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Linde plc
LIN · XNCM · Specialty Chemicals · United Kingdom
Linde plc is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company. It specializes in the production, manufacturing, and distribution of atmospheric gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases, as well as process gases including hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. These products serve diverse industries like healthcare for medical oxygen therapy and anesthesia, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverages for carbonation, electronics, petroleum refining, steelmaking, aerospace, and water treatment. Linde plc operates through key segments including Merchant for distributable gases, On-Site for large-volume cryogenic supplies, Packaged Gases, and Electronics, alongside its Engineering division that designs and constructs large-scale plants for air separation, hydrogen production, natural gas processing, LNG, petrochemicals, and carbon capture technologies. Headquartered in Woking, United Kingdom, Linde plc delivers solutions via cylinders, tankers, pipelines, and on-site generators to customers worldwide across Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions.
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Basic Materials sector · United Kingdom
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