RSSLinde North America Inc.
Company Information
The Linde Group is a gases and engineering company with more than 50,000 employees working in about 100 countries worldwide. In the 2007 financial year it achieved sales of US$17.1 bi1lion. Linde has grown dramatically throughout the years, both organically and via acquisition. Contributing to its growth was the 2006 acquisition of The BOC Group in 2006. Linde gases are used in steel production, refining, chemical processing, environmental protection and welding, as well as in food processing, glass production and electronics. It also is investing in the expansion of its Healthcare business, which makes medical gases, and i. e. medical gases, environmentally friendly hydrogen technology. Linde plants are used in a wide variety of fields, including the petrochemical and chemical industries, in refineries and fertilizer plants, in the pharmaceutical industry and to recover air gases, produce hydrogen and synthesis gases, and treat natural gas.
Company Officers
Wolfgang Reitzle
President and CEO
Wolfgang Reitzle was appointed CEO of the Linde Group effective Jan. 1, 2003 and as a member of its executive board effective May 10, 2002. Reitzle, who has a doctorate in metal science from the Technical University of Munich, spent more than 20 years at BMW, where he worked on technology and product development, according to Bloomberg News. While at BMW he helped develop the X5 sport-utility vehicle.
Georg Denoke
Chief Financial Officer and Employment Director
Georg Denoke primary functions include procurement, operational finance and control/investments, group accounting and reporting, group treasury, capital expenditure, mergers and acquisitions, growth and performance, risk management and tax. He has been employed with Linde since 2004.
J. Kent Masters
Executive Board Member
J. Kent Masters is responsible for the operating segments Americas, South Pacific and Africa, the global business unit Healthcare and the business area Merchant & Packaged Gases. He started at Linde in 2006 and previously served as chief executive of the industrial and special products segment of The BOC Group.
Investor Information
For the latest financial reports, visit: http://www.linde.com/international/web/linde/like35lindecom.nsf/docbyalias/nav_investorrelations
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Linde operates under two divisions. The Gases Division is one of the leading suppliers of industrial gases in the world. The Gases Division also develops environmentally friendly hydrogen technology. The Engineering Division is focused on promising market segments such as hydrogen, oxygen and olefin plants and natural gas processing plants.
