Björn Schneider

Lincare Holdings, Inc. supplies and distributes home respiratory equipment and services. It offers home oxygen equipment, other respiratory therapy and home infusion therapy. The firm also offer medical equipment, such as hospital beds, wheelchairs and other medical supplies to the home health care market. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Clearwater, FL.

Linde GmbH is a holding company, which engages in the gas and engineering business. It operates through the following division: Gases, Engineering, and Other Activities. The Gases Division offers a wide range of compressed and liquefied gases as well as chemicals. The Engineering Division delivers olefin, natural gas, air separation, hydrogen, and synthesis gas plants. The Other Activities Division comprises operations of logistics services company Gist. The company was founded by Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde on June 21, 1879 and is headquartered in Pullach, Germany.

Linde Finance BV acts as a finance company for the benefit of The Linde Group companies. The company issues corporate bonds which are listed at different European stock exchanges. Linde Finance was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Linde plc engages in the production and distribution of industrial gases. It operates through the following segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); Asia and South Pacific (APAC); Engineering; and Other. The America segment operates production facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. The EMEA segment comprises of production facilities in Germany, France, Sweden, the Republic of South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The APAC segment consists production facilities located primarily in China, Australia, India, South Korea, and Thailand The Engineering segment designs and manufactures equipment for air separation and other industrial gas applications. The company was founded in 1879 and is headquartered in Guildford, the United Kingdom.