Air Liquide opens a unique CO2 Recovery Plant in Johnstown, ON

Air Liquide opens its recovery plant in Johnstown, Ont.

Montreal – Air Liquide Canada, a subsidiary of the Air Liquide Group, world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health, officially inaugurated today its brand new carbon dioxide (CO₂) recovery plant, strategically located in Johnstown, Ontario.

This truly unique plant is the only one in Canada with a Health Canada drug establishment licence authorizing the fabrication, testing, packaging and labelling of medical grade CO₂ in accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Food and Drugs Act, as well as the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) requirements of the Canadian Food and Drug Regulations.

Boasting a 300+ Tons Per Day (TPD) capacity, this latest addition to Air Liquide facilities in Canada is now in full operation mode and delivers premium CO₂ that is also FSSC (Food Safety System Certification) and NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) certified.

“With its state-of-the-art design and latest technology, the 170,000 square feet facility enables us to capture the raw CO₂ waste feed from Greenfield, leading Canadian ethanol supplier, and transform it (thus preserving the environment) into liquifi.ed CO₂ gas, which is then delivered to Air Liquide Central Canada customers who will use it mainly in the food, water treatment and manufacturing industries,” said Bertrand Masselot, president and CEO of Air Liquide in Canada, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, where he also acknowledged and saluted the hard work of the Air Liquide employees who made all this possible.

For more information, visit http://www.airliquide.ca/