Air Liquide Starts Up New Air Separation Unit at Rancho Cucamonga
11/08/2011 - Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP celebrated this week the start-up of new Air Separation Unit at its facility in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP celebrated this week the start-up of new air separation unit at its facility in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
The company said the new production unit will enable it to increase its supply of industrial gases to customers in the region while minimizing power consumption and overall production costs. With the expansion Air Liquide will roughly double the size of its Rancho Cucamonga workforce as it hires nearly 30 new employees over the next 14 months to fill positions mostly in production and distribution.
“We are pleased to announce the addition of a state-of-the-art air separation unit to Air Liquide’s facility in Rancho Cucamonga, as it enables us to better serve our customers, to support the growth of the industrial gas market in Southern California, and to create jobs in the region, said Michael J. Graff, President and CEO, American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc. during ribbon-cutting the ceremony. “The new ASU represents Air Liquide’s ability to expand our capacity in a more sustainable way through innovative, cutting-edge technologies.”
The new ASU produces liquid oxygen and nitrogen for a range of industries. Air Liquide partnered closely throughout the project with Southern California Edison, the electricity provider supplying Air Liquide’s facility in Rancho Cucamonga, to ensure the new plant is both energy efficient and demand-response ready.
Air Liquide companies in the U.S. employ nearly 5,000 employees in over 200 locations, and offer industrial gases, equipment and related services to customers in the large industries, industrial merchant, electronics and healthcare markets.
Air Liquide is a leading international provider of gases for industry, health and the environment, and is present in 80 countries with 43,600 employees. Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and rare gases have been at the core of Air Liquide’s activities since its creation in 1902. In 2010, the Group’s revenues amounted to €13.5 billion, of which almost 80% were generated outside France.
