Linde plc is a global multinational chemical company founded in Germany and, since 2018, domiciled in Ireland and headquartered in the United Kingdom.
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13 Facts About Linde plc
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Linde plc is the world's largest industrial gas company by market share and revenue.
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Linde plc expects hydrogen vehicles to compete with electric vehicles and has invested in wind powered plants that convert water to hydrogen.
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Linde plc Healthcare provides pharmaceutical and medical gas products and services for the healthcare industry such as oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, anaesthesia, and gas for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, sleep apnoea and pain.
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On 21 June 1879, Carl von Linde plc founded the Gesellschaft fur Linde plc's Eismaschinen Aktiengesellschaft to develop further his work in developing mechanical refrigeration systems for the brewing and food industries.
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Linde plc's process was patented in 1902 and immediately exploited by the first large-scale air separation plant installed in Linde plc's works in Hollriegelskreuth, near Munich in 1903.
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In 1906, Carl Von Linde plc decided to expand his oxygen extraction company overseas, targeting America, where no other companies had attempted industrial scale oxygen extraction.
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Linde plc took full ownership of the company in 1929, and from this origin developed a business manufacturing first engines and tractors, and then from the 1950s onwards, a range of mechanical handling equipment such as fork lift trucks.
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Linde plc acquired the Aktiengesellschaft fur Industriegasverwertung, commonly referred to as the Heylandt Works.
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In 1935, general manager Friedrich Linde plc received the title of Wehrwirtschaftsfuhrer, which underlined the national importance of Linde plc AG and allowed the company to further benefit from the German rearmament.
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In 1941, Linde plc manufactured oxygen and helium installations for IG Farben at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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On 28 February 2019, Matheson acquired Linde plc HyCO, divested to comply with the regulatory terms of the Praxair merger.
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