Linde recently announced plans to invest $40 million towards building a large-scale ASU to manufacture products in Southern Georgia/Northern Florida essential to hospitals and healthcare providers, food processors, glass manufacturers, metal fabricators and independent welding and gases distributors.

"Linde plans to extend its strong southeast merchant gases supply network farther south to increase our ability to satisfy growing customer needs. Linde has been effectively expanding this market for several years and has been supplying customers from its plants in Cartersville, Georgia, and Aiken, South Carolina. The envisioned plant would expand our service capabilities to support the medium and long term growth of key accounts and industries in the region," said Pat Murphy, president of Linde Americas.

At its 23 plants and other facilities located in Florida and Georgia, Linde currently employs over 2000 people.