SEARCH LANGUAGE French English CONTACT The group Our offer Hurry Investors Shareholders Careers Follow us Air Liquide > The Group > Our innovation Our innovation Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, rare gases… the molecules produced by Air Liquide have not changed since the creation of the Group in 1902. It is innovation that makes the difference and that makes it possible to imagine their new uses. Innovation is one of the pillars of the Group's strategy . Innovating allows Air Liquide to open up new markets and create new growth opportunities. At Air Liquide, innovation is the combination of science and the entrepreneurial spirit . Ideas, expertise, technologies and entrepreneurship are inseparable in our culture of innovation. In 2013, Air Liquide reinforced this innovation approach: based on science and technology (role of Research & Development , Engineering activity , and ALTEC centers), the Group structured its advanced Business & Technologies , to develop the entrepreneurial spirit, and has created two new entities: the i-Lab (innovation lab), to strengthen open innovation and ALIAD , an investment structure. Key figures 265 million euros: expenditure dedicated to innovation in 2013 6,200 employees in entities that contribute to innovation 321 new patents filed in 2013, i.e. 1 patent filed every day To find out more about the Group's innovations in the fields of: Energy The environment Health High Technologies The group Know us Our strategy Our innovation Science and entrepreneurship R&D opens up new avenues Engineering: deploying technological innovation Advanced Business & Technologies i-Lab: the laboratory for new ideas ALIAD Video "INNOVATES" Management Corporate governance Our businesses, our products Sustainable Development and Responsibility Air Liquide corporate foundation Ethics Contact Corinne Estrade-Bordry Director of Innovation Communication +33 (0) 1 40 62 51 77 CONTACT SITEMAP RSS LEGAL NOTICE © 2014 AIR LIQUIDE