Delivering innovative technology solutions for a sustainable future
With 120 years of technological expertise in industrial gas production, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction is a leader in its industry, stepping up to the urgent challenge of climate change and the energy transition to create the innovative technological solutions of the future.
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has made innovation the driving force of its strategy. The teams rely on internal and external innovation ecosystems to develop differentiating solutions to meet the challenges of customers, and to open up new markets, while helping to build a sustainable future.
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction nurtures the inclusion and diversity, growth and entrepreneurial spirit of its employees and supports the technical creativity of its teams to develop unique solutions that make a real difference to customers.
Discover more in the Innovation Timeline:
1897-1936
1897
1897/ 1919 LURGI
Establishment of Lurgi
1902
CRYOGENICS
1st Air Separation unit (George Claude & Paul Delorme)
1930
LURGI
Pressure Gasification
1936
LURGI
First Fixed Bed Dry Bottom Gasification
1949-1970
1949
LURGI
Physical absorption with methanol (Rectisol)
1954
LURGI
First Autothermal Reforming application for town-gas production
1965
CRYOGENICS
Purification by adsorption, first industrial reference
1970
CRYOGENICS
1st Air Separation Units > more than 1 000 tpd
1972-1979
1972
CRYOGENICS
Pumping process first industrial reference
1973
LURGI
First three LP Methanol plants in operation
1978
LURGI
Combined reforming for synthesis gas production
1979
CRYOGENICS
First mega project
1983-1988
1983
CRYOGENICS
Radial beds Front-end Purification
1985
LURGI
OxyClaus™ Technology Development
1985
LURGI
First reference for complete natural gas treatment plant
1988
CRYOGENICS
Structured distillation packing first industrial reference
1992-1998
1992
CRYOGENICS
High air pressure scheme first generation (single machine arrangement)
1993
CRYOGENICS
Cryogenic argon - first production
1994
LURGI
First Lurgi Steam Methane Reformer Reference
1997
CRYOGENICS
First Air Separation Units > 3 200 tpd
1998
LURGI
Elevated SMR outlet temperature first reference
2002-2008
2002
CRYOGENICS
Elevated Pressure Cycle for IGCC first reference
2003
LURGI
Omnisulf™ acid gas enrichment and removal plant first references
2004
CRYOGENICS
First Air Separation unit > 4 000 tpd
2004
LURGI
Pilot plant for high pressure syngas production started up in Freiberg (Germany)
2004
LURGI
World’s largest single train methanol plant (ATLAS) goes into operation
2005
LURGI
First reference for the production of propylene by the MTP process
2007
LURGI
First stage of a joint research plant for the generation of fuels from biomass
2007
LURGI
Acquisition of Lurgi by Air Liquide
2008
CRYOGENICS
High air pressure scheme second generation
2008
LURGI
World’s largest (single train) acrylic acid facility (China)
2008
LURGI
Superior quality of biodiesel products
2011-2015
2011
LURGI
Third reference for the production of propylene by the MTP process
2012
LURGI
World’s largest Rectisol Unit
2013
CRYOGENICS
Largest packaged cold box - 3 700 tpd
2013
LURGI
4th generation of fatty alcohol production with lowest capital expenditure on the market
2013
CRYOGENICS
Largest helium liquefier in the world installed in Qatar
2014
LURGI
Largest multi-train hydrogen over the fence (OTF) plant in Saudi Arabia, Yanbu
