Key figures
Air Liquide operates in
80 countries
and counts approximately 65,000 employees
serving over 3 million customers and patients
Group revenue by business
Gas & services: revenue by world business lines
-
€7,565 M
Industrial Merchant
-
€5,037 M
Large Industries
-
€3,111 M
Healthcare
-
€1,618 M
Electronics
Gas & services: revenue by geography
-
38%
Europe
-
36%
Americas
-
23%
Asia-Pacific
-
3%
Middle East & Africa
Our businesses
Industry
433
large units operated worldwide
(ASU, SMR, Cogeneration)
9,000 km
of pipelines
12,000
trucks
24 million
cylinders
Healthcare
15,000
hospitals and clinics served
1,400,000
patients
1st
player in home healthcare in Europe
15,000
employees
Engineering & Construction
15
engineering centers
2,500
employees
Innovation
Almost 0% of our innovation expenses related to improving air quality, health and the environmental footprint.
288
million euros of innovation expenses
296
new patents
5,700
employees in entities contributing to innovation (among them 1,100 researchers)
27
start-up in which the Group has invested through its ALIAD structure
Shareholders
At end-2016, 0 individual shareholders
owned 0% of the capital of the Group, the highest percentage
among companies in the CAC 40.
Share ownership
+10.9%
Total Shareholder Return (TSR) on invested capital for Air Liquide registered shares over 20 years
Over 50%
of earnings have been distributed to shareholders over the past 10 years
€2.60
dividend per share proposed at the 2017 AGM
28
advisors mobilized throughout the year