Advanced materials for sustainable electronics
Singapore
Your Guides:
[ Jiro Yokota ], Technology Program Manager, Advanced Materials, Air Liquide, [ Dylan Low], Strategic Business Unit Director, Air Liquide Singapore, [ Helena Seiver ], Vice President, Strategic Account Management for Micron, Air Liquide, [ Jenny Tan ], Frontend Global Materials Operations Director, Micron
"When people hear ‘advanced materials,’” says Jiro Yokota, “they often think that we are dealing with simple, plug-and-play solutions: ‘Just exchange material A for material B to save X amount of money in production,’” says the Technology Program Manager at Air Liquide Advanced Materials. “But what we do is far more complex - and requires a closer relationship with the customer and a thorough understanding of their production processes.”
We have come to one of Air Liquide’s longest-standing customers, Micron, to get a feel for what Jiro means. For 30 years now, Air Liquide has been supplying the US-based provider of memory storage solutions with the ultra-pure gases required in microchip production. During this time, the electronics industry had expanded rapidly as computers and then smartphones became standard consumer goods, while at the same time cars and household appliances acquired more complex electronic components capable of faster performance and more processing power. All while reducing financial costs and environmental footprint.