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Linde India Limited (formerly BOC India Limited) has adapted global expertise to cater the needs of the Indian industry. We have been operating for more than 75 years, delivering innovative, quality and reliable services and solutions that create value for our customers.

Linde India Limited, formerly BOC India Limited, is a member of The Linde Group and the leading industrial gases company in India. Combining The Linde Group’s advanced technology, our deep understanding of our customers’ businesses and strong local expertise in gases and engineering, we are able to provide tailor-made solutions that help our customers to increase efficiency, productivity and flexibility in their operations, while reducing energy costs and safeguarding the environment.

We own and operate India‘s largest air separation plant and run more than 20 production facilities and filling stations across the country. We supply more than 20,000 gases and mixtures as well as provide a range of related services including the construction and installation of plants, equipment, pipelines and associated engineering services catering to the needs of a wide variety of industries. Linde India has the largest sales and distribution network in the country giving us a wide geographic reach and placing us close to our customers in any part of India.

The Project Engineering Division (PED) comprises the business of designing, supply, installation and commissioning of tonnage air separation units (ASU) of medium to large size, and projects relating to setting up of nitrogen plants, pressure swing adsorption (PSA) plants and gas distribution systems. PED also manufactures cryogenic vessels for in-house use as well as for sale to third party customers.

Linde India has been a steady partner in the economic and industrial development of the country, delivering innovative, quality and reliable services and solutions that create value for our customers for over 75 years.

The leadership position and reputation we enjoy today is built on the commitment, untiring efforts and customer-first attitude of our people. Linde India continues to invest heavily in developing its people and relentlessly improving its capabilities, and is uniquely poised to successfully capitalise on the many exciting growth opportunities in India.

Corporate History

Carl Von Linde 
The Linde Group has a history of over 130 years built on a heritage of innovation with a strong focus on technology. The company’s founder, Carl von Linde, invented refrigeration technology and pioneered a process of air separation. Today, we are a global market leader in gases and engineering solutions.

Linde India

2013 BOC India rebrands as Linde India

2012 Commissions its 2,550 tpd ASU plant for Tata Steel at Jamshedpur, the largest ASU in India and also the largest ASU of The Linde Group in South & East Asia

2012 Commissions its first helium debulking station in the West

2012 Starts construction of two large ASUs in Kalinganagar in Odisha, each with a capacity 1,200 tpd of gases to supply Tata Steel's greenfield steelworks from 2014

2011 Brings on stream its 420 tpd ASU in Kalinganagar, Odisha for Jindal Stainless 

2011 Acquisition of Cryogenic Food Gases

2010 Enters North India market with its stand alone ASU of 221 tpd capacity

2009 Sets up national scheduling centre at Kolkata; commissions its 1,800 tpd ASU at Bellary supplying gases to JSW Steel

2006 BOC India becomes a member of The Linde Group following Linde's acquisition of The BOC Group

2002 Sets up customer service centre at Kolkata

1999 Lists shares on the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE)

1998 Brings on stream the 1,290 tpd air separation unit (ASU) at Jamshedpur built for Tata Steel

1995 IOL Ltd. becomes BOC India Ltd.

1994 First on-site pipeline plant for Tata Steel with a capacity of 120 tpd installed at Jamshedpur

1992 Lists shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. (BSE)

1989 Indian Oxygen Ltd becomes IOL Ltd.

1987 First on-site pipeline plant for Tata Steel with a capacity of 120 tpd installed at Jamshedpur 

1959 Lists shares on The Calcutta Stock Exchange Ltd. (CSE)

1958 Company is renamed Indian Oxygen Ltd. (IOL)

1935 Establishment of the Indian Oxygen & Acetylene Company incorporation in Calcutta