About Us

Every Day Around the World, We Are Making Our World More Productive
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We are a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, serving a variety of end markets such as chemicals and energy, food and beverages, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining.

Every day around the world, our people are inspired to make our world more productive - by delivering innovative solutions, technologies and services which make our customers more successful and help to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

Our industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity and specialty gases for electronics. We also deliver state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support our customers.

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Our Expertise

Proven expertise plus innovative gases, plant engineering and advanced material technologies to make our world more productive and protect our planet
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Making a Difference

Linde employees strive to live our vision of “best performing” in everything we do.  Many respected third-party stakeholders have recognized Linde’s practices and governance, contributions to communities, innovative solutions and sustainability performance.
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Corporate Governance

Responsible corporate governance is a key prerequisite for our business success. This means ensuring compliance with the law, rules and regulations and voluntary commitments.
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What We Value

Our values are firmly embedded in our DNA. We live these values every day so we can achieve our goals in an impactful, responsible way.
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How We Lead

We always strive to achieve our goals ethically and to the highest standards of integrity and governance. We invite you to learn more about Linde’s experienced leaders and how they govern our company.
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A supply chain aligned with our values

Our suppliers and contractors play a vital role in our ability to work efficiently and deliver on our promises to our customers. We are committed to doing business with integrity, selecting suppliers based on merit, alignment with our values including conformance with our Supplier Code of Conduct and Code of Business Integrity.
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#LindeIsEverywhere

Our gases, technologies and applications likely impact your life every day, whether you live in a bustling metropolis or a remote town. 
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Linde stands for more than 140 years of technological progress

Corporate Heritage
Technology, innovation and an inventive spirit have characterized our company from the very beginning.

Carl von Linde’s curiosity as an inventor, his persistence in the implementation of his ideas and theoretical concepts, as well as his ability to recognize the requirements of his customers and fulfill their need for reliability and quality are all timeless factors for success.
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Gesellschaft für Linde's Eismaschinen is founded

Carl Linde founds the Gesellschaft für Linde's Eismaschinen in Wiesbaden, Germany together with five partners. One of them was a wealthy Rhineland brewer who clearly saw the big benefits of Linde's mechanical refrigeration system for the beer brewing industry.

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Linde Air Products is established in the U.S. 

Carl von Linde himself travels to the United States to establish Linde Air Products as a subsidiary in the U.S. The business becomes successful and soon attracts additional investors.

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Linde Air Products becomes part of Union Carbide Corporation

In the turmoil of the First World War, Linde loses the United States subsidiary due to expropriation. Linde Air Products becomes part of the newly formed Union Carbide Corporation.

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Praxair goes public

The former Linde division from Union Carbide is spun off as Praxair and goes public. In the subsequent years a couple of major acquisitions strengthen Praxair’s position as one of the top industrial gases businesses in the world.

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Praxair acquires Liquid Carbonic

Praxair acquires Liquid Carbonic, introducing the company to the carbon dioxide market and giving Praxair a full product line of gases. The acquisition also extends Praxair's presence in South America and other geographies.

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Linde AG regains the rights to use Linde in the U.S. 

Linde AG regains the rights to use the brand name Linde to do business in the United States.

Linde acquires AGA

Linde acquires the Swedish gases company AGA and therefore expands the business footprint in Northern Europe and South and Middle America.

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Praxair acquires Air Liquide’s Germany business

Praxair acquires Air Liquide’s Germany business serving large customers in the refining, chemical and steel industries via pipeline systems, as well as supplying smaller customers with bulk, medical, specialty and packaged gases.

Linde AG acquires BOC

Linde AG acquires BOC. The Linde Group is formed. The successful Material Handling business is sold and becomes part of KION, which is still using Linde as a brand name.

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Linde acquires Lincare

Linde acquires United States based Lincare, a leading respiratory supplier and also a company with Linde roots.

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Praxair acquires NuCO2

Praxair acquires NuCO2, the leading provider of beverage carbonation solutions in the United States giving the company opportunity to continue growing the business in the U.S., enhancing distribution efficiency, and extending NuCO2’s offerings to customers in other regions of the world.

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Praxair acquires Yara International ASA’s European CO2 business

Praxair acquires Yara International ASA’s European CO2 business, expanding the company’s presence in resilient end-markets such as food and beverage.

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Merger of equals

Merger of Equals of Praxair and Linde. To honor the common heritage the combined company is named Linde plc.

Linde sells Gist Limited

Linde completes the sale of non-core business Gist Limited, a temperature-controlled logistics provider, to Marks & Spencer Group plc. 

Linde acquires the remaining interests in nexAir, LLC

Linde acquires the remaining interests in nexAir, LLC, one of the largest independent packaged gas distributors in the United States with 2022 sales of approximately $400 million.