Who We Are:

The Linde Group has annual sales exceeding $8.5 billion with over 46,000 employees working in 50 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia. Linde has three main business segments - Industrial Gases & Engineering, Material Handling and Refrigeration.

Gas and Engineering Business Unit
These two areas of competence, already successful prior to their combination in a single business segment, have been dovetailed so that they operate even more profitably in selected market segments. The most important example of this is the on-site business, where Linde Engineering and Linde Gas work together to supply major consumers with industrial gases from plants which are installed directly on the customer's own site.

Linde AG has been a leading global supplier in the industrial gas industry since 1879. Linde AG has increased its presence in the US industrial gas market through the acquisitions of AGA Gas, Inc. and Holox Ltd. These two well-placed regional gas suppliers carry their own strong traditions of quality and customer service.

In 2003, Linde brought together all of it's US gas operations together under one roof. The US subsidiaries of Linde, AGA and Holox now operate as Linde Gas LLC and are headquartered in Cleveland Ohio. The unification of these companies allows a more streamlined distribution coverage and more complete use of gas application technology to meet customer requirements.

Our History:

Linde
Carl von Linde was a multi-faceted engineer and scientist. After obtaining a patent in 1877 for the world's first modern refrigerator, he founded the company Gesellschaft fur Linde's Eismachinen, now Linde AG, in Wiesbaden in 1879. Based on his innovative work in the "process for liquefication of atmospheric air or other gases" he was awarded another German patent in 1895. He was among the first in the world to produce large volumes of liquid air, and in 1902 began constructing his first air separation unit (ASU). These plants liquify air to separate nitrogen, oxygen and argon, and today Linde has constructed over 2,700 ASU's worldwide.

AGA
AGA AB was started in 1904 near Stockholm, Sweden, by Gustaf Dalen, a 35-year-old engineer and ingenious inventor. The very next year AGA developed an automatic lighthouse mechanism that included the sun valve and the intermittent light regulator (the first innovations patented by AGA). Acetylene, with its bright light, was an excellent fuel for lighthouses, but it was too expensive when burned all day. AGA's intermittent light regulator reduced fuel consumption by 90 percent, and the sun valve cut consumption by another 4 percent. This meant lighthouses could be operated at a low cost and left unattended for long periods of time. In 1912, AGA won a contract to build a lighthouse system for the Panama Canal and Dalen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his inventions in lighthouse technology.

In 1911, AGA founded American Gas Accumulator Co. in New Jersey and in ensuing years many lighthouses were installed around the Great Lakes. Although AGA's stock in American Gas Accumulator Co. was sold in 1949, new operations had been established in other fields in the United States. In the mid-1970s, AGA acquired Frigoscandia, specializing in frozen food storage and distribution, and its U.S. subsidiary Frigoscandia Contracting Inc. became the American market leader in food freezing equipment. AGA acquired Burdox Inc., a local gas company in Cleveland, in 1978, and during the 1980s, invested more than $100 million in new gas operations. By 2003, the U.S. AGA operation employed over 1,300 individuals in over 75 locations, including the corporate office, six air separation plants, a specialty gas plant, six hub production/distribution facilities, a technical center and 60 branches.

Hoek Loos / Holox
In 1980, Hoek Loos, the largest manufacturer and distributor of industrial and medical gases in Holland, acquired Welding Products of Georgia, an Atlanta-based distributor founded in 1967. At the time of the acquisition, the company had 50 employees and annual sales of $6 million. Nearly a year later Hoek Loos more than doubled its investment in the U.S. by acquiring another Atlanta-based distributor and changed the name of the new company to Holox.

Until 1996 Holox was strictly a distributor, but it evolved into an integrated gas products company with over 1,000 employees. By 2003, the Holox network extended throughout 12 southeastern states serving customers from Virginia to Texas. In addition to 65 sales and distribution locations, Holox operated 5 air separation plants with a total liquefaction capacity of 980 tons per day, 11 cylinder fill plants, 4 acetylene and 2 scientific gas plants, 1 hydrogen and 2 dry ice plants.

What We Have To Offer:

Whether you are a graduating senior, recent graduate or experienced individual seeking a challenging career opportunity, your high standards and ambitious objectives will take you far when you join Linde.

Today Linde's extensive customer base, wide geographic spread of operations, and variety of applications provide stability and relatively low economic sensitivity to fluctuations in the world's business cycle. Where we position ourselves in the future depends on the innovative thinkers who join us. You'll have a voice in decision-making that may determine new products, processes or new directions for our organization. And you'll be in good company with other resourceful individuals like yourself.

The Region North American operations, Linde Gas LLC, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio provides employees with a full complement of benefits such as medical, life and disability insurances; 401(k); paid vacations and holidays; and tuition assistance.

How To Reach US:

Main phone number:
216-642-6600

Headquarters Address:
6055 Rockside Woods Blvd.
Independence, OH 44131

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 94737
Cleveland, OH 44101-4737

U.S. Web Site:
www.us.lindegas.com

International Web Site:
www.linde.com

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