The Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with around 65,500 employees in more than 100 countries worldwide. It comprises 3 Divisions: Industrial Gases & Healthcare, Engineering and Gist. Lindes gases are being used in a variety of industries e.g. the energy sector, chemical manufacturing, environmental protection, food processing, steel production and the manufacturing of electronics devices. The Healthcare business focuses on medical gases and related maintenance and advisory services for different areas in the field of healthcare. The Engineering Division supports its customers with developing, planning and building turn key business solutions for industrial plants used in various industrial sectors such as petrochemicals and chemicals, refining, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals. Optimising & structuring any kind of supply chains is the business of the third division Gist.