As a leading technology player, our mission is to find ways of using industrial gases to develop pioneering, environmentally friendly and cost-effective solutions. We complement our efforts in this area through close collaboration with partners in science, research and industry. This allows us to play an instrumental role in the move to establish hydrogen as an everyday energy carrier for stationary and mobile applications, for instance. We are also helping to optimise solar cells as a promising source of energy for the future. And we ensure a steady supply of the noble gas helium in the purities and volumes required for the most varied high-tech applications.