Linde Opens its Women Operated Packaged Gas Plant in Trichy

India based Industrial gases manufacturer, Linde inaugurated its women operated Packaged Gas Plant (PGP) in Trichy recently.

July 08, 2022. By News Bureau

India based Industrial gases manufacturer, Linde inaugurated its women operated Packaged Gas Plant (PGP) in Trichy recently.

The Trichy Packaged Gases Plant started operations in 2007 with Oxygen filling, with a target to serve local hospitals. Currently, the plant serves the medical demand in and around Trichy within a 50 km radius, and industrial markets across Central and South Tamil Nadu.

At the launch John Panikar, 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 woman operated packaged gas plant that will serve the medical and industrial gases demand in and around Trichy. It is a first for Linde globally.”

Commenting on the launch, Abhijit Banerjee, Managing Director, Linde, 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”.

As per a Bloomberg report, 90% of women in India are shut out of the workforce. In the manufacturing industry, women’s representation is abysmal. To help redress the imbalance, Linde’s plant at Trichy is committed to hiring women, and to promoting capable women to production leadership positions.

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