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St. Petersburg, Russia, 20 July 2018 – Today, Linde Power Machines LLC celebrated the production of the first coil-wound heat exchanger manufactured in its workshop near St. Petersburg, Russia. The final inspection was attended by Gazprom Pererabotka, owner of the Amur gas-processing plant, Nipigaz, general contractor to the Amur plant and Linde AG’s Engineering Division, the licensor and engineering partner.
This special heat exchanger is the first result of Linde’s manufacturing localization in Russia which was started in the second half of 2017 and began operation in January 2018. Christoph Seeholzer, CEO of Linde Power Machines mentioned the excellent cooperation between German Linde colleagues and the Russian colleagues here in St. Petersburg. “We all are very proud that we could produce this heat exchanger in extraordinary quality and with delivery to site ahead of schedule,” he summarized during the final inspection and customers' inspectors could be convinced by Linde quality made in Russia. Linde Power Machines is now preparing for manufacturing large coil-wound heat exchangers for the liquefaction of natural gas in the planned Russian LNG-plants.
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In the 2017 financial year, The Linde Group generated revenue of EUR 17.113 bn, making it one of the leading gases and engineering companies in the world, with approximately 58,000 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards long-term profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business, with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
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