Linde India Limited said that it has opened its first-ever women operated packaged gas plant (PGP) in Trichy, Tamil Nadu.

John Panikar – Linde Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific said: “We at Linde realize the importance and necessity for Diversity and Inclusion in the workforce and are rising to the occasion. The Trichy plant shows our resolve for the same.

“This plant is a women lead packaged gas plant that will serve the medical and industrial gases demand in and around Trichy. It is a first for Linde globally.”

According to Linde India, the Trichy packaged gases plant began operations in 2007 with oxygen filling with a target to cater to local hospitals. Presently, the packaged gas plant meets the medical demand in and around Trichy inside a radius of 50km, and industrial markets in Central and South Tamil Nadu.

Abhijit Banerjee – Linde India Managing Director said: “We felt that it was a great opportunity to do something different. Because people believe that manufacturing requires brute muscle and hard lifting, core manufacturing has historically been seen as a male bastion. However, the industry has advanced.”

  Abhijit Banerjee, India, industrial gases, John Panikar, Linde, Linde India, Oxygen, Tamil Nadu