Air Liquide operates in
78 countries
and counts approximately 64,500 employees
serving over 3.8 million customers and patients
€8,959 M
Industrial Merchant
€4,972 M
Large Industries
€3,724 M
Healthcare
€2,001 M
Electronics
35%
Europe
40%
Americas
22%
Asia-Pacific
3%
Middle East & Africa
441
large units operated worldwide
(ASU, SMR, Cogeneration)
~9,600 km
of pipelines
~10,000
trucks
20 million
cylinders
+15,000
hospitals and clinics served
1,700,000
patients
1st
player in home healthcare in Europe
~16,500
employees
Air Liquide focuses its innovation expenses on the three subjects related to the major trends shaping the Group’s markets: energy transition, healthcare and digital transformation.
317
million euros of innovation expenses
~11,000
patents
4,000
employees in entities dedicated or contributing to innovation
30+
start-ups in which the Group has invested through ALIAD
At end-2019, more than 0 individual shareholders
owned 0% of the capital of the Group, the highest percentage
among companies in the CAC 40.
+12.6%
Total Shareholder Return (TSR) on invested capital for Air Liquide registered shares over 10 years *
Around 50%
of earnings have been distributed to shareholders over the past 10 years
€2.70
dividend per share proposed at the 2020 AGM
30+
advisors mobilized throughout the year