Air Liquide (AL) recently announced that it will invest around 60 million euros to build an ASU in the Lingang Economic District, Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone.

With an oxygen production capacity of more than 2,000 tons per day, this ASU will notably allow AL to support the growth of the chemical and steel industries in the Tianjin basin, secured by a new long term supply agreement with a major customer.

AL will build, own and operate this new ASU.

This facility will also incorporate a dedicated capacity to support small-and-medium sized customers of liquid and packaged gases, including local hospitals requiring high-purity medical gases. It is planned to be operational in 2022.

AL has been supplying industrial gases to Tianjin basin for more than 25 years, and already operates 7 ASUs.