Linde announced it has started up the supply of industrial gases to serve customers in the Knoxville, Chattanooga and Nashville areas of eastern Tennessee, as well as northern Alabama and Georgia.

The new air separation unit (ASU) will produce liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon, to support the growth along the interstate 75 corridor. The new facility will add to Linde’s strong presence in the area, supporting growth opportunities across multiple end markets, and further strengthening efficient and reliable supply to customers.

"Eastern Tennessee’s I-75 corridor is seeing tremendous growth across a range of industries,” said Todd Lawson, Vice President East Region, Linde. “With this investment, we are strengthening our production and supply network to meet the expanding industrial gas needs of customers throughout the region."

About Linde

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2024 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity & specialty gases for electronics. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit lindeus.com.

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