An industrial gas plant with capacity of 8,500 N cubic meters per hour, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, was Wednesday put into operation at the Hoa Phat Steel Complex in the northern Hai Duong Province by the Messer Hai Phong Industrial Gas Co.
With an investment of US$20 million, the plan is capable of producing 300 tons of oxygen and 510 tons of nitrogen a day.
Additionally, the company built a liquefied petroleum gas plant, providing 100 tons of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen and 10 tons of liquefied argon a day.
Apart from serving the Hoa Phat Steel Complex, the plant will supply these products to the industrial gas markets in the north and central regions.
The Germany-based Messer Group has been operating over 13 years in Vietnam with two companies – Messer Hai Phong Industrial Gas Co. and Messer Vietnam Industrial Gas Co.
It is leading in gas supply and related engineering service in the Southeast Asian country.
In addition to the plant in Hai Duong, Messer Group invested in building filling stations in the southern provinces of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Binh Duong and the northern city of Hai Phong.
It is expected to inject over $50 million in industrial gas production projects in Vietnam in the coming years.
