After graduation at the Technical University Munich as PhD in Applied Physics, Dr Heinz Bauer joined Linde Engineering 30 years ago. He worked in different positions in process design as well as sales and marketing. His focus has been on all kind of cryogenic gas processing including cracked gases, synthesis gas, refinery off-gases and of course natural gas. Heinz has contributed with many papers to international conferences and is co-author of the book 'Industrial Gases Processing'. He holds several patents in the area of cryogenic gas processing. Presently he is responsible as Vice President for technology of LNG & gas processing plants.