Linde India

Linde India Limited is the Indian operating arm of Linde plc, one of the world's largest industrial gas and engineering companies. The business traces its Indian roots to the BOC group, which established an industrial gas presence in the country in the 1930s; the company was long known as BOC India before being rebranded under the Linde name following Linde AG's acquisition of BOC in the mid-2000s. Today it is a listed public company on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange, with Linde plc as its controlling shareholder. The company produces and distributes atmospheric and process gases — oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, helium and specialty gases — through a network of air separation units, cylinder filling plants and on-site plants located near major industrial customers. It also provides related engineering, installation and maintenance services, including cryogenic equipment, gas delivery systems, medical oxygen supply and applications technology for sectors such as steel, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and healthcare. Linde India's customer base spans large process industries, hospitals and healthcare providers, electronics and manufacturing firms, and smaller fabrication and welding businesses served through cylinder and packaged-gas channels. Its on-site and pipeline supply model ties it closely to India's steel, refining and chemicals expansion, while its healthcare gas business supplies hospitals and medical institutions. As part of the global Linde group, the Indian entity benefits from group technology, safety standards and engineering expertise, while operating under Indian corporate governance and stock exchange disclosure rules. Its positioning is that of a premium, safety-focused industrial gas and engineering partner for Indian industry, competing with other global and domestic gas majors. The brand is not a consumer-facing label; it is a business-to-business industrial brand whose reputation rests on supply reliability, plant engineering and technical service.

Linde India's history in the Indian subcontinent begins with the BOC group (The British Oxygen Company), which established industrial gas operations in India in the 1930s. For much of the twentieth century the business operated under the BOC India name, building air separation capacity, cylinder filling plants and a distribution network serving Indian steel, engineering and healthcare customers. In 2006, Germany's Linde AG acquired The BOC Group, creating one of the world's largest industrial gas and engineering groups. The Indian listed entity, formerly BOC India Limited, was subsequently rebranded as Linde India Limited, aligning its identity with the global Linde brand while remaining a separately listed company on Indian stock exchanges. Linde plc, formed by the 2018 merger of Linde AG and Praxair, became the ultimate parent. Over the following years Linde India invested in new air separation units and on-site plants to serve India's growing steel, refining, petrochemical and manufacturing sectors, and expanded its medical oxygen and specialty gas offerings. The company also provides engineering and project services, drawing on Linde's global process technology portfolio. As a listed Indian company with a global majority owner, Linde India operates under Indian corporate governance and disclosure requirements while benefiting from the group's technology, safety systems and engineering resources. Its brand history is therefore one of continuity of Indian industrial gas operations under changing global ownership and a rebranding from BOC to Linde.

• 2018

  Linde AG and Praxair merge to form Linde plc, the ultimate parent of Linde India.

• 2006

  Linde AG acquires The BOC Group; the Indian entity is later rebranded from BOC India to Linde India.

• 1935

  BOC establishes industrial gas operations in India, the origin of the business that becomes Linde India.

Premium, safety-focused B2B industrial gas and engineering partner for Indian industry, backed by global Linde technology.

• Atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen, argon)

• Process gases (hydrogen, carbon dioxide, helium)

• Specialty and medical gases

• Cryogenic equipment and gas delivery systems

• On-site plants and engineering services

1. 1Linde India official websitelinde.in
2. 2Linde India appoints Milan Sadhukhan as Managing Directoradgully.com
3. 3Linde India Limited announces BTA with HPS Gases Ltd for acquisition of packaged gas businessequitybulls.com