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Air Liquide increased its turnover by 8.4 per cent in the second quarter
12/08/2005
on August 12, 2005
The French industrial gas and medical use air Liquide Group increased its turnover in comparable terms by 8.4 percent in the second quarter of 2005, to 2,565 million euros, he said the company. Regardless of the price of natural gas and the exchange rate, the increase of the turnover would have been of 11.6 per cent. In the first six months of the year, Air Liquide builds up a turnover of 5.041 million euros, an increase of 6.2 per cent in comparable terms.
The Chairman of the Board of Air Liquide, Benoit Potier, stated that the results of the second quarter allow to reinforce the trend begun earlier this year, which saw a dynamic of growth especially in the American and Asian markets. In Europe, the circumstances were less favourable, according to Potier, who noted however that the company is developing in the European sector of gases related to health and that during the last quarter was the integration of the activities of Messerthat has meant an increase in revenue of EUR 250 million.
