Linde North America is a member of The Linde Group – a world leading gases and engineering company operating in the U.S. since 1907. The Linde Group has 50,500 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2011 financial year, it achieved sales of EUR 13.7 billion (USD 18.1 billion). The group is headquartered in Munich, Germany.Linde in North America manufactures and supplies industrial, specialty and medical gases as well as related equipment across the region. Our products, services and technical expertise help our customers and impact every day lives – from the fuels that heat our homes and power our cars, to the drinks that refresh us and the medicines and breathing oxygen that help sustain life.Our primary products include cryogenic and non – cryogenic nitrogen and oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen and a variety of medical, rare and special gases. Linde supplies its customers through on-site production, pipeline, tankers and cylinders.Linde’s North America headquarters is located in Murray Hill, NJ and has 5,000 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean serving over 95,000 customers. Linde has the industry's strongest distributor network with over 400 sales, retail, plant and depot locations.