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Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 29 October 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group has signed a further long-term on-site supply contract for industrial gases with the Hungarian chemical company BorsodChem Zrt. The agreement involves the construction of a new air separation unit (ASU) at BorsodChem's Kacinzbarcika site in north-eastern Hungary for around EUR 26 million.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich/Dagmersellen, 23 October 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group, via its Swiss subsidiary PanGas AG, is to build a new air separation plant in Muttenz, in the Swiss canton of Basel-Land, for around 68 million Swiss francs (44 million euro). The new plant, which will have a capacity of over 500 tons of liquefied nitrogen, oxygen and argon per day will come on stream in the late autumn of 2010.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 22 October 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group has entered into two new contracts for the on-site supply of gases to the companies Ningbo Iron & Steel Co. Ltd and Hanwha Chemical Corporation (HCC) in Ningbo in eastern China. Under the agreements, Linde will build an additional air separation plant at the emerging industrial site on the Yangtze delta, an investment of around 17 million euro.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 2 October 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group has acquired the remaining 50 percent of the shares in the Australian LPG-company Elgas, Sydney, at an equity value of 126 million euro. Elgas, established in 1984, was a 50/50 Joint Venture between BOC Limited, a member of the Linde Group, and AGL Energy (AGL).

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 22 September 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group and Vattenfall Europe Technology Research GmbH, a subsidiary of the Vattenfall energy group, have entered into a wide-ranging technology partnership for carbon dioxide separation in coal-fired power stations. The aim of the collaboration is to test the oxyfuel combustion process for lignite and anthracite and to develop the technology for subsequent use in large power stations.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich/Geneva, 10 September 2008 - When protons are accelerated to almost light speed in CERN's LHC - or Large Hadron Collider's underground circuit near Geneva for the first time today, the Linde cooling systems installed there will also experience their first assignment.

Linde AG (FRA:LIN) Munich, 10 September 2008 - The technology group The Linde Group has entered into a joint venture with SINOPEC Fujian Petrochemical Company Limited (FPCL), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC), for the long-term supply of industrial gases to customers in the province of Fujian in south-eastern China. This collaboration will result in a capital outlay of around 100 million euro.

Munich, 29 August 2008 - The technology company The Linde Group has today officially opened the world's first hydrogen filling station for fuel cell passenger ships in Hamburg. Wolfgang Tiefensee, Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs was in attendance for this "Zemship-related" grand opening, an EU-sponsored project for the development of fuel cell ships.