Linde Group buys out Linde Creighton

Linde Material Handling (UK) has acquired the outstanding shares in Linde Creighton. In the past 12 months, Linde Material Handling (UK) has also acquired the outstanding shares in Linde Sterling and Linde Castle, and consequently, as of 28th February 2012 Linde Material (UK) is 100% owner of all its trading companies throughout Great Britain, having previously acquired 100% of Linde Trifik in 2006.

"These acquisitions are strong evidence of our commitment to and investment in our UK business. Our dealer network is one of Linde Material Handling (UK)'s strongest assets and enables us to provide local fast service to our customers right across the country. This investment demonstrates how important this network is to our business and shows our on-going determination to provide the very best in customer service," says the company.

Headquartered in Basingstoke, Linde Material Handling has 10 national network companies across the UK. Each Linde network company offers the full range of products and services with online links to the Linde facilities at Basingstoke. Over 1,000 factory-trained service engineers operate from these regional centres providing an efficient and effective local response to customer needs.