Linde to Manage On-Site Gas Supply for Russian SIBUR

German industrial gases company Linde AG Monday said it will manage the on-site gas supply infrastructure for Russian petrochemical company SIBUR at the Dzerzhinsk site in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia.

Main facts:

• Linde will invest around EUR70 million.
• The company will modernize four existing plants to increase energy efficiency, as well as building and operating two new air separation units.
• The new on-site plants are expected to start operation at the end of 2015.