Air Liquide | Company Information from ICIS

Air Liquide is an international group specialised in industrial and medical gases and related services. It supplies oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and many other products and services to a wide variety of industries. Its gas and services business is divided into divisions covering industrial customers, large industries, healthcare industrial customers, electronics and other activities.

Air Liquide’s key strategic goal is to be the recognised leader of its industry by 2012 by speeding up its growth and increasing its competitiveness. The strategy

is based on four major themes: build leadership positions, drive innovation, deliver efficiency, and develop talents. It will be implemented through a series of key projects that aim to improve its performances and transform its practices and businesses.

In addition, over the past couple of years the company has made a number of acquisitions including Japan Air Gases and restructuring its southeast Asia joint venture holdings. Air Liquide also acquired Lurgi, an engineering company, which will strategically complement Air Liquide’s air separation technology and accelerate the company’s capacity to invest.

Air Liquide with headquarters in Paris, France, had sales of Euro13bn in 2008 and employs around 43,000 people.

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Key Personnel

Chairman and CEO: Benot Potier

Member: Lindsay Owen-Jones

Member: Thierry Desmarest

Member: Alain Joly

Member: Rolf Krebs

Member: Cornelis van Lede

Member: Beatrice Majnoni d'Intignano

Member: Gerard de La Martiniere
Member: Thierry Peugeot

Member: Paul Skinner
Member: Karen Katen

Member: Jean-Claude Buono

Senior management

Chairman and CEO: Benoît Potier

Senior executive VP: Pierre Dufour

Senior VP (Europe and healthcare activities): Jean-Pierre Duprieu

Senior VP (engineering and construction): François Darchis

Senior VP (Asia Pacific): Jean-Marc de Royere

Group VP (finance and operations): Fabienne Lecorvaisier

Group VP (large industries): Ron LaBarre

VP (northern and central Europe): Guy Salzgeber

VP (southern and eastern Europe): Augustin de Roubin

VP Americas: Michael Graff

VP (northeast Asia): Mok Kwong Weng

VP (healthcare world business line and operations): Pascal Vinet

VP (human resources): François Abrial

(Updated December 2009)

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Air Liquide Company Structure

Air Liquide is an international group specialised in industrial and medical gases and related services. The company was founded in 1902 through the discovery of the liquefaction of air. On 6 May 2004, Air Liquide completed the acquisition of Messer Griesheim's industrial gas activities in Germany, the UK and the US.
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Air Liquide Strategy & Financial Highlights

In February 2008, Air Liquide launched the “ALMA” programme. The key strategic goal of the programme is to be the recognised leader of its industry by 2012. Through the ALMA strategy, the company believes it will enable it to speed up its growth and increase its competitiveness. The strategy is based on four major themes: build leadership positions, drive innovation, deliver efficiency, and develop talents. (Edited from: “message from the chairman and CEO” and 2007 annual report.) ICIS also provides you with key financial data listed in table form. More about Air Liquide Strategy & Financial Highlights

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