Germany

Linde plc’s Board of Directors has authorised a share repurchase programme for up to $6bn of its ordinary shares.

Linde LLC, provider of cryogenic food processing technologies, now offers an advanced new approach to impingement freezing with an improved freezer design that provides lower operating costs. 

Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 365 kilo tons per annum synthesis gas production unit from Linde PLC.

BASF, the German chemical company, is developing a new process technology to produce hydrogen (H2) from natural gas without the negative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

thyssenkrupp, German multinational within the industrial engineering and steel production sectors, has for the first time in the world, produced ammonia from steel mill gases as part of its Carbon2Chem project .

Environmental monitoring and remediation equipment manufacturer QED Environmental Systems entered into a strategic partnership with Siegrist GmbH.

Fuel cell developer Proton Power Systems has signed a joint venture agreement to establish a new company focussed on building heavy duty trucks powered by hydrogen (H2) fuel cells.

Gas-related equipment manufacturer Witt has added another language to its website.

Transport and logistics service provider HOYER Group has equipped more than 10,000 tanks with its smart technology.

Atlas Copco has acquired Germany’s Industrie Pumpen Vertriebs GmbH (IPV), a distributor of industrial pumps for the Varisco brand.