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Air Liquide (Paris:AI) has inaugurated its new Shanghai
Research & Technology Center (SRTC) just after celebrating
the 20-year anniversary of its Engineering & Construction
facilities in Hangzhou, a city of Zhejiang
province in Eastern China, illustrating the long-term
commitment of the Group in China.
On February 25, 2016, Air Liquide inaugurated its
new Shanghai Research and Technology Center
(SRTC), located in the Shanghai Xinzhuang Industrial Park, in
the city’s Minhang District. This new center will ultimately host
250 employees, including researchers, experts in customer
applications and business development teams. It will become a major
center for the Group’s innovation in the Asia-Pacific
region.
The SRTC will help Chinese customers and consumers benefit from
Air Liquide’s innovative solutions and global innovation
network to tackle environmental and societal challenges. The
center will address issues such as energy transition,
CO2 emissions reduction, waste water treatment, urban
air quality, food safety, and healthcare.
Covering 12,000 square meters of laboratories, offices, showroom
and pilot demonstration platforms, the center represents an
investment of € 25 million, announced in 2014. The
building is designed in compliance with LEED
certification (Leadership in Energy and Environment
Design), a global standard in sustainable building that factors in
efficient water management, good use of energy, and the reduction
of emissions.
The inauguration follows the celebration of the 20-year
anniversary of Air Liquide Engineering & Construction in
Hangzhou. Key player providing innovative solutions related
to industrial gases, the Engineering & Construction site in
Hangzhou is specialized in designing, manufacturing and
constructing leading-edge air separation units, syngas
purification units and other industrial gas plants, operated in
China and abroad. Founded in 1995, the site has grown to be a
major manufacturing and engineering center of the Group with nearly
700 employees.
François Darchis, Senior Vice-President, member of
the Air Liquide group’s Executive Committee,
supervising Innovation, commented: “We are extremely pleased to
simultaneously celebrate these two events in Shanghai and in
Hangzhou, illustrating commitment to grow in China over the long
term. This has been made possible with the help of the local
authorities, partnerships with our customers, and connections with
academia and more generally, with the innovation
ecosystems.”
Air Liquide China
operates nearly 90 plants and employs about
4,500 employees with a strong presence in the key coastal
industrial areas, and is expanding into the center, south and west.
Its main business activities include industrial and medical gas
operations, as well as Engineering & Construction (designing,
manufacturing and installing air separation units/hydrogen
facilities).
The Engineering & Construction
activity (Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions)
The Engineering & Construction activity of the Air Liquide
group (Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions) builds the Group’s
production units (mainly Air Separation Units and hydrogen
production units) and also supplies external customers with its
portfolio of cryogenics solutions and Lurgi technologies. Its
industrial gas, energy conversion and gas purification solutions
enable customers to optimize the use of natural resources. Air
Liquide Global E&C Solutions covers the entire project
life-cycle: licensing & engineering services / proprietary
equipment, high-end engineering & design capabilities, as well
as project management & execution services. Its exclusive and
innovative technologies are making a contribution to the energy
sector.
Innovation, one of the pillars of the
Group's strategy
6,200 employees contribute to innovation around the world,
mostly in three entities: Research & Development, Global
Markets & Technologies, and Engineering & Construction.
They explore new territories, business models, technologies and
services, and they support innovation from idea to market
maturity.
Air Liquide has over 1,000 researchers of 35
nationalities. R&D teams are based in
9 locations in Europe, Asia, and the United States,
connected to world-class innovation ecosystems.
World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry
and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with more than
50,000 employees and serves more than 2 million customers and
patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of
the company’s activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide’s
ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term
performance and acting responsibly.
Air Liquide ideas create value over the long term. At the core
of the company’s development are the commitment and constant
inventiveness of its people.
Air Liquide anticipates the challenges of its markets, invests
locally and globally, and delivers high-quality solutions to its
customers and patients, and the scientific community.
The company relies on competitiveness in its operations,
targeted investments in growing markets and innovation to deliver
profitable growth over the long-term.
Air Liquide’s revenues amounted to € 16.4 billion in 2015 and
its solutions that protect life and the environment represented
more than 40% of sales. Air Liquide is listed on the Paris Euronext
stock exchange (compartment A) and is a member of the CAC 40
and Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 indexes.
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