据多家外媒报道,美国工业气体巨头普莱克斯(Praxair)与德国林德集团(Linde)上周重启合并谈判,最早将于本周三宣布达成并购协议。一旦这宗价值650亿美元的跨国并购事宜敲定,则将诞生一家全球规模最大的工业天然气供应商。报道称,这次谈判的一个关键新进展是:德国林德的工程部门将独立出去成立新的分支公司,之后可能分拆上市。该部门去年产生26亿欧元营收,占集团179 According to a number of foreign media reports, the U.S. industrial gas giant Praxair and Germany’s Linde resumed their merger negotiations last week, and the deal will be announced as early as Wednesday. Once this $ 65 billion transnational merger is finalized, one of the world’s largest industrial gas suppliers will be born. Reported that a key new progress of the negotiations are: Engineering Department of Germany’s Linde will be independent to set up a new branch company, after the spin-off may go public. The department generated 2.6 billion euros in revenue last year, accounting for 179 of the group