Company
Official Name: Linde plc
Headquarters: Guildford, United Kingdom
Founded: 21 June 1879
Employees: 72,327
CEO: Mr. Sanjiv Lamba
$166.07 Billion
USD as of April 1, 2022
Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, electronic and specialty gases, acetylene, and carbon monoxide. The company also designs and constructs turnkey process plants, such as olefin, natural gas, air separation, hydrogen and synthesis gas, and other plants. It serves healthcare, petroleum refining, manufacturing, food, beverage carbonation, fiber-optics, steel making, aerospace, electronics, chemical, and water treatment industries. The company was founded in 1879 and is based in Guildford, the United Kingdom.
Linde plc is a global multinational chemical company founded in Germany and, since 2018, domiciled in Ireland and headquartered in the United Kingdom. Linde is the world's largest industrial gas company by market share and revenue. It serves customers in the healthcare, petroleum refining, manufacturing, food, beverage carbonation, fiber-optics, steel making, aerospace, chemicals, electronics and water treatment industries. The company's primary business is the manufacturing and distribution of atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases, and process gases, including carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, ammonia, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. The company was formed by the 2018 merger of Linde AG of Germany (founded in 1879) and Praxair (founded in 1907 as Linde Air Products Company) of the United States. The resulting holding company was incorporated in Ireland, with principal executive offices in Guildford, UK. The company is a member of the Hydrogen Council, a group of companies investing in hydrogen vehicles. The company expects hydrogen vehicles to compete with electric vehicles and has invested in wind powered plants that convert water to hydrogen. The company is ranked 444th on the Fortune Global 500 and 178th on the Forbes Global 2000.
Source: Wikipedia, retrieved on March 31, 2022, 9:01 p.m.
Industrial gas production, medical gas and air separation physical plant engineering, logistics services
Founder(s): Carl von Linde
Sanjiv Lamba, CEO Steve Angel, Chairman of the Board Matthew J. White, CFO
Revenue: US$27.243 billion (2020)
Net income: US$3.322 billion (2020)
Total assets: US$88.229 billion (2020)
Total equity: US$49.569 billion (2020)
Linde plc has the following listings and related stock indices.
Stock: NYSE: LIN
Stock: FSX: LIN
Stock: Bovespa: L1IN34
Stock: Euronext: LIN
Stock: MTA: LIN.U
Stock: XETR: LIN
Stock: Euronext: LNA