18/2011 - Air Liquide signed a contract with Posco E&C, the Engineering and Construction division of Posco, to design and build two large air separation units, each of which will have an oxygen production capacity of 3750 tonnes per day.
Air Liquide has just signed a contract with Posco E&C, the Engineering and Construction division of Posco, to design and build two large air separation units (ASUs), each of which will have an oxygen production capacity of 3750 tonnes per day. Air Liquide says this is the largest production capacity it has designed so far for a steelmaker.
These two new units will be installed at Posco’s Gwangyang and Pohang sites in South Korea. The oxygen they produce will enable the Gwangyang site to support the Posco Group’s increase in global steel production. The second unit will meet growing demand for oxygen in connection with the construction of a second steel plant (with a production capacity of 2 million tonnes per year) on the Pohang site.
Air Liquide has been working with Posco for more than 25 years, and has already supplied it with 17 ASUs on these two sites in South Korea. Air Liquide’s Engineering and Construction teams design, develop, and build gas production units for the Group or for its customers. It comprises 3500 employees, spread over 15 centers that cover its major markets.
Posco is the largest integrated steel producer in Korea and one of the most important in the world. Founded in 1968 and privatized in 2000, Posco has led the Korean steel industry for more than four decades. In 2010, Posco produced 33.7 million tonnes of crude steel.
