Turnover: 33.36 billion EUR (2022)
Country: Germany
The Linde Group is a German multinational chemical company founded in 1879. It is the world's largest industrial gases company in terms of market share and sales.
Today, the Linde Group has two main areas of activity: gases (industrial and medical gases) and engineering. In industrial gases, the Group operates under a number of well-known brands, including Linde, AGA, BOC, TIG, MOX, Afrox and PanGas.
- Linde Gas supplies industrial gases, medical gases, specialty gases, refrigerants and other chemical products.
- Linde Engineering designs and builds large chemical plants for the production of industrial gases such as oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
Linde in figures - source(Linde-gas)
- in 2019: 800 sales outlets
- Linde France in 2019: 600 employees
- Linde France in 2019: 25,000 customers
- Linde France in 2019: sales of 250 million euros
Financial Data
DUNS: 392631248
Legal Name: LINDE FRANCE
Address: 70 AV TONY GARNIER LES JARDINS DU LOU BATIMENT 5, 69007 LYON 7EME
Number of employees: Entre 500 et 999 salariés (2021)
Capital: 40 064 950 EUR
Financial Data:
| Year | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 344 012 012 | 288 845 456 | 265 162 425 | 275 849 568 | 268 309 419 | 263 726 535 | 259 369 782 | 256 870 156 |
| Gross margin (€) | 327 709 273 | 281 169 456 | 261 941 391 | 271 638 857 | 266 413 214 | 259 907 958 | 257 161 862 | 254 878 555 |
| EBITDA (€) | 104 306 980 | 90 963 170 | 74 731 636 | 65 917 664 | 55 973 140 | 59 022 935 | 60 415 406 | 60 398 723 |
| Operating profit (€) | 69 105 201 | 58 453 470 | 41 005 372 | 35 608 278 | 28 386 688 | 31 291 275 | 33 315 125 | 32 776 720 |
| Net profit (€) | 50 745 702 | 34 142 447 | 28 399 070 | 322 683 | 25 717 082 | -3 004 566 | 20 990 687 | 7 608 245 |
| Turnover growth rate (%) | 19,1 | 8,9 | -3,9 | 2,8 | 1,7 | 1,7 | 1 | - |
| Ebitda margin rate (%) | 30,3 | 31,5 | 28,2 | 23,9 | 20,9 | 22,4 | 23,3 | 23,5 |
| Operating margin rate (%) | 20,1 | 20,2 | 15,5 | 12,9 | 10,6 | 11,9 | 12,8 | 12,8 |
| Working Capital (turnover days) | 13,1 | 11,9 | -10,7 | -42,9 | -24,3 | -28,7 | -23,6 | -28,3 |
| Working Capital requirements (turnover days) | 42,1 | 43,1 | 55,3 | 51,2 | 47,4 | 45 | 46,2 | 40,1 |
| Net margin (%) | 14,8 | 11,8 | 10,7 | 0,1 | 9,6 | -1,1 | 8,1 | 3 |
| Added value / Turnover (%) | 44,3 | 47,1 | 49,1 | 45,2 | 43,7 | 45,6 | 47,8 | 48,5 |
| Wages and social charges (€) | 44 190 961 | 41 886 225 | 49 263 386 | 53 281 577 | 55 962 572 | 54 739 136 | 56 602 040 | 58 024 485 |
| Salaries / Turnover (%) | 12,8 | 14,5 | 18,6 | 19,3 | 20,9 | 20,8 | 21,8 | 22,6 |
Company Managers:
| Position | First Name | Last Name | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directeur général délégué | David, Christian | Grange | 53 | |
| Administrateur | Serkan | Sen | 43 | |
| Administrateur | Matthieu, Patrice | Schirlin | 51 | |
| Administrateur | Claire, Elisabeth, Marie | Saulais | 49 | |
| Autre | Abdon, Jean-pierre | Planes | 65 |
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