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{{Short description|French engineer and inventor (1868–1956)}}
{{Infobox scientist
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|birth_date = {{Birth date | 1868 | 07 | 26 | df = y}}
|birth_place = [[Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne|Saint-Maurice]], France
|death_date = {{death date and age | 1956 | 12 | 07 | 1868 | 07 | 26 | df = y}}
|death_place = [[Paris]], France
|citizenship =
|field = Engineering
|known_for = Cofounder of [[Air Liquide]]
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'''Paul Delorme''', born July 26, 1868 in [[Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne|Saint-Maurice]] and died December 7, 1956 in [[Paris]], is a physicist and chemist who became an industrialist after participating in the founding of the [[Air Liquide]] company in 1902, of which he was the first president, before passing the reins of the group to his son Jean Delorme, in 1945.<ref>[https://www.leonore.archives-nation...E_3=&VALUE_4=&VALUE_5=&VALUE_6=Homme&VALUE_7= Base Leonore : Paul Maurice Delorme]</ref>
==Biography==
[[File:Air Liquide 1937.jpg|300px|right|thumb|alt=Air Liquide S.A. share of 100 francs, issued in Paris on July 10, 1937, with signature of Paul Delorme as president of the company|vignette|Air Liquide S.A. share of 100 francs, issued in Paris on July 10, 1937, with signature of Paul Delorme as president of the company]]
Son of an industrialist, Paul Delorme, is a former student of the [[ESPCI Paris]]. His father runs a lace factory. He became head of the sales department of the [[Thomson-Houston Electric Company]] when engineer [[Georges Claude]], his classmate and friend, developed a process for liquefying air in order to separate its components<ref>[https://www.lesechos.fr/2003/08/13-georges-claude-et-lair-liquide-1058882 13. Georges Claude et l'air liquide]</ref>. Paul Delorme and he invested an initial sum of 7,500 francs, spent on the purchase of a compressed air engine, used for three years, in a small room in the La Villette depot that the ''Compagnie Générale des Omnibus'' had made available to them.
In 1902, Paul Delorme brought together 24 subscribers, mainly other engineers, to financially support the industrial project, in the form of a [[Joint-stock company|joint stock company]], with capital of 100,000 francs. The first factory opened in France in 1905, followed by four others.<ref>[https://www.lesechos.fr/2002/11/lair-liquide-une-exception-francaise-1056947 L'Air Liquide : une exception française]</ref>
From 1906, he led international expansion, in Belgium, Italy, Japan and Hong Kong, then in 1913 its IPO, among the ''coulissiers''. In 1910, he sent [[René Jacques Lévy]] to Canada to create a factory on land in the eastern suburbs of Montreal, which was a great success, but the latter died in the sinking of the [[Titanic]]. In the 1920s, Air Liquide's development in China began in [[Shanghai]]. Between 1920 and 1929, Air Liquide raised 70 million francs through the [[Seasoned equity offering|issue of shares]]. Made up mainly of engineers and technicians, it is starting to have to count on the presence of small carriers, the majority of whom will remain relatively loyal to the company.<ref>[https://hecstories.fr/fr/business-story-air-liquide-linnovation-plein-gaz/ Business Story : Air Liquide, l’innovation plein gaz]</ref>
In 1930, the company's growth was successful with almost non-existent debt, the few issues of debt securities representing only 15% of the liabilities, in accordance with the financial doctrine of its president: "''I prefer, he said, to put all my eggs in a basket of which I hold the handle. Never in debt, in the short, medium or long term. Better to call on shareholder-partners than bankers. But it also does not give in to the fashion of subsidiaries, used in the 1920s for rapidly growing activities: The company must remain centralized, holding complete ownership of its materials and installations everywhere and at all times''". In reality, the international development strategy accommodates subsidiaries which are only fully integrated into the parent company once their activity has been consolidated, sparing Air Liquide in the event of the bankruptcy of one of them.<ref>[https://www.entreprendre.fr/air-liquide-ce-geant-qui-marche-a-lhydrogene/ Air Liquide, ce géant qui marche à l’hydrogène]</ref>
From 1928, it was the 17th largest French [[market capitalization]], after the rise of French industrial companies on the stock market, then the 6th in 1936. On the eve of the Second World War, the company already had nearly 130 factories in the world.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1985/06/18/au-benefice-de-l-age_2755111_1819218.html Au bénéfice de l'âge]</ref>
His son Jean Delorme took over in 1945, then stepped aside to his own son-in-law, Édouard de Royère, in 1985.<ref>[https://www.liberation.fr/futurs/19...n-va-sans-lezard-et-laisse-un-dauphin_125911/ Le patron de l'Air liquide s'en va sans lézard et laisse un dauphin]</ref>
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{{Short description|French engineer and inventor (1868–1956)}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name = Paul Delorme
