Air Liquide: acquisition of a large syngas plant in Germany

09-Aug-2010 - In Germany, Air Liquide has just signed an agreement with OXEA GmbH for the acquisition of its syngas plant based in Oberhausen (Rhine-Ruhr area). Anti-trust authorities have given their approval. This large plant has a production capacity of approximately 83,000 Nm³ per hour of syngas - a ...

Air Liquide: new contract and investments strengthen market position in Germany

21-Jul-2010 - In Germany, economic recovery is progressing quite positively in many industrial sectors. Industrial gases play a major role in numerous production processes. To meet the increasing customer demand over the long term, Air Liquide is investing around €90 million in its Large Industries ...

Simona Cristea-Floris is the recipient of the 2009 Pierre Faurre Prize

23-Nov-2009 - The Pierre Faurre Prize, which has been awarded by the Polytechnique Foundation since 2002, honours a young Polytechnician whose early years in the industry demonstrate a combination of technical expertise, management skills and international success. Simona Cristea-Floris, 35, of dual Romanian ...

Air Liquide: Largest European nitrogen production unit for German photovoltaic industry

22-Sep-2009 - Leading solar photovoltaic companies in Germany are increasingly focussing on the so-called thin film technologies for the production of solar cells. Due to their lower usage of substrate materials, these innovative approaches are helping reduce production costs. Since 2005, Air Liquide has been ...

Air Liquide: Consolidating Leadership in Photovoltaic Industry

Air Liquide becomes the main supplier to the three largest photovoltaic production sites worldwide

28-May-2009 - In a period of significant consolidation, leading Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers continue to invest in new capacity to cope with the next phase of demand growth, expected during 2010. In this context, Air Liquide significantly enhanced its leadership position by signing several new contracts ...

New investments of Air Liquide in Germany and Italy for major steel customers

09-Jun-2008 - Air Liquide builds a world scale new Air Separation Unit (ASU) of 2,300 tonnes of oxygen per day at Oberhausen (Germany) and will be commissioned in 2010. It will be connected to Air Liquide's 500 km pipeline network in Germany which forms the backbone for the supply of oxygen and nitrogen to ...

Air Liquide invests EUR110 million in new production capacities in Europe

02-Jun-2008 - In Western Europe, the industrial gases market continues to grow, energised by the manufacture of capital and infrastructure goods, by automobiles, the food industry and the photovoltaic market. In this context of continuous growth in demand for industrial merchant gases, Air Liquide will invest ...

Air Liquide invests in the South of Germany

13-Nov-2007 - Air Liquide Deutschland GmbH has decided to set up one of the largest units in Germany for the liquefaction of gases (nitrogen, oxygen and argon) in the Ulm region. With this investment of nearly EUR60 million, the Air Liquide Group is reinforcing its supply network for industrial gases, which ...

Air Liquide acquires Lurgi

20-Apr-2007 - Air Liquide announces the acquisition of the engineering firm Lurgi, which is owned by Global Engineering Alliance (GEA Group AG), based on an equity value of approximately 550 million euros, which is equivalent to an enterprise value of 200 million euros after including the assumption of Lurgi's ...

Air Liquide Launches an Innovative Product for Anesthesia

20-Oct-2005 - Air Liquide was granted approval to market the pharmaceutical product xenon for anesthesia in Germany. This approval is a key step in the growth strategy of the pharmaceutical activity of the Air Liquide group which develops and provides innovative medications in gaseous form to medical teams and ...