I think I may have used this word in a short piece I wrote last week, but what a whirlwind of a week it has been for the industrial gases business.
This is undoubtedly a big day, a big month and a big year for the global gases business. With the merger of Praxair, Inc. and Linde AG we witness the crowning of a new leader...
With the imminent completion of Praxair and Linde’s mega-merger of equals, a raft of change is expected to unfold both within the newly combined entity, Linde plc, and in the global industrial gases business itself.
With the completion now imminent of the mega-merger between Praxair and Linde, the uncertainy is removed and the global gases industry can refocus on what lies ahead and arguably what it does best – innovating.
The European Commission has this evening announced the approval of Praxair’s proposed merger with The Linde Group, signalling a major step forward for the deal.
With the business world and the industrial gases industry alike awaiting news of further divestment packages, and just how far Praxair and Linde are prepared to go in under to see through their merger of...
Two years ago today, with the ink barely dry on Air Liquide’s $13.4bn acquisition of Airgas, the news sensationally broke that Praxair and Linde were in merger talks.
The merger of Praxair and Linde has taken several significant steps forward in recent weeks, with approvals secured in the Americas region (Brazil, Mexico) and arguably the two biggest divestment packages determined in Europe and...
In 1898, Adolf Messer started a company from his workshop in Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany, for the fabrication of acetylene gas generators. He employed four blue-collar workers and one salaried employee.
Praxair, Inc., has revealed this morning that it is to divest the majority of its businesses in Europe to Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC), as it strives to secure antitrust approval in the region for...
