PARIS, February 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Air Liquide, world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, releases its fiscal year results for 2016. Chairman & CEO Benoît Potier comments on the Group's results.                                                                

Watch video interview and read transcript:  

https://www.eurobusinessmedia.com/video/air-liquide-2016-results/?utm_source=ceo-direct&utm_medium=wire

Topics covered in the interview include: 

- 2016 a strategic year

- Solid performance in 2016

- 2017 & medium-term outlook

- Hydrogen Council

About Air Liquide: 

The world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with approximately 67,000 employees and serves more than 3 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide's scientific territory and have been at the core of the company's activities since its creation in 1902.

Air Liquide's ambition is to lead its industry, deliver long term performance and contribute to sustainability. The company's customer-centric transformation strategy aims at profitable growth over the long term. It relies on operational excellence, selective investments, open innovation and a network organization implemented by the Group worldwide. Through the commitment and inventiveness of its people, Air Liquide leverages energy and environment transition, changes in healthcare and digitization, and delivers greater value to all its stakeholders.

Air Liquide's revenue amounted to 18.1 billion euros in 2016 and its solutions that protect life and the environment represented more than 40% of sales.

Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange (compartment A) and belongs to the CAC 40, Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50 and FTSE4Good indexes.