2007-09-20 Linde forms Global Alliance with SBM to build floating LNG liquefaction plants Linde has formed a Global Alliance with Single Buoying Mooring Inc. ('SBM') to develop and market Floating Production, Storage and Offloading units ('FPSO') for the growing Liquid Natural Gas ('LNG') industry, based on Linde's proprietary natural gas liquefaction technology. more

2007-09-07 Linde starts up new air separation plant and hydrogen liquefier in Leuna The technology group The Linde Group today officially started operations at a second hydrogen liquefaction plant and a new air separation plant at the chemical site in Leuna, Germany. The total investment in the expansions at Linde's biggest gas production site in Germany amounts to approximately EUR 60 million. more

2007-08-31 Scholars examine the development of the international industrial gases industry The Linde Group, Munich, will be working together with the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and the Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte (GUG, Society for Business History), Frankfurt, on a multiple-year research project dealing with the economic and technological importance of the international industrial gases industry. . more

2008-06-03 First hydrogen filling station opened in Belgium . The first Belgian hydrogen filling station was inaugurated today in Brussels by Total in the presence of the Flemish Ministry for Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade. Linde developed the technology which allows the low-temperature liquid hydrogen to be stored next to the station, as well as the refuelling system. more

2008-05-14 The Linde Group acquires a majority in the industrial gases company SIGAS The technology group The Linde Group has acquired 51 percent of the shares in the family-owned industrial gases company SIGAS (Saudi Industrial Gas Co. ltd.). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Closing of the acquisition will take place following approval from the relevant Saudi Arabian regulatory authorities. more

2008-05-08 The Linde Group and ADNOC to build two air separation units in Abu Dhabi Munich, 8 May 2008 -The technology company The Linde Group and The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) have decided to construct two large air separation units (ASU) through their joint venture Elixier in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). Total investment costs amount to approximately USD 800 million more

2008-05-07 The Linde Group sells its valve production facility MAPAG to Metso (Finland) Munich, 7 May 2008 - The Linde Group, a world leading gases and engineering company, has sold its valve production facility MAPAG Valves GmbH (Germany) to the international technology corporation Metso (Finland) at an enterprise value of 36 million euro. The contract was signed today and will enter into effect on approval from the relevant anti-trust authorities. more

2008-05-06 Süd-Chemie and Linde are working together on the second-generation biofuels A unique European alliance has been set up between two major companies in plant construction and biocatalysis to develop climate-friendly biofuels, which will not compete with food production. more