Xavier Pontone

Part of L'Air Liquide SA, Air Liquide Advanced Business is a French company that specializes in fuel cells and designs and develops stacks and systems based on PEM technology. The company is based in Paris, France. Air Liquide Advanced Business offers solutions to upstream and midstream players in the oil & gas sectors to help them meet their regulatory requirements and reduce their environmental footprint. The company extracts hydrogen gas from molecules that contain it, such as water and organic compounds, as it is nearly absent from our own atmosphere. The company was founded in 2005. Xavier Pontone has been the CEO of the company since 2013.

Part of Plug Power, Inc., HyPulsion SAS is a French company that manufactures hydrogen and fuel cell. The company is based in Sassenage, France. HyPulsion was acquired by Plug Power, Inc. from Air Liquide SA on July 31, 2015 for $15.41 million.

Axane SA develops power production systems based on fuel cell and fuel processor technology. The company is headquartered in Sassenage, France.

Fordonsgas Sverige AB operates CNG-gas filling stations. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Hydrowal SA distributes gaseous fuels through pipelines. The private company is based in Brussels, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded in 1980. Xavier Pontone has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Air Liquide Advanced Business & Technologies UK Ltd. engages in supplying natural gas. The company was founded on September 4, 2013 and is headquartered in Coleshill, the United Kingdom.