Turnover: 23.235 billion EUR (2021)

Country: France

  • Air Liquide is a French company founded in 1902
  • It is the second-largest industrial gases company after Linde.
  • Today, the company employs over 60,000 people in more than 80 countries.
  • The company supplies industrial gases and services to a variety of industries, including medical, chemical and electronics manufacturers.

News

Air Liquide, another key player in the world of semiconductors 03/06/2024

  • - Air Liquide holds a quarter of the world market for gases used in semiconductor production.
  • - In 2023, this activity generated 2.5 billion euros in sales for Air Liquide, representing 9% of its annual revenues.
  • - The global semiconductor market could reach $1,000 billion by 2030, up from $520 billion last year.
  • - Last week, Air Liquide inaugurated a new production line in Sejong, south of Seoul, dedicated to the manufacture of diborane, a complex molecule demanded by the sector's giants.
  • - Air Liquide's two recent projects in the semiconductor sector, including the opening of a new plant in Taiwan, represented an investment of $200 million.

Air Liquide buoyed by energy transition and electronics 20/02/2024

  • Sales of 27.61 billion euros in 2023.
  • Gases and services account for 95% of revenues
  • Air Liquide has generated growth worldwide.
  • In hydrogen, investment of 400 million euros in the construction of Europe's largest electrolyzer, Normand'Hy
  • Inauguration with Siemens Energy of an electrolyser gigafactory in Berlin.
  • 200 million investment in two new advanced materials production centers in Taiwan and South Korea
  • 140 million investment in the construction of an air separation unit in Quebec, specializing in electric batteries.

Hydrogen: Air Liquide to build a giant electrolyser in Normandy 21/12/2023

  • Electrolyser capacity in Normandy: 200 megawatts (MW)
  • Planned hydrogen production: 80 tonnes / day
  • Amount of Air Liquide project: 400 million euros (Subsidies received for the project: 190 million euros)
  • Air Liquide sales: 30 billion euros
  • Air Liquide's target for electrolysis capacity increase by 2030: 3 gigawatts (GW)
  • Current production capacity of the Berlin gigafactory in partnership with Siements Energy: 1 GW
  • Hydrogen production from an electrolyser in Canada starting up in 2021: 8.2 tonnes / day
  • Electrolyser nearing completion in Oberhausen (Germany): 30 MW
  • Air Liquide's hydrogen experience: 60 years with over 200 stations and 350 production units.

Siemens Energy and Air Liquide inaugurate their gigafactory to get green hydrogen off the ground 09/11/2023

  • Siemens Energy and Air Liquide's electrolyser Gigafactory in Berlin.
  • It will produce cells with a total capacity of 1GW in the first year, gradually increasing to 3GW.
  • Investment of 30 million euros
  • it will power the hydrogen projects of Siemens Energy and Air Liquide, its only two customers.
  • In Germany, Air Liquide will commission a 20 MW plant in the Ruhr, currently the largest in Europe.
  • Another electrolyzer, ten times larger (200 MW), is planned: "Normand'Hy".
  • It will supply green hydrogen to manufacturers in the Seine Valley. TotalEnergies has already reserved half the capacity.
  • Air Liquide plans to have a portfolio of 3 GW by 2030.
  • Air Liquide currently produces 1.2 million tonnes of hydrogen a year worldwide, but the overwhelming majority is still of fossil origin.
  • "By 2030, grey hydrogen may account for only 50% of our business,
  • The group plans to triple its sales by 2035, to 6 billion euros, taking advantage of the growth in low-carbon hydrogen.
  • Germany sees hydrogen as one of the main vectors for decarbonization.
  • Hydrogen infrastructure plan in the coming weeks - a 10,000-kilometer network

Air Liquide greenens its hydrogen 31/07/2023

  • Air Liquide's Port-Jérôme plant captures 100,000 tonnes of CO2 each year, more than 90% of the plant's emissions.
  • Air Liquide has received 200 million euros from the French government to launch a hydrogen industry in Normandy.
  • 95% of the natural gas consumed at Port-Jérôme is transformed into hydrogen.
  • The Normand'Hy project involves an investment of 250 million euros to build a 200-megawatt electrolyzer.
  • More than 680 "large-scale" hydrogen projects have been announced worldwide, representing a total investment of $240 billion.

