Air Liquide announces scholarship award winners for 2007

The 2007 scholarship recipients are: DeAndria Ackerman of Cambridge, MD; Jonathan Albarado of Friendswood, TX; Timothy Byrd of Inman, SC; Adam Collier of Greenup, KY; Max Darnell of Katy, TX; John Davis of Whitewright, TX; Cody Forrest of Allen, TX; Amy Gummel of Bensalem, PA; Andrew Healy of Elkader, IA; Jennifer Martin of East Earl, PA; Kevin Oberg of
Salt Lake City, UT; Taylor Pashong-Walck of Benezette, PA; and Seneca Weintraut of Mount Vernon, IN. Taylor Pashong-Walck was also honored with the Foundation’s Arthur P. Slaughter Award as this year’s academically top-ranked applicant.

Said Scott Krapf, president of the Foundation, “All of us at Air Liquide are proud to congratulate these deserving students. We wish them the best in their future endeavors. These young people have already demonstrated extraordinary academic accomplishment and great diversity in their interests and experiences, and we will look forward to their very bright futures.”

Since 1993, the Foundation has contributed to the post-secondary education of more than 200 dependents of employees and has awarded more than $800,000 in scholarships. The scholarship program is a way for Air Liquide to recognize the achievement of the children of its employees and promote their education and personal development.

Added Krapf, “These young people are not only recognized for their achievement but for the contributions they have made to their communities – in which Air Liquide operates – and the tremendous potential they have to contribute in the future. The Scholarship Program is a wonderful opportunity for Air Liquide to give back to the families and communities that have helped make us successful as a company.”

Air Liquide in the U.S. employs nearly 4,000 people and serves thousands of customers from more than 200 locations across the U.S.

The Air Liquide America Foundation, Inc. Scholarship program is open to dependents of full-time, U.S.-based employees who meet eligibility requirements. Winners are granted annually renewed scholarship awards to be used towards undergraduate or vocational education.

American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc. is the subsidiary of Air Liquide Group responsible for its North American operations. Through its subsidiary businesses, it offers industrial gases and related services to a variety of customers including those in large industry, industrial manufacturing, electronics, specialty and healthcare marketplaces.

With nearly 37,000 employees in 72 countries, Air Liquide is a world leader in industrial and medical gases and related services. The Group offers innovative solutions based on constantly enhanced technologies and produces air gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases…) and many other gases including hydrogen. The Group contributes to the manufacturing of many everyday products: bubbles in sparkling beverages, protective atmosphere for packed foods, oxygen for hospitals and homecare patients, ultra-pure gases for the semiconductor industry, hydrogen to desulfurize fuels...

Air Liquide is committed to sustainable development and helps to protect life. Founded in 1902, Air Liquide has successfully developed a long-term relationship with its shareholders built on trust and transparency and guided by the principles of corporate governance. Since the publication of its first consolidated financial statements in 1971, Air Liquide has posted strong and steady earnings growth. Sales in 2006 totaled 10,949 million euros, with sales outside France accounting for almost 80%. Air Liquide is listed on the Paris stock exchange and is a component of the CAC 40 and Eurostoxx 50 indices (ISIN code FR 0000120073).