Air Liquide Opens New Digital Performance Centre in China

Air Liquide China has opened a new digital performance centre (DPC) located at its Shanghai research and technology centre. Air Liquide is leveraging the latest innovations in digital technologies to adopt a more predictive, proactive and forward-looking operating model.

The company held an opening ceremony to celebrate the launch of the new centre. The event attracted nearly 80 guests, including large industrial customers and Air Liquide executives led by Francois Abrial, Shanghai Hub Executive Vice President and Marcelo Fioranelli, Greater China Vice President.

The new centre enables Air Liquide China's central operations team to remotely control the daily operations of selected plants. Ultimately, the centre will actively control all Air Liquide China large plants, with pro-active decision-making based on information from all the data and tools available.

The DPC is a part of Air Liquide's ambitious "Smart Innovative Operation" project, which also includes other technical upgrades to Air Liquide's facilities and the implementation of big data and digital tools.

"Moving to a more digital and data-driven operating model is key to business success in the increasingly challenging market. The new DPC marks our first major step in this transformation. As a central hub of our daily operations, the DPC will continue improving our operational efficiency, anticipate and prevent operational issues, and significantly enhance the overall customer experience," said Chris Clark, Air Liquide China large industries vice president.