BOC India is now Linde india

BOC India Ltd, a member of The Linde Group, has annonced that it will rebrand itslef as Linde India Limited effective from 18 February 2013. Linde AG acquired The BOC Group in September 2006, forming The Linde Group. The brand change from BOC to Linde is part of a global programme to position the companies within The Linde Group under a single Linde brand, the company said in a statement.

The company is one of the leading leading gases and engineering company, with one of the most comprehensive industrial, specialty and medical gases product portfolio and largest direct sales network across the nation.

Srikumar Menon, MD of Linde India said, "We mark a new milestone in

our company's history as we become Linde in India. Combining The Linde Group's worldleading technology and our strong local expertise and deep understanding of our customers' businesses, we will continue to introduce innovative and technology-led solutions in India that add superior value to our customers and in turn contribute to further economic progress and industrial development in the country."

Last July, the company inaugurated its 2,550 tons per day (tpd) air separation plant at Jamshedpur. This is the largest air separation plant in India and also The Linde Group's largest air separation plant in Asia.

Linde India is also in the midst of constructing two large air separation plants, each with a capacity of 1,200 tpd at the Kalinganagar industrial complex in Odisha.