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Air Liquide

Headquarters : 75, quai d'Orsay 75321 Paris Cedex 07 France France web www.airliquide.com tel. 33-1-40-62-55-55 email: actionnaires@airliquide.com analytics

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Air Liquide , Alm, Altal, Alux, Anios (64%), Aqua Lung, Aqualung International, Azérus
Chemoxal
DinnoSanté
Electrocare Systems
Falck Medico, Fosoxy, FRO
Hede Nielsen, Hélium Services
LOCSA, Lurgi
Messer Griesheim
Omasa, Omasa (50%), Orkyn
Polargas
Sepal, Services Marine Industrie, Shuaiba Oxygen, Sidal, Sidergal, Sorgal, Sudac Air Service
Taema
VitalAire
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Jobs -1% /1998 Fraud 4 Offshore 8 Sales 13 Bn $.€ /year Profit 9 Bn $.€ /1998 Wage 603 *min. Influence 4 Infocom 1
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year
business
source
2008Air Liquide is the largest maker of industrial gases in the world.Bloomberg
2006Air Liquide sells 24% of the industrial gas bought in the world, world's largest producer.Les Echos
2006Air Liquide produces 19% of the hydrogene consumed in the world, second-largest producer in the world.Les Echos
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subsidiarycountry%source
Air Liquide France1,3
Arianespace France
Japan Air Gases Japan100Les Echos
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country
address & contact : production type
incentive source
South Africa South Africa
Complexe carbochimique de Sasol : Usine d'oxygène
 Les Echos
South Africa South Africa
:
 Bourse de Bruxelles
South Africa South Africa
Air Liquide Proprietary (81%) :
 
Algeria Algeria
Sidal : Production,
 Les Echos
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
: Production,
 AFP
Argentina Argentina
:
 Bourse de Bruxelles
Argentina Argentina
Air Liquide Argentina :
 
Benin Benin
Société Béninoise des Gaz Industriels :
 
Brazil Brazil
:
 Bourse de Bruxelles
Brazil Brazil
Air Liquide Brasil :
 
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
Société Burkinabe des Gaz Industriels (65%) :
 
Cameroon Cameroon
Société Camerounaise d’Oxygène et d’Acétylène :
 
Chile Chile
LOCSA S.A. :
 
China China
Tianjin : Oxygène gazeux, azote et air comprimé
 Les Echos
China China
Shanghai : unité de séparation des gaz de l'air
 
China China
Wuxi : unité de séparation des gaz de l'air
 
China China
Hangzhou : Azote, oxygène, argon
 AOF
China China
Air Liquide Shanghai :
 
China China
Hang Yang Air Liquide (62%) :
 
China China
Air Liquide Tianjin :
 
Congo Congo
Société Congolaise des Gaz Industriels :
 
South Korea South Korea
:
 Bourse de Bruxelles
Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire
Société Ivoirienne d’Oxygène et d’Acétylène (73%) :
 
Egypt Egypt
Suez, Caire, Alexandrie :
 Les Echos
Egypt Egypt
:
 Bourse de Bruxelles
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
: Production,
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) AFP
Gabon Gabon
Société Gabonaise d’Oxygène et d’Acétylène :
 
Ghana Ghana
L’Air Liquide Ghana Ltd :
 
India India
Electrocare Systems : Production,
 Les Echos
India India
Air Liquide Engineering India (51%) :
 
India India
Air Liquide India Holding :
 
Kuwait Kuwait
Shuaiba Oxygen :
 
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Air Liquide Luxembourg S.A. :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Oxylux S.A. :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Mali Mali
Société Malienne des Gaz Industriels :
 
Morocco Morocco
Air Liquide Maroc (75%) :
 
Nigeria Nigeria
Air Liquide Nigeria PLC (61%) :
 
Oman Oman
: Production,
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) AFP
Paraguay Paraguay
La Oxigena Paraguaya S.A. (88%) :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Poland Poland
Alpol Sp :
 
Qatar Qatar
: Production,
 AFP
Russia Russia
Alabouga : Production, unité de séparation des gaz de l’air
 Les Echos
Russia Russia
J-V avec Severstal : oxygene
 
Senegal Senegal
Société Séngalaise d’Oxygène et d’Acétylène :
 
Singapore Singapore
Air Liquide Asia Pte Ltd :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Switzerland Switzerland
Carbagas :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Switzerland Switzerland
Carba Holding :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Togo Togo
Société Togolaise des Gaz Industriels (70%) :
 
Trinidad y Tobago Trinidad y Tobago
: Production, unité de séparation des gazs de l'air
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Les Echos
Trinidad y Tobago Trinidad y Tobago
:
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Bourse de Bruxelles
Tunisia Tunisia
Air Liquide Tunisie (60%) :
 
Uruguay Uruguay
Air Liquide Uruguay :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Vietnam Vietnam
2 Unités de Séparation des Gaz de l'Air, Saigon High Tech Park, parc industriel de Phu My : Production, 100 tonnes par jour d'oxygène, d'azote et d'argon liquides
 Enerzine
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  • Environmental impact

