Linde Sets Up Regional R&D Centre In Shanghai

The Linde Group has launched its research and development (R&D) centre in Shanghai, taking the lead in the development of new high technology industrial gas applications and solutions in China and the Asia Pacific region.

The Linde Technology Centre will drive R&D initiatives in partnership with gas-reliant industries and research institutes in projects to improve gases related industrial processes and develop green technologies geared towards future and sustainable applications.

The centre owns technology to facilitate research and development work in waste water treatment and the electronics, laser, metallurgy, welding, pharmaceutical and food and beverage industries. It also has an R&D demonstration facility for customer engagements.

Steven Fang, head of regional business unit at The Linde Group, said: “China and the Asia Pacific countries is a key growth region for The Linde Group, accounting for around 20 percent of the group’s industrial gases sales. At the speed of development in this region, industries will increasingly seek for advanced solutions that are sustainable with greater emphasis on process efficiencies and product quality. This is the trend we are seeing especially in China.

“In foreseeing this need, we have chosen to set up the Linde Technology Centre in Shanghai, to offer Linde’s global technological know-how in gas applications and, in partnership with local experts, discover new leading applications for the industries in Asia.”

At the launch event of the centre in Pudong, Shanghai, Linde signed joint partnership agreements to further enhance its on-going projects with Nanjing Iron and Steel Company (NISCO), Sinopec Research Institute of Petroleum Processing (RIPP) and Tsinghua University, focused on developing green solutions from intelligent gases applications.