A história da Linde começou há mais de cem anos, quando Carl von Linde desenvolveu um processo de separação dos gases do ar, por meio de um método criogênico, obtendo oxigênio, nitrogênio, argônio e outros gases nobres. Desde então, a participação dos gases na maioria dos processos de produção, na área da saúde e em pesquisas vem crescendo de forma significativa.
Os gases têm múltiplas aplicações. São utilizados em diversos setores industriais, na área de saúde e em pesquisas. Eles são essenciais na indústria moderna para acelerar ou interromper processos, aquecer, resfriar, modificar e preservar produtos, gerando benefícios imensuráveis para a humanidade e para o meio ambiente. Os gases mantêm os alimentos frescos, ajudam as pessoas a respirar e a cuidar da saúde, limpam e melhoram a qualidade da água, impulsionam inovações tecnológicas.
(Fonte: LinkedIn)
English version:
Carl Linde (ennobled in 1897) was born in Berndorf, Germany, on 11 June 1842. He was the third of nine children of a Protestant parish priest.
In 1861 he began studying mechanical engineering in Zurich, which he had to give up without graduating. Thanks to the intercession of his professors, he found his first position at locomotive manufacturer Borsig in Berlin.
In 1866 he went to Munich; in 1868 he was appointed professor extraordinarius at the then new Polytechnic University, where he developed his ground-breaking refrigeration machine.
In 1879 he founded "Gesellschaft für Linde's Eismaschinen AG" in Wiesbaden together with other entrepreneurs.
Ten years later, he returned to the Polytechnic University in Munich. In 1895 he liquefied air, and starting in 1902 he extracted pure oxygen and thus laid the foundation for the industrial gases industry. Linde died in Munich in 1934 at the age of 92.
In 1870 the young Professor Linde published his theories about refrigeration in the “Bayerisches Industrie- und Gewerbeblatt” (“Bavarian Industry and Commerce Journal”). The director of the Dreher Brewery in Vienna read the text and contacted Linde with the request to build such a system.
Linde tested the prototypes of his refrigeration machine in the Spaten Brewery in Munich and developed variations until they were ready for patenting. In 1877 he was able to deliver the refrigeration system ordered by Dreher Brewery, which operated for 31 years in Trieste’s warm and humid climate. Subsequent orders for refrigeration machines were placed by Heineken Brewery in the Netherlands, the Danish Carlsberg Brewery, and Mainzer Aktienbrauerei in Germany.
This success led to the launch of the “Gesellschaft für Linde’s Eismaschinen AG” in Wiesbaden with five business partners, among others MAN managing director Heinrich von Buz and brewer Carl Sedlmayr.
Thanks to the Linde engineers’ strong focus on the customer and the reliability and performance of the Linde plants, the young engineering firm "Gesellschaft für Linde’s Eismaschinen" soon became the market leader in Germany and Europe. The company’s refrigeration machines were manufactured primarily by Maschinenfabrik Augsburg and the Swiss company Gebrüder Sulzer. What’s more, Linde was even represented in the United States through a licensee.
In order to create a broader selling base, Carl von Linde also built his own cold storage facilities for food and ice factories for industrial use and private households. His ice machines were also used as freezer plants for ships, for ice-skating rinks, for refrigeration in dairies, and for the liquefaction of carbonic acid.
While in Germany "Gesellschaft für Linde's Eismaschinen" soon gained a reputation in refrigeration technology, the history of BOC began almost simultaneously in London. In 1880, six years before the company was founded, the brothers Arthur and Leon Brin took out a patent on a chemical process for separating oxygen. Five years later, the brothers showed a demonstration machine at the Inventions Exhibition in South Kensington, London. Henry Sharp, a stoneware manufacturer, was very interested and persuaded his friends and family members to help form a company to develop the Brins' process, and in January 1886 "Brin's Oxygen Company Ltd" was founded. The following year the company produced 4,024m³ of oxygen.
BOC had had to give up its own oxygen production in favour of the Linde liquefaction process in 1906, after losing a patent dispute with "Gesellschaft für Linde's Eismaschinen".
The company was renamed "The British Oxygen Company", and after winning the patent dispute, Carl von Linde became a member of the Board of Directors of BOC. The company achieved a first breakthrough for industrial applications with the introduction of autogenous (gas) welding in the early 20th century.
Together with the name change, the production process was further refined by combining the best features of the Linde process with a process modified by Georges Claude.
In the years before the First World War, Carl von Linde, who had returned to the university in 1891 in Munich, gradually handed over Department B (liquefaction of gases; today, "Gases Division") to his sons Friedrich and Richard, and to his son-in-law Rudolf Wucherer. Carl von Linde remained on the company's Supervisory Board until his 90th birthday in 1932.
