The complete history of the development of The - The Linde Group

1960 1980 2000
1935–1974 War economy,
collapse and economic miracle
Growth in times of war 41
Linde and National Socialism 44
War’s end: a new beginning 48
Economic miracle: not all industries benefited 49
Hydrostatics – It started with the Hydrocar 52
A new generation: beginning of the strategy debate 60
Personalities
Rudolf Wucherer 45
Dr.-Ing. Richard Linde 46
Dr.-Ing. Hugo Ombeck 49
Dr-Ing. Johannes Wucherer 57
Prof. Dr. Hermann Linde 60
Idea N o 2290 – 6385
1975 – 2004 Becoming a global player
On an expansion course through acquisitions 63
Strengthening the market position in refrigeration 64
Technical gases: expansion and internationalization 67
Calculated expansion of industrial truck business 70
Strengthening facilities engineering 71
Strategic directions within the Group 77
From Dr. Hans Meinhardt to Gerhard Full to
Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle 78
Global Presence 79
AGA – a strong partner for Linde 81
Personalities
Dr. rer. pol. Hans Meinhardt 65
Gerhard Full 82
Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Reitzle 84
125 years of Linde AG – milestones 86
Imprint 88
All of the ideas named in this chronicle were the basis for patents. The only
exceptions are some of the ideas in chapter 1 – complete documentation of
the patents for this time is unfortunately not available. The numbering is
chronological and bears no relation to the patent numbers.
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