Key Moments of IG

John Raquet and Richard Smith reflect on the past 20 years of financial improvement that will ultimately define the future of our industry.

This October (2023) gasworld celebrates its 20th anniversary, charting key moments, events and industry stakeholders over our last two decades. Here in this celebratory feature, we’re reflecting on a century of the industrial gases business and...

This October (2023) gasworld celebrates its 20th anniversary, charting key moments, events and industry stakeholders over our last two decades. Here in this celebratory feature, we’re marking our own anniversary by reflecting on a century of...

Rob Cockerill looks back on some of the biggest and most striking mergers and acquisitions that have taken shape in the global industrial gases business since gasworld began life in October 2003. Here in Part...

Rob Cockerill looks back on some of the biggest and most striking mergers and acquisitions that have taken shape in the global industrial gases business since gasworld began life in October 2003. Sponsored by Nippon...

One of the biggest business developments in the past 20 years of gasworld was the mega-merger of equals between Praxair, Inc. and The Linde Group back in 2018/19. And it was the resulting birth of...

gasworld Content Director Rob Cockerill introduces a festival of 20th anniversary celebrations for gasworld and shares some of his own highlights from two decades of industrial gas milestones.

“Europe was the origin of industry, it was in Europe where ‘industry in its modern sense started. Europe has been a pioneer in industrial innovation and has helped improve the way people around the world...

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

The expression ‘what goes around, comes around’ springs to mind with the merger of Praxair, Inc. and The Linde Group, sharing roots that date back to World War I as they so notably do.