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|birth_date = {{Birth date | 1868 | 07 | 26 | df = y}}
|birth_place = [[Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne|Saint-Maurice]], France
|death_date = {{death date and age | 1956 | 12 | 07 | 1868 | 07 | 26 | df = y}}
|death_place = [[Paris]], France
|citizenship =
|field = Engineering
|known_for = Cofounder of [[Air Liquide]]
|influences =
|influenced =
|prizes =
}}
'''Paul Delorme''', born July 26, 1868 in [[Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne|Saint-Maurice]] and died December 7, 1956 in [[Paris]], is a physicist and chemist who became an industrialist after participating in the founding of the [[Air Liquide]] company in 1902, of which he was the first president, before passing the reins of the group to his son Jean Delorme, in 1945.<ref>[https://www.leonore.archives-nation...E_3=&VALUE_4=&VALUE_5=&VALUE_6=Homme&VALUE_7= Base Leonore : Paul Maurice Delorme]</ref>
==Biography==
[[File:Air Liquide 1937.jpg|300px|right|thumb|alt=Air Liquide S.A. share of 100 francs, issued in Paris on July 10, 1937, with signature of Paul Delorme as president of the company|vignette|Air Liquide S.A. share of 100 francs, issued in Paris on July 10, 1937, with signature of Paul Delorme as president of the company]]
Son of an industrialist, Paul Delorme, is a former student of the [[ESPCI Paris]]. His father runs a lace factory. He became head of the sales department of the [[Thomson-Houston Electric Company]] when engineer [[Georges Claude]], his classmate and friend, developed a process for liquefying air in order to separate its components<ref>[https://www.lesechos.fr/2003/08/13-georges-claude-et-lair-liquide-1058882 13. Georges Claude et l'air liquide]</ref>. Paul Delorme and he invested an initial sum of 7,500 francs, spent on the purchase of a compressed air engine, used for three years, in a small room in the La Villette depot that the ''Compagnie Générale des Omnibus'' had made available to them.
In 1902, Paul Delorme brought together 24 subscribers, mainly other engineers, to financially support the industrial project, in the form of a [[Joint-stock company|joint stock company]], with capital of 100,000 francs. The first factory opened in France in 1905, followed by four others.<ref>[https://www.lesechos.fr/2002/11/lair-liquide-une-exception-francaise-1056947 L'Air Liquide : une exception française]</ref>
From 1906, he led international expansion, in Belgium, Italy, Japan and Hong Kong, then in 1913 its IPO, among the ''coulissiers''. In 1910, he sent [[René Jacques Lévy]] to Canada to create a factory on land in the eastern suburbs of Montreal, which was a great success, but the latter died in the sinking of the [[Titanic]]. In the 1920s, Air Liquide's development in China began in [[Shanghai]]. Between 1920 and 1929, Air Liquide raised 70 million francs through the [[Seasoned equity offering|issue of shares]]. Made up mainly of engineers and technicians, it is starting to have to count on the presence of small carriers, the majority of whom will remain relatively loyal to the company.<ref>[https://hecstories.fr/fr/business-story-air-liquide-linnovation-plein-gaz/ Business Story : Air Liquide, l’innovation plein gaz]</ref>
In 1930, the company's growth was successful with almost non-existent debt, the few issues of debt securities representing only 15% of the liabilities, in accordance with the financial doctrine of its president: "''I prefer, he said, to put all my eggs in a basket of which I hold the handle. Never in debt, in the short, medium or long term. Better to call on shareholder-partners than bankers. But it also does not give in to the fashion of subsidiaries, used in the 1920s for rapidly growing activities: The company must remain centralized, holding complete ownership of its materials and installations everywhere and at all times''". In reality, the international development strategy accommodates subsidiaries which are only fully integrated into the parent company once their activity has been consolidated, sparing Air Liquide in the event of the bankruptcy of one of them.<ref>[https://www.entreprendre.fr/air-liquide-ce-geant-qui-marche-a-lhydrogene/ Air Liquide, ce géant qui marche à l’hydrogène]</ref>
From 1928, it was the 17th largest French [[market capitalization]], after the rise of French industrial companies on the stock market, then the 6th in 1936. On the eve of the Second World War, the company already had nearly 130 factories in the world.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1985/06/18/au-benefice-de-l-age_2755111_1819218.html Au bénéfice de l'âge]</ref>
His son Jean Delorme took over in 1945, then stepped aside to his own son-in-law, Édouard de Royère, in 1985.<ref>[https://www.liberation.fr/futurs/19...n-va-sans-lezard-et-laisse-un-dauphin_125911/ Le patron de l'Air liquide s'en va sans lézard et laisse un dauphin]</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT
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[[Category:1956 deaths]]
[[Category:Scientists from Paris]]
[[Category:20th-century French engineers]]
[[Category:20th-century French chemists]]
[[Category:20th-century French inventors]]
[[Category:Air Liquide people]]
[[Category:ESPCI Paris alumni]]
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