Air Liquide: the springboard of the energy crisis 16/02/2023

  • The Group reported annual sales of 29.93 billion euros, the highest in its history
  • Sales were driven by industrial merchant activities, in particular hydrogen and oxygen sales to the steel and chemical industries in Europe and the United States
  • three new industrial gas production units for two major semiconductor manufacturers in Taiwan
  • The Group has built its largest biomethane production unit in the United States

may 21, 2021 - Air Liquide a major player in the hydrogen market - source(Les Echos investir)

  • hydrogen represents 2 billion euros in sales by 2020
  • hydrogen accounts for 10% of global activity
  • The company will invest 8 billion euros in hydrogen between now and 2035, with the aim of generating over 6 billion euros in annual sales from hydrogen

Financial Data

DUNS: 552096281

Legal Name: L'AIR LIQUIDE SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE

Address: 75 QUAI D ORSAY , 75007 PARIS 7

Number of employees: Entre 1 000 et 1 999 salariés (2020)

Capital: 2 878 025 871 EUR


Financial Data:

Year 2021 2020 2019 2017 2016 2015
Turnover - 87 000 000 117 000 000 139 000 000 - 176 000 000
Gross margin (€) 747 500 000 - - - - -
EBITDA (€) 133 100 000 - - - 3 345 -
Operating profit (€) 109 500 000 - - - 4 932 -
Net profit (€) 950 900 000 1 334 000 000 567 000 000 1 149 000 000 1 926 2 317 000 000
Turnover growth rate (%) - -25,6 - - - -
Ebitda margin rate (%) - - - - - -
Operating margin rate (%) - - - - - -
Working Capital (turnover days) - - - - - -
Working Capital requirements (turnover days) - - - - - -
Net margin (%) - - - - - -
Added value / Turnover (%) - - - - - -
Wages and social charges (€) 246 300 000 - - - - -
Salaries / Turnover (%) - - - - - -

Company Managers:

Position First Name Last Name Age Linkedin
Président du conseil d'administration Benoît Potier 67
Directeur général François Jackow 55
Administrateur Rebecca Siân Herbert-Jones 64
Administrateur Annette Winkler 65
Administrateur Geneviève Sidot 69
Administrateur Xavier Huillard 70
Administrateur Kim Ann Mink 65
Administrateur Anette Bronder 57
Administrateur Aiman Ezzat 63
Administrateur Bertrand Dumazy 53
Administrateur François Jackow 55
Administrateur représentant les salariés Philippe Dubrulle 52
Administrateur représentant les salariés Fatima Tighlaline 45

Studies mentioning this company

The industrial gas market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Air Liquide
  • Air Products,7
  • Messer
  • Clesse Industrie
  • Butagaz
  • Linde
  • Messer France
  • GCE (ESAB Groupe)
  • Praxair ( Linde Group)
  • Sol Group
  • Carburos Metálicos (Air Products)
  • Gaz Industrie
  • OxyNord
  • Charot
  • Polidoro
  • Antargaz
  • Albioma
  • Gazechim Groupe
  • GTT
  • Axens Groupe
The hydrogen market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Mc Phy
  • Hydrogenics
  • Linde
  • STEP (Hype)
  • Symbio
  • Ballard Power systems
  • Toyota
  • Faber Cylinders
  • Forvia (ex Faurecia)
  • Hydrogen Council
  • Air Liquide
  • EDF
  • HDF (Hydrogène de France)
  • Atawey
  • Lhyfe
  • Safra
  • Elyse Energie
  • Roth2
  • Genvia
  • Hélion Astom Hydrogen Alsthom
  • Chemours
  • HySiLabs
  • Technip Energie
  • Verso Energy
  • 45-8 Energy
  • Vallourec
  • HEF Groupe
  • Rely Solutions
  • Fives Group
The medical gases market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Faber Cylinders
  • A.I.R Partenaire santé
  • Spengler
  • Gas Control Equipement
  • Resogaz
  • Mauger Gaz Médicaux (MGM)
  • SOL
  • Technologie médicale
  • Linde
  • Air Liquide
  • Messer France
  • Messer
  • Air Products,7
  • GCE (ESAB Groupe)
  • Carbagas (Air Liquide)
  • Vitalaire (AIR Liquide)
  • Novair
The home medical assistance market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Isis Medical
  • Orkyn (Air liquide)
  • Bastide Groupe
  • LVL Medical (Air liquide)
  • Vitalaire (AIR Liquide)
  • SOS Oxygène
  • Homeperf
  • Bestens umsorgt (KORIAN Group)
  • Laboratoires Euromedis
  • Medic Alliance
  • e-device
  • Cap Vital Santé
  • La vitrine médicale
  • MyMobility
  • Air Liquide
  • Linde
  • Vitame
  • DomusVi Domicile
  • Proximed Services
  • Vitalliance
  • Domaliance
  • Dinno Santé
  • Ypsomed France
The hydrogen stations market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Atawey
  • McPhy
  • Air Liquide
  • Hydrogen Refueling Solutions HRS
  • Engie Solutions
  • Hysetco
  • Hynamics
  • Mahytec (Hensold Group)
  • OPmobility Plastic Omnium Groupe
  • OPmobility Plastic Omnium Groupe
  • Roth2
The semiconductor market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Elkem
  • Soitec
  • Murata Manufacturing
  • STMicroelectronics
  • NXP Semiconductors
  • Qualcomm
  • Intel
  • Avnet
  • Arrow Electronics France
  • Samsung Group
  • ASML
  • Apple
  • Icape
  • JSR
  • Hua Hong Semiconductor
  • UpMem
  • Linxens
  • XFAB
  • Wise Integration
  • Air Liquide
  • Samsung Electronics France
  • UnitySC