Air Liquide

Air Liquide S.A.
Company typeSociété Anonyme
Euronext ParisAI
CAC 40 component
IndustryChemicals, Health care, Engineering
PredecessorAG für Kohlensäure-Industrie
Air Liquide Austria Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1902; 122 years ago (1902)
FounderPaul Delorme Edit this on Wikidata
HeadquartersQuai d'Orsay, 7th arrondissement, Paris, France
Key people
Benoît Potier
(Chairman), François Jackow (CEO)
ProductsIndustrial gases, fine chemicals
RevenueDecrease 27.61 billion (2023)[1]
Increase €5.07 billion (2023)[1]
Increase €3.08 billion (2023)[1]
Total assetsDecrease €48.33 billion (2023)[1]
Total equityIncrease €25.04 billion (2023)[1]
Number of employees
67,800 (2023)[1]
Websitewww.airliquide.com
An Air Liquide industrial plant

Air Liquide S.A. (/ˌɛər lɪˈkd/ AIR lih-KEED, French: [ɛːʁ likid]; literally "liquid air") is a French multinational company which supplies industrial gases and services to various industries including medical, chemical and electronic manufacturers. Founded in 1902, after Linde it is the second largest supplier of industrial gases by revenues and has operations in over 70 countries.[2][3] It has headquarters at the 7th arrondissement of Paris.[4] Air Liquide owned the patent for Aqua-Lung until it expired.

Air Liquide's headquarters are in Paris. It also has major sites in Japan, Houston, Newark, Delaware, Frankfurt, Shanghai and Dubai. The company's research and development (R&D) targets the creation of industrial gases, and gases that are used in products such as healthcare items, electronic chips, foods, and chemicals. The major R&D groups within Air Liquide focus on analysis, bioresources (foods and chemicals), combustion, membranes, modeling, and the production of hydrogen (H2) gas.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Building on a solid performance and a record investment dynamic in 2023, Air Liquide accelerates and doubles the margin ambition of its ADVANCE strategic plan" (PDF). Air Liquide. 20 February 2024.
  2. ^ Höpner, Axel (1 March 2019). "Der neue Linde-Konzern lässt den bisherigen Marktführer hinter sich" [The new Linde Group leaves the previous market leader behind]. Handelsblatt (in German). Düsseldorf. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Group". Air Liquide. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Legal notice". Air Liquide. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2019.