François Darchis

Airgas, Inc. supplies gases, welding equipment, and safety products. It offers abrasives, cutting tools, industrial brusher, industrial coatings and paints, machine tools, balloon regulators gas equipment accessories, industrial application gases, medical gases, and specialty gases. The firm serves construction, metal fabrication, life sciences, healthcare, food and beverage, retail, energy and chemicals, and primary materials. The company was founded by Peter McCausland in 1982 and is headquartered in Radnor, PA.

AIR LIQUIDE Japan Ltd. engages in the provision of standard and specialty gases that include among others, oxygen, nitrogen, acetylene, argon, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, and hydrogen. It also supplies electronic materials through its ALOHA Advanced Precursors, and provides medical products and services to hospitals and home care. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Air Liquide Italia SpA produces and distributes of industrial gases. The firm offers pure and special gas, oxygen, nitrogen, and hydrogen. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Lurgi AG provides turnkey plant construction and process and thermal engineering services. It specializes in process engineering, refrigeration, liquid processing, powder plants, mechanical separation and pharmaceuticals. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Air Liquide America Corp. wholesales industrial supplies. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Air Liquide Investissements d'Avenir et de Démonstration SA (ALIAD) is the venture capital arm of Air Liquide Group headquartered in France and was established in 2013.