Managing safety, optimizing production processes and enhancing the quality of products are just some major challenges faced by manufacturers all around the world. The Group’s Industrial Merchant World Business Line (WBL) supports these businesses by providing them with the gases that are indispensable for their operations. In 2008, the WBL completed a number of innovative projects and saw a strong growth in its sales.
€ 4 609 million revenue
+ 6 % growth in 2008

The Industrial Merchant WBL provides its customers with gases, either pressurized in cylinders, or in liquid state in storage tanks, for use in a wide range of processes, including freezing, water treatment, or the creation of controlled atmospheres. Customers who are active in these fields are grouped in five general domains: Automotive and Manufacturing, Craftsmen and Distributors, Food and Pharmaceuticals, Materials and Energy, Technology and Research. Customers in each of these sectors are present in both mature and emerging economies.