Air Liquide Canada opens new $22.8 mln carbon dioxide recovery plant

Air Liquide Canada, an industrial gases and services subsidiary of French gases to chemical company Air Liquide Group, announced the opening of its brand new carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery plant, located in Aylmer, Ontario.

With a capacity of 300 plus tons per day, the Aylmer CO2 recovery plant is authorized for the fabrication, testing, packaging and labelling of food and premium grade CO2 that is also Food Safety System Certification and National Sanitation Foundation certified.

Representing an investment of close to C$30 million ($22.8 million), this latest addition to Air Liquide facilities in Canada is now in full operation mode and delivers premium CO2.

Air Liquide Canada said that with two new CO2 recovery plants opened within a year, not only increases its comprehensive network of plants across but also enables it to capture the raw CO2 waste feed from Integrated Grain Producers Cooperative, Ethanol Inc., a Canadian ethanol supplier, and transform it into liquefied CO2 gas, which is then delivered to Air Liquide Central Canada customers.