Posts by Richard Ducombs

Hugo, 32, joined Cryostar in 2017 as a Design Engineer in the Process Machinery BU, a position he held for 6 years. He has been Industrialization Manager since January 2023. What support did you receive as part of this internal mobility? The transition went very smoothly, with me spending 1 day a week in my…

François is Customer Service Manager at the LNG Marine’s Business Unit. He manages a team of around twenty people. A very diverse team “We’re a very diverse and heterogeneous team, which is our greatest strength and our greatest asset. We have young colleagues fresh out of school and experts with a great deal of experience.…

Daniel, 48, is a Balancing Mechanic at Cryostar. He balances the rotating parts of pumps, turbines and compressors. His department works on the entire range of Cryostar products. He also carries out centrifugal (overspeed) tests on all compressors and turbines wheels Hello Daniel, can you tell us about your career? I hold a vocational aptitude…

Our 4 Production Managers share their vision and passion for their job. Episode 2: Alain, 53, Production Manager at Cryostar Automation   Cryostar Automation is a renowned supplier of filling stations for industrial and medical gas cylinders, as well as complete LNG filling stations. Around fifty employees, united by a real family spirit, have been contributing…

Our 4 Production Managers share their vision and passion for their job Episode 1: Julien, Head of Turbine and Compressor Production Julien, 53, joined Cryostar in 1986. His career path is rather atypical.  He was planning to stay for 1 month for a summer job at Cryostar and then go back to his studies, but…

Nicolas is a Process Engineer at Cryostar and an International Chess Master. It’s well known that in chess you always have to be several moves ahead if you hope to win the game. “Chess is the art of analysis, it’s 99% tactics, knowing when to strike and when to dodge, a passion that goes back…

Alexis is a graduate of the renowned National School of Energy, Water and Environment (Grenoble, France). He chose Cryostar, which he knew by reputation, to do his internship as a graduate engineer for 6 months. He was recruited at the end of his internship as a Project Manager.  Hello Alexis, can you tell us about…

Philippe is Head of Sales, Customer Service and Project Execution in the Cryostar Distribution Business Unit.  In order to be closer to the teams of our Cryostar Automation entity, Philippe moved from Alsace to Aveyron to settle in the Occitanie region. He was supported in his mobility steps by Cryostar.  “This geographical mobility has brought…

Get to know us better! This is our colleague Tatiane from Cryostar Brazil. She is our administrative and accounting manager for our Brazilian Business Center. Tatiane is a young mother who was promoted during her maternity leave. She tells us how she lives her new life between her baby, her family and an exciting job!…

2003… The Cryostar adventure begins as a service provider. With a professional degree in electrical engineering, Laurent was then a “High Voltage Fitter” for a local company. In this context, he intervened during 5 years on Cryostar. In 2008, he was recruited as a Cryostar electrician; he then quickly became a Team Leader, a position…