Air Liquide’s sales are up 12 per cent on last year.
Sales for the first half of this year were 5,041 million euros including sales from acquired Messer activities estimated at 250 million euros. Consolidated sales for the second quarter were 2,565 million euros, an increase of 11.6 per cent compared with the same quarter in 2004.
Explaining the figures, Benoit Potier, chairman of the management board of Air Liquide, said: The continuation of our growth in the first half fully illustrates the potential of our core activities, as well as the results of the group’s long-term strategy. The good second quarter confirms the strengthening of certain trends seen at the beginning of the year, with sustained developing activities in the Americas and in Asia.
In Europe, despite a difficult economic climate, the group benefited from acquired Messer activities and growth drivers such as Healthcare and the environment, a particularly favourable area for our products, especially hydrogen.
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