5 Most Valuable UK Companies in the World

2. Linde plc (NYSE: LIN)

Ranking 2nd on our list of most valuable UK companies in the world, Linde plc (NYSE: LIN) is an industrial gas company in North and South America, Africa, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Founded in 1879 and headquartered in Guildford, the United Kingdom, Linde plc (NYSE: LIN) provides oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, electronic and specialty gases, acetylene, and carbon monoxide. Linde plc (NYSE: LIN) also operates in the healthcare, aerospace, petroleum refining, chemical, manufacturing, electronics, beverage carbonation, steel making, fiber-optics, and water treatment industries.