Shareholder's Guide 2022

Performance

Performance

A world leader in industrial gases and related services

Our profile

  • ~64,500 committed employees in 78 countries
  • Extensive scientific and technical expertise
    in industrial gases (oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, etc.)
  • >3.8M
    customers and patients
  • 4,500
    employees contributing to innovation
  • 5
    Innovation Campuses
  • 1
    Campus Technologies
  • 13,500
    patents
  • 2 industrial gases production modes
    • Centralized production
    • On-site production at customer sites
  • 3 industrial gases distribution networks
    • >9,700 km of pipelines for large quantities
    • ~20 million cylinders for small quantities
    • ~9,900 trucks for medium quantities

Our business model

  • Long-term vision and clear strategy
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  • A wide range of customers and applications
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  • Major ability to innovate
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  • Long-term customer contracts, indexed to energy prices
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  • Management and optimization of production and distribution chain
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  • Active involvement in new markets
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  • Global presence and local activity

Our activities serving nearly all sectors of the economy

LARGE INDUSTRIES

Industrial gases in large quantities in the framework of long-term partnerships

  • Chemicals
  • Refining
  • Metals
INDUSTRIAL MERCHANT

Industrial gases in small and medium quantities, application technologies, small equipment and related services serving a wide range of customers

  • Materials & energy
  • Automotive & fabrication
  • Food & pharmaceuticals
  • Technology & research
  • Entrepreneurs & distributors
ELECTRONICS

Ultrapure gases in large quantities and development of new molecules

  • Semiconducteurs
  • Flat panels
  • Photovoltaic
HEALTHCARE

Medical gases, products and services to support patients and customers in the hospital and at home

  • Hospitals
  • Home healthcare
  • Specialty ingredients
GLOBAL MARKETS & TECHNOLOGIES

Molecules, equipment and services to support the energy transition and deep tech(1) markets

  • Energy transition
  • Deep tech(1)
ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION

Plants and equipment for industrial gas production

  • Customers choosing to insource their industrial gas needs
  1. Disruptive technologies based on scientific breakthroughs that can fundamentally change design and production methods.