Annual Report 2021

At the heart of the future for a more sustainable world

Achieve

01_A lasting carrier gas partnership in Virginia, U.S.

Supplying one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers with extensive carrier gas.

For over 30 years, Air Liquide has worked closely with a key manufacturer, a powerhouse of innovative memory solutions present in Asia and North America. Upon expanding their Manassas, Virginia site to meet growing demand for digital products, this customer agreed to a 15-year contract extension with Air Liquide, increasing the carrier gas supply requirements at its site. This partnership is now Air Liquide Electronics U.S.’ single largest investment to date.

02_Ultra-high purity low-carbon hydrogen electrolyzers, Taiwan Island

Constructing low-carbon hydrogen electrolyzers at the Tainan and Hsinchu Science Parks.

To meet the growing demand for high-purity hydrogen in the electronics sector, Air Liquide is investing in production units at the Tainan and Hsinchu Science Parks, two of the most advanced semiconductor basins in the world. The first electrolyzer was successfully delivered in 2021. When completed, the production site will have a total capacity of 25 MW and will avoid 35,000 metric tons of CO2 direct emissions annually. Those plants will allow the Group to supply low-carbon hydrogen to local semiconductor manufacturing plants.