Linde Israeli distributor receives 'Supplier of the Year Award' from TowerJazz

NEW JERSEY, USA: Gastech Ltd, a Linde North America distributor in Israel, has received a Supplier of the Year Award from TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader and manufacturer of integrated circuits for customers around the world.

Linde North America is a member of The Linde Group, a leading global gases and engineering company. Gastech, located in Kfar Saba, Israel, was established in 1996 to supply specialty gases and chemicals to the growing semiconductor business in the country and has become a major supplier to TowerJazz’s facilities in Migdal Ha’emek and to several other semiconductor manufacturers.

The company also supplies specialty gases to other manufacturers in Israel, including those in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, metals and chemical industries, as well as universities and research laboratories.

“It is a great honor for Gastech to receive this award,” said Yoni Levi, general manager of Gastech. “It is a huge accomplishment to be singled out by a company that has manufacturing capabilities worldwide. Every person in the company shares this award and takes pride in contributing to the success of TowerJazz, a leading global specialty foundry.”

Gastech supplies TowerJazz with more than 15 gas and chemical products, which are produced in the U.S. by Linde North America. Among the major products are boron trifluoride, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and silane.

Gastech operates a just-in-time warehousing and distribution facility in Ramat Hovav, Israel, that provides inventory management and logistics services to TowerJazz to assure availability of products as needed, thus maximizing uptime at its facilities.

These services, coupled with Gastech’s ability to handle the complicated import/export activities associated with electronic gases in that part of the world, has made Gastech the major supplier of gases and chemicals to TowerJazz. Gastech also provides Hazmat and safety training programs for the safe handling and distribution of the gases and chemical products for TowerJazz’s facilities.

“We congratulate Gastech on this award for its delivery of excellent products and customer service to TowerJazz,” said Michael Elron, TowerJazz’s vice president of materials and supply chain management. “Gastech’s ability to deliver products on time and on spec is very important to the production efficiency of our fabs. Their dedication to our success is much appreciated and we are pleased to continue our first-rate relationship.”