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Toxic gas leak injures 3 at Samsung chip plant
HWASEONG — Highly poisonous hydrofluoric acid gas leaked at Samsung Electronics Co.’s main chip plant in this southern city on Thursday, injuring three workers, the company said. The incident comes roughly three months after up to 10 liters of diluted hydrofluoric acid, a colorless acute poison that can damage the lungs and bones and even [...]
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Samsung gas leak-briefing
HWASEONG — Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday held a briefing for local residents where it announced developments in the aftermath of a fatal gas leak and announced plans to beef up safety measures. The briefing, organized for local accidents, comes roughly two months after up to 10 liters of diluted hydrofluoric acid leaked at the [...]
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Samsung Electronics apologizes for hydrofluoric acid leakage
SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) — A senior official at Samsung Electronics Co. apologized on Sunday for problems caused by the hydrofluoric acid leakage at the company’s chip plant in late January, vowing to prevent the recurrence of similar accidents. Hydrofluoric acid, a colorless acute poison that can damage the lungs and bones and even affect [...]
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Evidence contradicts Samsung’s claim about hydrofluoric acid leak
Police confirm Samsung used blast fans to get rid of gas, contrary to earlier claim Samsung Electronics was using portable blast fans to force air out of its sealed semiconductor plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi province, at the time of a hydrofluoric acid leakage there last month that left one dead and four injured, police reported. [...]
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Hydrofluoric acid leaks from Samsung factory: police
SEOUL/HWASEONG, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) — Hydrofluoric acid was discharged from a Samsung Electronics Co. chip plant into the environment following a fatal leakage last month, police said Friday, in stark contrast to the company’s earlier announcement that the situation had been contained. Up to 10 liters of diluted hydrofluoric acid, a colorless acute poison that [...]
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Hydrofluoric acid leak kills one at Samsung chip plant
SUWON, South Korea, — Poisonous hydrofluoric acid gas leaked at the main plant of the world’s largest memory chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co., killing one worker and injuring four others, police said Monday. Up to 10 liters of hydrofluoric acid, an acute poison that can damage lungs and bones and affect the nervous system, leaked from [...]
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SDK develops new system to decompose PFCs
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) will begin marketing a new hybrid-type system for decomposing perfluoro compounds (PFCs) by the end of this year. The system (trade name: HB-3000) does not require a water treatment process, helping to increase exhaust gas treatment capacity and reduce running costs. PFCs are used in the process of etching LCD panels [...]
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Showa Denko (SDK) to raise prices of high-purity fluorine-based gases for electronics
Tokyo, July 14, 2011 – (JCN Newswire) – Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has decided to increase prices of its high-purity fluorine-based gases for electronics. Specifically, SDK will increase prices of high-purity FC-116 (C2F6) and FC-14 (CF4) gases by 500 yen per kilogram each as from shipments on August 1, 2011. SDK will start contacting its [...]
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Nitrogen Trifluoride: LCD TV supply chain disrupted by material shortages due to Japan quake
When northeast Japan was hit by tsunami following a devastating earthquake two weeks ago, we provided an account of the direct impact suffered by Japanese consumer electronics companies including Sony, Panasonic and Toshiba. However, a fortnight later more details have emerged regarding the potential disruption to the supply chain of flat-screen LCD HDTV production – [...]
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Major IT Vendors Violated Labor Laws
Federal auditors identified three information technology contractors that each racked up more than $90,000 in fines for violating health or wage regulations, as part of an investigation of 15 suppliers with prior offenses that received awards totaling more than $6 billion in 2009. A Government Accountability Office review of previous labor violations by federal contractors, [...]
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