Linde Announces New Cryogenic Air Separation Project. Praxair India Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linde, will invest $24 million to construct a cryogenic air separation unit in Karnataka, southern India, dedicated to producing liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen. On November 27, Praxair India signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Karnataka state government, with the investment to be initiated within this fiscal year. Karnataka Minister M.B. Patel stated that the state government will provide priority support for the project's development, including land provision, single-window clearances, and infrastructure support. The total construction period for the project is estimated to be approximately three years. As a rapidly developing industrial hub in India, Karnataka is experiencing continuously rising demand for industrial gases. The state is home to the Vijayanagar processing plant of JSW Steel Limited, one of India's largest steel producers, with an annual capacity exceeding 28 million tonnes and currently undergoing expansion. Furthermore, Karnataka's chemical and pharmaceutical industries are growing steadily, with regions like Mangalore, Bangalore, and Udupi being well-known chemical industry clusters in India. The fastest-growing sector is semiconductors and electronics—industries with significant demand for industrial gases. Bangalore hosts India's largest semiconductor engineering center, featuring not only Texas Instruments' first global R&D center outside the US and the Intel India Design Centre but also a growing cluster of design and electronics manufacturing industries. Currently, Karnataka is further strengthening its supply chain through new investments in Advanced Testing, Marking, and Packaging (ATMP) and electronic assembly. Also on November 27, Indian industrial gas company INOX AP announced it will construct an air separation unit to support the solar cell manufacturing base under development in Tolela. This is the latest move in INOX AP's recent series of initiatives in India's solar cell manufacturing sector.
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