Linde Engineering history

Carl von Linde's 1895 invention for producing liquid air led to the growth of the TVT München division of process plant engineering and construction.

During 1903, the company built the first production plant for purified oxygen and successfully produced pure nitrogen.

Established in 1904, AGA had for much of its history been a diversified company.

The first diesel engines were built at the Güldner works in 1907; by this time, Linde controlled the majority of company stock.

Linde also built the first double-column rectifier, which allowed pure oxygen and nitrogen to be produced in the same apparatus without using any extra energy; this breakthrough occurred in 1912.

In 1917 Linde Air Products joined with four other companies that produced acetylene, among other products, to form Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation.

The company recovered quickly in the 1920's, and expanded its product line to include engines for agricultural equipment and components for the repair of locomotives, railcars, and boats.

The Güldner facilities were taken over completely by Linde in 1929 and thereafter concentrated on producing small diesel engines and tractors.

After their assimilation by Linde, and throughout the 1930's, the Sürth works built components and systems units for commercial refrigeration, while G.H. Walb made smaller units and domestic products.

The company is primarily engaged in manufacture of industrial and medical gases and construction of cryogenic and non-cryogenic air separation plants.Linde India Ltd was incorporated in January 24th 1935 with the name Indian Oxygen and Acetylene Company.

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The plant in Aschaffenburg was totally destroyed during an Allied air raid in World War II, but the works were fully functional once again by 1950.

A new era for the company began in 1955 with the production of the Hydrocar, a platform truck with hydrostatic transmission.

Linde then acquired the hydraulics department of Gusswerk Paul Saalmann & Sohne in 1958.

The branches at Sürth and G.H. Walb were then combined in 1964 to form the present refrigeration and shop equipment division.

By 1969, the Aschaffenburg factory discontinued the production of tractors and diesel engines and concentrated entirely on fork-lift trucks and hydraulic equipment.

The present divisional breakdown of the company did not formally occur until 1972, but these operations have traditionally followed separate paths of development.

Linde purchased a Hamburg-based company in 1973.

There have been a number of important developments during the 1980's.

In addition, in 1985 this division also produced a small, three-ton capacity, fork-lift truck which has helped to increase sales.

Its materials handling business received a boost through the purchase of Lansing in Great Britain, in 1989.

In 1991, Linde ranked 334th in sales among the world's industrial companies, with sales of $4.17 billion and profits of $147 million.

In 1992, Linde Air again became an independent company—Praxair.

The highlights of the Division's overseas performance was the successful supply of a 2000 tpd ASU to PT Linde Indonesia at Cilegon Indonesia which was commissioned during the year for supply of gases to POSCO Steel works.

According to an April 2002 Chemical Week article, Linde ranked fourth among major worldwide industrial gas producers, tied with Air Products and Chemicals, and behind Air Liquide, BOC, and Praxair.

The deal closed in September 2004, bringing to an end the business line on which it was founded.

The mandatory Open Offer was triggered by announcement made by Linde AG and Praxair Inc. in connection with the merger of equals between the two companies under a new holding company Linde pic in the year 2016.

In this respect a legally binding Business Combination Agreement had been signed between Linde AG and Praxair Inc. on 1 June 2017.

With completion of the global merger on 31 October 2018 Linde pic a company incorporated in Ireland has become the new holding company of both Linde AG and Praxair Inc. and as such Linde pic is now the new ultimate holding company of your Company.

In view of this LSAS Services Private Ltd. became a Joint Venture Company of your Company with effect from 24 March 2020.