氣體公司林德進軍中國 健康衛士是否名副其實?

More than half of Chinese men smoke and many of the country’s cities are periodically blanketed in toxic smog, so millions of people are expected to develop respiratory illnesses in the coming years.

中國有一半以上的男性吸菸，還有多座城市時常籠罩在有毒霧霾中，因此未來這些年預計有數百萬人會罹患呼吸系統疾病。

Linde, the German industrial and medical gases company, therefore sees a huge need for oxygen and other respiratory therapies in the world’s most populous country.

因此，德國工業氣體和醫療氣體公司林德(Linde)，看到了這個世界人口最多的國家對醫療氧氣和其他呼吸系統疾病治療方法的巨大需求。

Three years ago it paid $4.6bn to acquire Lincare, a US provider of homecare respiratory services and equipment.

三年前，林德以46億美元收購了美國公司Lincare，該公司提供呼吸系統疾病治療設備以及家庭護理服務。

Wolfgang Büchele, Linde chief executive, wants to use Lincare as a platform to enter China but first the company requires a licence to provide healthcare services in Chinese homes.

林德首席執行官沃爾夫岡•比歇勒(Wolfgang Büchele)想將Lincare作爲進入中國的平臺，但該公司首先要取得牌照才能在中國提供家庭護理服務。

“Clearly the healthcare sector [in China] is a huge opportunity,” he says in his first interview since becoming chief executive in May last year. Linde will enter the market “as soon as the system allows it and it is clear how reimbursement can be achieved . . . We are in intensive discussions with the Chinese government.”

去年5月比歇勒成爲林德首席執行官，他在上任後第一次接受採訪時表示：“很明顯，（中國）的醫療保健行業是一個巨大機會。”林德將盡快進入該市場，“只等當地醫療體系批准，和明確如何報銷……我們正在與中國政府進行密集討論”。

When Mr Büchele replaced Wolfgang Reitzleas Linde’s top manager, he emphasised that there was no need for a revolution.

比歇勒在取代沃爾夫岡•賴茨勒(Wolfgang Reitzle)成爲林德的總經理時，強調沒必要進行一場革命。

Mr Reitzle, now chairman of Holcim, spent a decade at Linde overhauling a once unwieldy conglomerate by selling unwanted businesses and focusing the group on three areas: industrial gases, medical equipment and plant engineering. Between 2003 and 2014 the share price quadrupled.

賴茨勒現在是豪瑞(Holcim)的董事長，他曾花費十年時間對一度笨重的林德集團進行徹底改革，出售了不需要的業務，將整個集團的業務集中在三塊：工業氣體、醫療以及工程。2003年到2014年，林德的股價漲了3倍。