Air Liquide successfully led a group of French industrials to manufacture 10,000 ventilators in 50 days – a direct request from the French Government – as the industrial gases group has been at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 around the world supplying vital medical oxygen.
Other highlights from Air Liquide’s first half of 2020 related to Covid-19 include tripling the production of intensive care ventilators in France and tripling the production of CryopAL’s medical oxygen tanks, Air Liquide reported today in its first half of 2020 results, which showed high sales resilience and significant margin improvement.
“This exceptional first half of the year once again demonstrates the group’s resilience in the face of this unprecedented health crisis,” Benoît Potier, Chairman and CEO of Air Liquide, said.
“Sales for the half year totalled more than €10bn, marking a limited decline of -3.2% on a comparable basis.”
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