Linde

Linde will supply industrial gases to a low-carbon ammonia plant in Louisiana. The announcement was reported June 27, 2025.

Linde signed an investment memorandum with Gyeonggi Province for about KRW 150 billion to build an industrial gas plant in Pyeongtaek producing semiconductor rare gases such as krypton and xenon, to be completed by 2031.

Cryostar is investing EUR 15 million of its own funds to build a ninth 1,600 m2 hall at Hésingue, Haut-Rhin, for assembling and testing turbines and compressors, doubling capacity for these products, with 25 hires planned and commissioning expected end of 2022.

Linde and the Dalian Bingshan Group signed an agreement to establish a joint venture manufacturing hydrogen refueling stations in Dalian, Liaoning, starting in 2021, tripling Linde's production capacity for these stations.

Linde Offeror announced a firm intention to acquire the Afrox shares not already owned by the Linde group, via a scheme of arrangement and standby offer, leading to Afrox's delisting. Afrox is a South African industrial gases company.

Linde's subsidiary Praxair India signed a long-term contract to build, own and operate an air separation unit supplying oxygen and nitrogen to Indian Oil Corporation's Paradip refinery in Orissa. Planned completion is October 2021, bringing combined gas capacity to 660 tonnes per day.

Linde agreed to form a joint venture with ITM Power to implement large-scale hydrogen electrolysis projects, targeting metals, glass, electronics, refinery, chemical and steel industries. The announcement was made on October 23, 2019.

Linde acquired a minority stake in ITM Power plc, a British maker of PEM electrolyzers for hydrogen production, completed on October 22, 2019. The stake was announced on October 23, 2019.

Praxair announced that final closing conditions for its merger of equals with Linde AG were met after EU and US regulatory approvals, creating a combined company worth $46 billion expected to close October 31, 2018.

Linde AG said its merger of equals with Praxair is expected to be executed on October 31, creating a company valued at $90 billion, after FTC conditional approval requiring divestment of certain US bulk gas and other units.

Messer and CVC Capital Partners Fund VII agreed with Linde AG to acquire the majority of Linde's industrial gases business in North America and parts of its South American business for USD 3.3 billion. The joint venture MG Industries will operate under the Messer brand, and the deal depends on the Praxair-Linde merger and cartel approvals.

Linde AG said its proposed merger with Praxair Inc was awaiting regulatory clearances in several countries, with 10 of 24 approached authorities having cleared it so far, and India's CCI review still pending.

BOC Australia unveiled a $15 million robot cylinder automation system at its Sydney Operations Centre, using a six-axis robot and turntables to sort and move cylinders. The site produces more than 1.3 million cylinders each year.

BOC Australia, a Linde Group member, unveiled a new $20 million specialty gases production facility at its Sydney Operations Centre in Wetherill Park. The facility will supply over 8,000 high purity and specialty gases.

KACE Valve was awarded a contract by Linde AG to supply automated severe service metal seated ball valves for Braskem America's polypropylene plant under construction in La Porte, Texas.

Praxair, Inc. and The Linde Group signed a definitive agreement for a merger of equals worth $70 billion, combining two major global industrial gases companies.

Linde AG and Praxair, Inc. signed a binding business combination agreement to merge as equals under a new publicly traded holding company bearing the Linde name. Former shareholders of each company will own about 50% of the new company.

SOCAR GPC selected Univation's UNIPOL PE technology and XCAT metallocene technology for a world-scale 600,000 tpy polyethylene plant to be built in Garadagh, Azerbaijan, with Linde Engineering completing the basic engineering design package.

Linde said it is considering a potential merger of equals with U.S. peer Praxair, after talks failed in September. No deal has been agreed.