Pakistan Oxygen to invest Rs6.3 billion to expand oxygen, nitrogen production

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Pakistan Oxygen to invest Rs6.3 billion to expand oxygen, nitrogen production

1935​	Indian Oxygen and Acetylene Company​
1946​	Liaison office opened in Karachi​
1949​	Pakistan Oxygen and Acetylene Company (Pvt.) Limited registered​
1958​	Renamed Pakistan Oxygen Limited ( POL) and becomes a public limited company with 60% BOC Group holding and 40% local public shareholding. Company is listed on the Stock Exchange​
1995​	Renamed as BOC Pakistan Ltd. No change in pattern of shareholding​
1997​	BOC Pakistan becomes a strategic partner for Lotte PTA for Nitrogen and Hydrogen supply. Installs Pakistan’s largest Air Separation Unit at that time capable of producing up to 100 tons per day of Oxygen, Nitrogen and Argon. Also invests in an Electrolytic Hydrogen Plant​
2000​	Becomes a strategic supplier for PARCO, the country’s largest refinery, through on-site MicroLN generator. Also sets up an ASU at Taxila for meeting increased Oxygen, Nitrogen and Argon demand in Northern Pakistan​
2004​	BOC Pakistan invests in 60 tons per day CO2 plant in Multan to meet the demand from the beverage sector in Pakistan​
2006​	Linde and BOC merge to form The Linde Group. BOC Pakistan becomes a member of The Linde Group​
2008​	Invests Rs. 214 million in 23 tons per day CO2 plant at Port Qasim to ensure reliable product availability for key beverage customers​
2009​	New Nitrous Oxide plant commissioned at Lahore​
2010​	BOC Pakistan announces Rs. 2 billion investment to build Pakistan’s largest air separation plant in Lahore capable of producing up to 150 tons per day of oxygen, nitrogen and argon​
2011​	BOC Pakistan re-brands as Linde Pakistan on 19 September​
2012​	Linde Pakistan inaugurates Pakistan’s largest Air Separation Unit (ASU) at Sundar Industrial Estate in Lahore​
2013​	Relocates ASU from Taxila to Port Qasim to improve supply reliability in the south region​
2014​	Linde’s investment in state-of-the-art Nitrogen Generation in PARCO Qasba Gujrat get fully operational​
2016​	Linde commissioned its Carbon Dioxide Compression facility at West Wharf Karachi.​

With effect from 7-Jan-2018, The BOC Group Limited has sold its entire shareholding in Pakistan Oxygen Limited (formerly Linde Pakistan Limited).