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*Linde's Digital Base Camp named "Best Innovation Lab 2018"*
Munich, 26 June 2018 - Technology Group The Linde Group has been named "Best
Innovation Lab 2018" for its Digital Base Camp, also ranking number one in
the category "Industry". The award is presented by the renowned business
magazine Capital and the company Infront Consulting & Management GmbH.
In addition to coming top in the category "Industry", the Linde Digital Base
Camp was ranked among the top four innovation labs out of almost 60 German
companies that were analysed in this study.
"We are delighted by this award and it further strengthens our commitment to
systematically driving our digitalisation strategy," says Dr Christian
Bruch, Member of the Executive Board of Linde AG responsible for Innovation
and Digitalisation. "One thing is clear: digitalisation is a game-changer
for industrial companies such as Linde, and we want to be in the best
possible position to capitalise on these changes. Leveraging data
intelligently is thus at the heart of everything we do at the Digital Base
Camp. We want to harness data assets to further improve internal Group
processes, for example, and to develop new services for customers."
To bundle digitalisation efforts and anchor them throughout the company,
Linde established its Digital Base Camp in August 2016. The digitalisation
team comprises, on the one hand, employees who have already gained multiple
years of experience working in Linde's traditional lines of business and, on
the other, data specialists, software developers and experts who have joined
Linde from the digital community. The team is rounded out with specialists
from technology start-ups and universities (for example the Technical
University of Munich) and with partners from innovation platforms that Linde
has formed alliances with such as STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play.
"Our digitalisation experts at the Digital Base Camp and employees from our
traditional lines of business work closely together in small teams.
Together, we develop new products and services within three months as part
of our accelerator process. Only innovations that prove successful within
this timeframe are developed further and transitioned to our core business,"
explains Philipp Karmires, Head of Digitalisation at Linde.
The team is also developing a systematic methodology to support the digital
transformation process at Linde. The aim is to advance digital maturity
across the entire organisation. Based at Pullach, near Munich, and in
Singapore, the Digital Base Camp is ideally positioned for both the European
and Asian markets. The Digital Base Camp in Singapore, which opened in
February of this year, will develop and test global products and services.
The company believes that these solutions will especially benefit from the
fact that customers in Asia are particularly quick to adopt innovative
technologies.
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.
For more information, see The Linde Group online at www.linde.com [1]
*Further information:*
Media Relations
Dr Thomas Hagn
Phone +49.89.35757-1323
Contact:
Person making the notification: Matthias Dachwald, External Communications
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Issuer: Linde AG
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Company: Linde AG
Klosterhofstraße 1
80331 München
Germany
Phone: +49.89.35757-01
Fax: +49.89.35757-1075
E-mail: matthias.dachwald@linde.com
Internet: www.linde.de
ISIN: DE0006483001, DE000A2E4L75
WKN: 648300, A2E4L7
Indices: DAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime
Standard), Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart; Regulated Unofficial Market
in Hanover, Tradegate Exchange; SIX
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