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Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S., December 8, 2009 – Linde Canada has named Luke Balderson sales manager for the Manitoba and Saskatchewan provinces. Linde Canada is an affiliate of Linde North America, which is a member of The Linde Group, a leading global gases and engineering company.
Balderson will be responsible for all sales activities in Midwestern Canada, covering customers in the manufacturing, metalworking, food and chemicals industries, as well as research organizations where specialty gases and other high purity gases play an important role. He will be based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
“We are excited to have Luke join our sales team in Canada,” said Chris Ebeling, vice president and general manager of Linde Canada. “He is a professional at value selling; he understands the customer and sells solutions, not just products, a skill he will impart to all the sales reps reporting to him,” Ebeling said.
Balderson joined Linde in January 2004 as a sales rep in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Since then he has held various positions in sales and market research.
“This is a great opportunity for Luke to gain experience with customers and applications outside the US.I believe this is truly a win-win situation for Linde Canada and for Luke,” Ebeling said.
The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with almost 50,000 employees working in around 100 countries worldwide. In the 2008 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 12.7 billion (USD 15.9 billion). The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based 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. Linde 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.
Contact:
Peter Gavigan
Linde corporate communications
908-771-1512
peter.gavigan@linde.com |
