Air Products (AP) recently announced it has been awarded a contract by POSCO Chemical, an affiliate of POSCO Group, to supply on-site nitrogen to a new anode material manufacturing site being built in Sejong, South Korea.
“We are honored to be selected once again by POSCO Chemical as they ramp up their production capacity to capture the rapidly growing secondary battery market. It reflects our strategic customer’s continued confidence in our safety, reliability and operational excellence,” said Kyo-Yung Kim, president of AP Korea.
AP has been supplying pipeline oxygen to POSCO Chemical’s cathode material manufacturing site in Gumi, and will supply onsite oxygen and nitrogen to its new cathode material production line in Gwangyang.
Anode materials are paired with cathode materials in secondary batteries and are critical for battery performance. These materials are commonly used for devices such as mobile phones, consumer devices, energy storage systems, golf carts, electric bicycles and electric vehicles.
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