United Kingdom: Air Liquide confirms its ambitions in Healthcare market

已经是英国市场医疗卫生产品供应商的空气液化，进入了British homecare and medical gases市场2007年，收购林德英国和盟军呼吸。

空气液化液体增加了在英国的存在由国家卫生服务选出（或“NHS”，英国公共卫生系统）to serve, from February 1^st，2009年, 10,000 patients in the South West of England. These patients now receive oxygen therapy and associated services由于两个在布里斯托尔和普利茅斯开业的新机构。

In doing so, Air Liquide has consolidated its position asthe number two player in the UK homecare market，周围30,000名患者和300 employees。

To increase the质量和效率其服务，液化空气will bring together, from August 1^st，2009年, all its homecare human resources and assets in England within a single company:“Air Liquide Home Care Ltd”。通过这家新公司，空气液化将能够带到NHS集团的HomeCare业务的所有专业知识。

Jean-Marc de Royere，本集团医疗保健业务和AIR LIQUIDE执行委员会成员的副总裁：“We confirm the strong growth outlook announced in 2007, as we entered the British market. We want to continue to develop new services with the NHS, to increase the quality of life of people with respiratory diseases in the United Kingdom. Health is a solid and lasting growth driver for the Air Liquide Group.”