Linde
World's largest industrial gas company; major electronics gas business.
- Ticker
- NASDAQ: LIN
- Headquarters
- Woking, GB
- Employees
- 66,323
- Revenue
- $34.0B (FY2025) · +3.0% YoY
- Net income
- $6.9B
- Operating margin
- 26.3%
- Market position
- leader
- Value-chain segment
- Specialty Gases
- Key products
- bulk gases, electronic specialty gases
About Linde
Linde is a global multinational chemical company and the world's largest industrial gas supplier by market share and revenue. Founded by German scientist and engineer Carl von Linde in 1879 in Wiesbaden, Germany, the company is now headquartered in Woking, United Kingdom, and registered in Ireland as Linde plc. Linde plc was formed in 2018 through the merger of Linde AG and Praxair, which was founded in 1907 in the United States as Linde Air Products Company.