The Linde Group

The Linde Group is a world-leading industrial gases and engineering group which operates in more than 70 countries and has over 49,0001 employees worldwide. Following the acquisition of The BOC Group plc, the company realised annual sales of around € 12 billion for its activities in the industrial gas, medical gas and engineering sectors. The Linde Group strategy is geared towards profitable growth, driven in particular by the expansion of our international business with next-generation products and services.

Structure

The company is divided into three divisions: Gases, Engineering and Gist (logistics services). The Gases Division is further split into nine Regional Business Units (RBUs), two Global Business Units (GBUs), Healthcare (medical gases) and Tonnage (on-site), as well as three Business Areas (BAs) – Bulk (liquefied gases), Packaged Gases and Products (PGP, cylinder gases) and Electronics (specialty gases).

Gases Division

The Linde Group is a world leader in the international industrial gas market. Customers across the widest variety of industries rely on our wide range of compressed and liquefied gases as well as our chemicals. Linde gases are used, for example, in steel production, chemical processing, environmental protection and welding, as well as in food processing, glass production and electronics. We are also investing in the expansion of our fast-growing healthcare segment, the medical gas business, and we are a leading global player in the development of environmentally friendly hydrogen technologies.

Engineering Division

Our Engineering Division is successful throughout the world, with its focus on promising market segments such as olefin plants, natural gas plants and air separation plants, as well as hydrogen and synthetic gas plants. In contrast to virtually all our competitors, we can rely exclusively on our own extensive process engineering know-how in the planning, project development and construction of turnkey industrial plants. Linde plants are used in the petrochemical, chemical and pharmaceutical industries, for example. Applications include refining crude oils, manufacturing fertilisers, recovering air gases, producing hydrogen and synthesis gases, and treating natural gas.

Gist Division

The Gist Division is a leading provider of logistics and supply chain solutions. It is positioned as the partner of choice for customers from numerous branches of trade and industry, including retail, food, electronics and gases.

This division has roughly 5,500 employees distributed across 35 locations, serving well-known customers such as Woolworths, Ocado, Marks & Spencer, British Airways, Carlsberg UK, Budgens and Intergreen.

1 Number does not include discontinued business operations.