  • Human impact

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2005Potier, Benoît
See the photo of: Potier, Benoît Chief Executive Officer; stock-options: 2,21 million Eu€;
L'Expansion
2004Glen, John
See the photo of: Glen, John Chief Financial Officer;
Boursorama
2001Joly, Alain
See the photo of: Joly, Alain Chairman of the Monitoring Committee;
2001Potier, Benoît
See the photo of: Potier, Benoît Chairman of the Executive committee; salary: 4 million Eu€;
L'humanité
2000Bellon, Pierre
See the photo of: Bellon, Pierre Director; attendance fee: 0,18 million FF;
2000Bon, Michel
See the photo of: Bon, Michel Director; attendance fee: 0,18 million FF;
2000De Ybarra y Churruca, Emilio
See the photo of: De Ybarra y Churruca, Emilio Director; attendance fee: 0,18 million FF;
2000Reuter, Edzard
See the photo of: Reuter, Edzard Director; attendance fee: 0,18 million FF;
2000Weatherstone, Dennis
See the photo of: Weatherstone, Dennis Director; attendance fee: 0,18 million FF;
1999De Gennes, Pierre-Gilles
See the photo of: De Gennes, Pierre-Gilles Director; attendance fee: 0,18 million FF;
1999De Royère, Edouard
See the photo of: De Royère, Edouard Director; attendance fee: 0,18 million FF;
1999Desmarest, Thierry
See the photo of: Desmarest, Thierry Director; attendance fee: 0,18 million FF;
1999Joly, Alain
See the photo of: Joly, Alain Chief Executive Officer; stock-options: 45,6 million FF;
Capital
1999Owen-Jones, Lindsay
See the photo of: Owen-Jones, Lindsay Director; attendance fee: 0,18 million FF;
1999Peyrelevade, Jean
See the photo of: Peyrelevade, Jean Director; attendance fee: 0,18 million FF;
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» Highest paid executives in 2007
year
employees
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social impact : country
source
2009
-54
Internal restructuring: Commercy (Meuse): France
Les Echos
2006
-330
Internal restructuring: France
Les Echos
2005
35900
2005
-71
Relocation: Fermeture de l'usine SAF de Châlons-en-Champagne. Un quart de la production sera transféré dans une usine d'Air Liquide en Roumanie.: France
Les Echos
2003
31900
2002
30840
2000
1999
28600
1999
29000
1996
4263
France
Alternatives Economiques
» More restructuring at Air Liquide
» Layoff plans and labour conditions in 2007
year
employees
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social impact : country
source
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  • Subsidy

yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincome buybacksource
2008   13,11,22   billion Eu€
2007   11,81,12   billion Eu€
2006 The European Commission fined Solvay, Arkema, Ausimont, Akzo Nobel, Kemira, Air Liquide, Degussa 388 million euros for cartel on the peroxide market between 1994 and 2000. Peroxydes are used to bleach the paper pulp and textiles. The companies "exchanged information, limited their production, shared markets and customers and fixed and controlled the prices".    
2006   10,951   billion Eu€
2006   0,009billion Eu€Cercle Finance
2005   10,440,93   billion Eu€
2005 Prácticas anticompetitivas en el mercado de oxígeno medicinal. La Comisión Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia argentina multó con $24,9 millones Air Liquide Argentina SA porque “simulaba competencia y llevaba a cabo acuerdos para elevar artificialmente los precios”.     INFOBAEprofesional.com
2004   9,380,78   billion Eu€
2004   0,02million sharesCercle Finance
2003 Entente sur les prix et répartition des marchés des gaz médicaux en France: amende de 4 millions d'euros infligée par le Conseil de la Concurrence     AFP
2003   8,390,73   billion Eu€
2002   7,90,7   billion Eu€
2002 Entente sur les prix aux Pays Bas: amende de 3,64 millions d'euros.     Cercle Finance
2001   8,330,7   billion Eu€
2000   8,10,65   billion Eu€
1999   6,540,56   billion Eu€
1998   7,110,6   billion US$
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» Financial delinquency in 2007
yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincomeassetsbuybacksource
 17 informations, access to subscribers
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» Financial delinquency in 2007
year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
2002 : corruption active : amount: 21 thousand Eu€ : DCN Toulon translateAFP
1999Deregulation and "maximum liberalization" through WTO, GATS : TABD (Transatlantic Business Dialogue) : : US Government / European Commission translateCorporate Europe Observatory
1999Access to public services (privatization through GATS) : ERT (European Roundtable of Industrialists) : : European Commission translateCorporate Europe Observatory
1998Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 10 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translateCenter for Responsive Politics
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» Influence in 2007
year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
 4 informations, access to subscribers
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» Influence in 2007
year
dubious practice : image
source
2002Arguable partnership: Palais de la Découverte: value: Communiquer sur les gaz, invisibles et mystérieux, et rassurer quant à leurs effets sur l'environnement.;
2000slogan: Air Liquide, en deux mots la solution.;
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» Dubious practices in 2007
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