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International market brand of China-based Yingde Gases, NovaAir Industrial Gases (NovaAir), has started full-scale operations of an air separation unit (ASU) at the UMW High-Value Manufacturing Park in Selangor, Malaysia.
The ASU has a production capacity of 300 tonnes per day (tpd) of liquid oxygen, liquid nitrogen, and liquid argon, with the capability to produce high-purity oxygen.
This represents NovaAir’s first liquid gas production facility in Southeast Asia, expanding its industrial gas supply network in Malaysia and serving a range of manufacturing industries.
NovaAir broke ground on the project in June 2024. It forms part of the company’s following an investment in the Indian market in 2019 and the Southeast Asian market after it acquired a Singaporean gas company, Smart Gas, in 2022.
The ASU will meet demand across the chemical industry, electronics manufacturing, food processing, and steelmaking, among other sectors.
The project is located near the North-South Expressway, supporting logistics and distribution across Peninsular Malaysia.
The company has a new fleet of professional hazardous materials tankers, integrated with an intelligent fleet management platform, covering production, warehousing, and low-carbon distribution.
Following a December 2023 agreement, NovaAir operates three 20,000 Nm³/h ASUs for Malaysian steel-manufacturing joint venture Alliance Steel at the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park in Malaysia.
Charlene Quek, General Manager of NovaAir, said, “The commissioning of this liquid ASU enables NovaAir to establish a comprehensive gas supply chain encompassing pipeline delivery and liquid gas retail…empowering diverse industries in Malaysia.”
Yingde Gases says it has constructed more than 150 ASUs domestically and internationally, with a combined liquid production capacity of 15,000 tpd.
gasworld Intelligence estimates that Malaysian demand for oxygen, nitrogen, and argon is distributed across several major end-use sectors, including metallurgy (26%), refining and energy (13.5%), and chemicals (12%).
