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Gas demand inspires Air Liquide capacity expansion

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Air Liquide is commissioning a nitrogen liquifier at it’s plant in Isipingo, Durban, South Africa, doubling the company’s production capacity in KwaZulu-Natal.

Air Liquide CEO Alain Larousse notes, $quot;This is to meet the growth requirements of our customers in the pulp and paper, supply chain and chemical industries$quot;. The liquifier is the first of a new generation of highly efficient plant in the country, developed by Air Liquide Engineering as a proprietary technology for modular capacity expansion.

$quot;The biggest potential for Air Liquide lies in its ability to demonstrate to companies that it can autoproduce their industrial gases and that they will add value to their business by outsourcing their future needs,$quot; says Larousse.

Due to a global lack in the gas’s reliability of supply, consumers have been making efforts to manufacture CO2 internally. $quot;Air Liquide South Africa is more than keen to invest in the country, with the technological support of an international group. This is a big opportunity to make a difference locally.$quot;

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