In 2004, Linde sold its refrigeration technology division, the company’s original core business. The step was necessary from an economical standpoint. By concentrating on gases, engineering and material handling, the company bundled its energies in areas where it could add the most value for its stakeholders.
In January 2006, Linde AG confirmed its interest in acquiring the British company The BOC Group; by September the acquisition was completed. In November, the material handling division was sold.
A special aspect about the merger is that the two companies – Linde and BOC – complemented one another in regard to geographical activities and product portfolio. The result is a global player that holds a leading position in all markets and regions important for the company.
With the acquisition and divestiture, The Linde Group became a leading industrial gases and engineering company active in around 70 countries all over the world.
(Fonte: site da empresa)
German Version:
Die Linde Aktiengesellschaft ist ein weltweit führender Technologiekonzern und Marktführer für Industrie–, Prozess– und Spezialgase. Das Unternehmen gliedert sich in drei Bereiche: Gases und Engineering (Kerndivisionen) sowie Gist (Logistikdienstleistungen). 2008 wurde die Hauptverwaltung der Linde AG von Wiesbaden nach München verlegt.
Die Erfolgsgeschichte der Linde AG reicht in die 80er Jahre des 19 Jahrhunderts zurück. Damals entwickelte das Unternehmen die erste Linde–Eismaschine. Ab Mitte der 1970er Jahre bis zu Beginn des neuen Jahrtausends standen die Zeichen bei Linde auf Expansion. Mit einer Serie von Akquisitionen – vor allem in den Bereichen Flurförderzeuge, Technische Gase und Gewerbekälte – erzielte das Unternehmen starke Gewinnzuwächse.
In den 90er Jahren stand der Kernmarkt Europa wieder im Zentrum der Unternehmensstrategie. In England stieg der damals noch in Wiesbaden ansässige Konzern durch die Übernahme der Radford Retail Systems Ltd. zum Marktführer für gewerbliche Kühltechnik auf. Außerdem stärkte die Linde AG 1998 ihre Marktposition in Frankreich und den Beneluxstaaten.
Um die Jahrtausendwende engagierte sich Linde wieder verstärkt global. In Thailand, den Philippinen und in Brasilien wurden Mehrheitsbeteiligungen eingegangen. 2004 kam es dann zur Ausgliederung des Geschäftsbereichs Kältetechnik, der in die „Linde Kältetechnik GmbH & Co. KG“ überführt wurde. Zu den größten Konkurrenten zählen Praxair, Air Products & Chemicals sowie Air Liquide.
(Fonte: Europas Erstes Finanzportal Boerse.de)
Os gases têm múltiplas aplicações. São utilizados em diversos setores industriais, na área de saúde e em pesquisas. Eles são essenciais na indústria moderna para acelerar ou interromper processos, aquecer, resfriar, modificar e preservar produtos, gerando benefícios imensuráveis para a humanidade e para o meio ambiente. Os gases mantêm os alimentos frescos, ajudam as pessoas a respirar e a cuidar da saúde, limpam e melhoram a qualidade da água, impulsionam inovações tecnológicas.
(Fonte: LinkedIn)
English version:
Carl Linde (ennobled in 1897) was born in Berndorf, Germany, on 11 June 1842. He was the third of nine children of a Protestant parish priest.
In 1861 he began studying mechanical engineering in Zurich, which he had to give up without graduating. Thanks to the intercession of his professors, he found his first position at locomotive manufacturer Borsig in Berlin.
In 1866 he went to Munich; in 1868 he was appointed professor extraordinarius at the then new Polytechnic University, where he developed his ground-breaking refrigeration machine.
In 1879 he founded "Gesellschaft für Linde's Eismaschinen AG" in Wiesbaden together with other entrepreneurs.
Ten years later, he returned to the Polytechnic University in Munich. In 1895 he liquefied air, and starting in 1902 he extracted pure oxygen and thus laid the foundation for the industrial gases industry. Linde died in Munich in 1934 at the age of 92.
In 1870 the young Professor Linde published his theories about refrigeration in the “Bayerisches Industrie- und Gewerbeblatt” (“Bavarian Industry and Commerce Journal”). The director of the Dreher Brewery in Vienna read the text and contacted Linde with the request to build such a system.
Linde tested the prototypes of his refrigeration machine in the Spaten Brewery in Munich and developed variations until they were ready for patenting. In 1877 he was able to deliver the refrigeration system ordered by Dreher Brewery, which operated for 31 years in Trieste’s warm and humid climate. Subsequent orders for refrigeration machines were placed by Heineken Brewery in the Netherlands, the Danish Carlsberg Brewery, and Mainzer Aktienbrauerei in Germany.
This success led to the launch of the “Gesellschaft für Linde’s Eismaschinen AG” in Wiesbaden with five business partners, among others MAN managing director Heinrich von Buz and brewer Carl Sedlmayr.
