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Posted Thu, 2011-10-20 17:45 by sysop
Headquartered
 Houston, TX
Senior Management Benoit Potier
www.us.airliquide.com Paris:AI.PA
Founded 1902 Sector Industrial Goods
Employment 43,600 Industry Diversified Machinery
Extent and form of SBIR-STTR involvement
M/A transactions 0 ASSETs Involved
Working relationships 5
Founded in 1902, headquartered in Paris, France but with facilities in 80 countries, Air Liquide (L'Air Liquide S.A.,) supplies industrial and medical gases and services to various industries to include agri-food and beverages, automotive, aeronautical, transportation, chemicals and petrochemicals, electronic components and products, environment, cement, research centers and laboratories, metal fabrication industries, metallurgy, oil and gas, optoelectronics, pharmaceuticals and biotechnologies, plastics processing, pulp and paper, semiconductors, and space and aeronautics. There is a major emphasis on R&D throughout the company towards targeting not only the creation of industrial gases, but also gases that are used in products such as healthcare items, electronic chips, foods and chemicals. Growth areas targeted by the firm for 2015 relate to Energy, the Environment, Health, and High-Tech. To meet these goals, Air Liquide engages their in-house technological know-how and external networks of experts and researchers to work collaboratively with a diverse population of customers with a wide range of industry focus, to develop reliable and high-quality solutions that meet their key challenges both current and downstream.

For this event there are 3 key areas of interest that may be broadly categorized as:
  1. New modes to Manufacture/process/upgrade industrial gases.
  2. New ways or new applications within which to employ industrial gases.
  3. New technologies that can improve efficiencies of employing industrial gases.

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Some Key Technology- Driven Initiatives Description
Cryogenics: cold for space Our teams are partners in unique projects to which they contribute their know-how in very low temperatures. For example, they took part in designing cryogenic systems of both Herschel and Planck satellites.
Hydrogen: producing clean energy Hydrogen coupled with fuel cell is also an alternative to fuels that is being actively developed by the Group, which is conducting research on the complete hydrogen chain, from hydrogen production to clean power generation.
LENOXe™: xenon for anesthesia To improve the quality of recovery of patients who have undergone a surgical procedure, Air Liquide’s researchers have developed LENOXe™ a high-performance xenon-based anesthetic gas. Today, they are working on broadening its uses to take care of ever more numerous patients.
Faster and More efficient microchips To manufacturer increasingly faster and efficient electronic components, the semiconductor industry must constantly make the materials that compose them evolve. Air Liquide R&D teams are developing patented molecules called Advanced Precursors. Respecting our customers’ quality standards, and especially very high purity, they make the chips of tomorrow ever more efficient.
Oxygen for cleaner combustion To limit nitrous oxide emissions, the research teams design burners that use oxycombustion. These burners already equip different industrial furnaces that produce glass, for example.
Photovoltaic energy To help the Group’s customers reduce the cost of solar panels, the researchers are developing new gases and processes to manufacture photovoltaic cells.
Reducing CO2 emissions Over the longer term, the Group’s teams contribute to the development of processes for CO2 capture and storage. This means designing oxycombustion recycling and purification technologies to produce fumes that are more concentrated in CO2.These technologies will enable CO2 to be more efficiently captured in order to bury it in the subsoil. They are being tested in pilot projects to generate power using coal or to limit emissions from steel mills.
Second-generation biofuels In the clean alternative energy field, our researchers design gasification technologies that are critical for producing second-generation biofuels.
The LHC: at the heart of the world’s mysteries At the CERN, liquid Helium plays a major role in the conception of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. This Helium is kept cool by means of a system supplied by Air Liquide.