Key figures
Air Liquide operates in
80 countries
and counts approximately 65,000 employees
serving over 3.5 million customers and patients
Group revenue by business
Gas & services: revenue by world business lines
-
€9,261 M
Industrial Merchant
-
€5,336 M
Large Industries
-
€3,401 M
Healthcare
-
€1,644 M
Electronics
Gas & services: revenue by geography
-
35%
Europe
-
41%
Americas
-
21%
Asia-Pacific
-
3%
Middle East & Africa
Our businesses
Industry
442
large units operated worldwide
(ASU, SMR, Cogeneration)
9,400 km
of pipelines
13,000
trucks
24 million
cylinders
Healthcare
15,000
hospitals and clinics served
1,500,000
patients
1st
player in home healthcare in Europe
16,500
employees
Innovation
Almost 0% of our innovation expenses in 2017 were related to work to improve air quality, health and the environmental footprint.
292
million euros of innovation expenses
312
new patents
3,800
employees in entities dedicated or contributing to innovation
30+
start-ups in which the Group has invested through ALIAD
Shareholders
At end-2017, 0 individual shareholders
owned 0% of the capital of the Group, the highest percentage
among companies in the CAC 40.
Share ownership
+9.5%
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
€2.65
dividend per share proposed at the 2018 AGM
28
advisors mobilized throughout the year