Thanks to the Linde engineers’ strong focus on the customer and the reliability and performance of the Linde plants, the young engineering firm "Gesellschaft für Linde’s Eismaschinen" soon became the market leader in Germany and Europe. The company’s refrigeration machines were manufactured primarily by Maschinenfabrik Augsburg and the Swiss company Gebrüder Sulzer. What’s more, Linde was even represented in the United States through a licensee.
In order to create a broader selling base, Carl von Linde also built his own cold storage facilities for food and ice factories for industrial use and private households. His ice machines were also used as freezer plants for ships, for ice-skating rinks, for refrigeration in dairies, and for the liquefaction of carbonic acid.
While in Germany "Gesellschaft für Linde's Eismaschinen" soon gained a reputation in refrigeration technology, the history of BOC began almost simultaneously in London. In 1880, six years before the company was founded, the brothers Arthur and Leon Brin took out a patent on a chemical process for separating oxygen. Five years later, the brothers showed a demonstration machine at the Inventions Exhibition in South Kensington, London. Henry Sharp, a stoneware manufacturer, was very interested and persuaded his friends and family members to help form a company to develop the Brins' process, and in January 1886 "Brin's Oxygen Company Ltd" was founded. The following year the company produced 4,024m³ of oxygen.
BOC had had to give up its own oxygen production in favour of the Linde liquefaction process in 1906, after losing a patent dispute with "Gesellschaft für Linde's Eismaschinen".
The company was renamed "The British Oxygen Company", and after winning the patent dispute, Carl von Linde became a member of the Board of Directors of BOC. The company achieved a first breakthrough for industrial applications with the introduction of autogenous (gas) welding in the early 20th century.
Together with the name change, the production process was further refined by combining the best features of the Linde process with a process modified by Georges Claude.
In the years before the First World War, Carl von Linde, who had returned to the university in 1891 in Munich, gradually handed over Department B (liquefaction of gases; today, "Gases Division") to his sons Friedrich and Richard, and to his son-in-law Rudolf Wucherer. Carl von Linde remained on the company's Supervisory Board until his 90th birthday in 1932.
In 2004, Linde sold its refrigeration technology division, the company’s original core business. The step was necessary from an economical standpoint. By concentrating on gases, engineering and material handling, the company bundled its energies in areas where it could add the most value for its stakeholders.
In January 2006, Linde AG confirmed its interest in acquiring the British company The BOC Group; by September the acquisition was completed. In November, the material handling division was sold.
A special aspect about the merger is that the two companies – Linde and BOC – complemented one another in regard to geographical activities and product portfolio. The result is a global player that holds a leading position in all markets and regions important for the company.
With the acquisition and divestiture, The Linde Group became a leading industrial gases and engineering company active in around 70 countries all over the world.
(Fonte: site da empresa)
German Version:
Die Linde Aktiengesellschaft ist ein weltweit führender Technologiekonzern und Marktführer für Industrie–, Prozess– und Spezialgase. Das Unternehmen gliedert sich in drei Bereiche: Gases und Engineering (Kerndivisionen) sowie Gist (Logistikdienstleistungen). 2008 wurde die Hauptverwaltung der Linde AG von Wiesbaden nach München verlegt.
Die Erfolgsgeschichte der Linde AG reicht in die 80er Jahre des 19 Jahrhunderts zurück. Damals entwickelte das Unternehmen die erste Linde–Eismaschine. Ab Mitte der 1970er Jahre bis zu Beginn des neuen Jahrtausends standen die Zeichen bei Linde auf Expansion. Mit einer Serie von Akquisitionen – vor allem in den Bereichen Flurförderzeuge, Technische Gase und Gewerbekälte – erzielte das Unternehmen starke Gewinnzuwächse.
In den 90er Jahren stand der Kernmarkt Europa wieder im Zentrum der Unternehmensstrategie. In England stieg der damals noch in Wiesbaden ansässige Konzern durch die Übernahme der Radford Retail Systems Ltd. zum Marktführer für gewerbliche Kühltechnik auf. Außerdem stärkte die Linde AG 1998 ihre Marktposition in Frankreich und den Beneluxstaaten.
Um die Jahrtausendwende engagierte sich Linde wieder verstärkt global. In Thailand, den Philippinen und in Brasilien wurden Mehrheitsbeteiligungen eingegangen. 2004 kam es dann zur Ausgliederung des Geschäftsbereichs Kältetechnik, der in die „Linde Kältetechnik GmbH & Co. KG“ überführt wurde. Zu den größten Konkurrenten zählen Praxair, Air Products & Chemicals sowie Air Liquide.
(Fonte: Europas Erstes Finanzportal Boerse.de)
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