Air Liquide (AL)　and the CNRS recently announcd the renewal of their cooperation and research framework agreement for a period of five years. In line with the AL's open innovation strategy, this public-private partnership will enable AL to increase its collaboration with scientific ecosystems in order to meet the major industrial and societal challenges of the future.

This agreement strengthens the partnership signed in 2002 and renewed in 2013 on which many collaborative research projects between AL and the CNRS have been based. These projects focus on topics such as ceramic materials, additive manufacturing, production and valorisation of hydrogen, transformation and reuse of CO2, production of biogas, and artificial intelligence.