I want to thank Air Liquide for all the efforts made to continue taking care of patients, despite the risks involved.
PEDRO, FATHER OF LUIS A CHILD WITH DIABETES (SPAIN)(2)
Unfailing solidarity
Spontaneous acts of solidarity have increased. Across the world, employees of different Group entities have come forward to help their Healthcare colleagues. Home Healthcare entities, for their part, have provided hospitals with concentrators, respirators and hospital beds—all precious resources during this time of crisis. The Air Liquide Foundation has proactively contributed to this dynamic by supporting scientific research projects connected with the pandemic. Out in the field, it has also increased aid for local associations that are operating among the most vulnerable communities.
Ensuring the continuity of essential activities
A further challenge has been maintaining and adapting the gas supply in order to guarantee the supply chain for essential sectors such as the food industry, energy or healthcare. At its sites, Air Liquide has refocused its operations on the production of molecules that are essential to health, nutrition and mobility. This continuity of service has been recognized by many of our customers. Teams have also been mobilized in Electronics in order to ensure the supply of advanced materials required for the manufacture of semi-conductors, essential for the digital infrastructures that were particularly in demand during the crisis.
In tackling these industrial and human challenges, Air Liquide is more than ever in line with its ambition to contribute to a sustainable society, with all its stakeholders.
10 000
RESPIRATORS IN 50 DAYS
HEALTHCARE, A LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT
For many years, Air Liquide has been a major player in home healthcare throughout the world, an expert in homecare for chronic diseases and a supplier of medical gases for hospitals. Today, the Group helps 1.7 million patients at home and 15,000 hospitals and clinics in over 35 countries.
(1) Assistance publique–Hôpitaux de Paris (Public assistance hospitals of Paris): public health institution in France.
(2) Names have been voluntarily changed to protect confidentiality.