Highlights
Commercial successes, new investments, large-scale projects, strengthened partnerships, strong performance, and governance changes, — a look back at Air Liquide’s key highlights.
AIR LIQUIDE, OFFICIAL HYDROGEN SUPPORTER OF PARIS 2024
Air Liquide is proud to have supported the environmental commitments of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 by supplying hydrogen from renewable sources to the official fleet of the Games. The Group, which also provided financial support to enable six high-performance athletes to take part in the Games, is delighted to have left an enduring legacy in the Greater Paris region by building a solid infrastructure to develop hydrogen-based mobility.
1M km traveled
during the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, thanks to the 12 tonnes of hydrogen supplied to the vehicles of the official fleet.
THE GROUP LIFTS ITS MARGIN TARGET TO AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL
Following an excellent performance in 2024, which featured a record improvement in margin and growth on the back of major commercial successes, Air Liquide decided to raise its operating margin ambition. After doubling the ambition in 2023, Air Liquide moved its goal even higher in 2024 to aim for an unprecedented +200 basis point (bps) increase during the 2025-2026 period, or +460 bps 1 over the 2022-2026 period. The new goal far exceeds the initial objective set under the ADVANCE plan, which targeted a +160 bps increase by 2025.
+460
bps over five years is the new ambition set for the improvement in the Group’s operating margin over the 2022-2026 period.
MAJOR CONTRACTS IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
Air Liquide is investing in two innovative new production units, one in the United States, and the other in Singapore. They will supply large volumes of ultra-pure nitrogen to major semiconductor manufacturers. The Group also renewed its contract with one of them and will provide high-purity nitrogen for the next 15 years to its existing facilities in New York State, which are set to be transformed through energy efficiency initiatives.
$ 300M
invested to build new production units.
- 1 Excluding energy effect.