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In February 2013 KION Group agreed to sell the product rights to the Linde brand's reach stacker, empty container handler and laden container handler product lines to the Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes for an undisclosed sum. In August 2012, the China-based Shandong Heavy Industry's Weichai Power subsidiary agreed to acquire a 25% stake in KION Group for в‚¬467 million, and a 70% majority stake in Kion's hydraulics business for в‚¬271 million. KION Group acquired Voltas' 34% shareholding in the venture in November 2012. In March 2011, KION Group and the Indian engineering company Voltas agreed to form a new joint venture, Voltas Materials Handling, comprising the two companies' material handling equipment operations in India.

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In May 2010 KION Group acquired full management control of Kion Baoli. In January 2009 KION Group formed a China-based forklift manufacturing joint venture, Kion Baoli (Jiangsu) Forklift, with Jiangsu Shangqi Group and Jingjiang Baoli Forklift. Linde AG sold KION Group to a partnership of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners for approximately в‚¬4 billion. On 6 September 2006 Linde AG announced a new structure following the completion of its acquisition of The BOC Group, with the gas and engineering businesses of the combined entity operating as The Linde Group and the materials handling businesses (Linde Material Handling, STILL, and OM Carrelli Elevatori S.p.A.) operating as KION Group. Linde uses the model as a controlling tool and as an orientation framework for all future activities relating to sustainability and sustainability communication.'Kion' is an invented name derived from the Swahili word 'Kiongozi', which means 'leader'. In addition, a model for the fields of action (see figure) was developed with the aim of highlighting the point along the value chain вЂ“ at suppliers, within Linde Material Handling or with customers вЂ“ at which these targets exert an effect. Linde Material Handling used the results of the materiality analysis to define strategic sustainability targets.

Holistic approach: targets, effect and fields of action

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These include a life-cycle assessment, which facilitates reliable calculation of the environmental impacts of products, and externally certified management systems for health, safety and environmental protection (in conformity with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 50001) at the production locations and in the national companies.

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These principles are based on the вЂњKION Group Code of ComplianceвЂњ and on other guidelines of the group of companies (see also section on вЂњCorporate GovernanceвЂќ).ДЇurthermore, Linde Material Handling ensures through company-specific standards and instruments that the criteria of sustainability are well-established in operating business. on the environment and the use of natural resources, and.on the economic position of its stakeholders,.The Company here makes a commitment to take responsibility for its impact Linde Material Handling has formulated its own principles for sustainable corporate governance. (The formulated sustainability policy is provided on the inside cover). In concrete terms, the content includes the key principles for action, approaches and social standards which form the platform for Linde to make sustainability a reality within the Company, in its business practices, with its products and in relation to stakeholders. This includes a commitment by the Company to make a dedicated contribution to the solution of global challenges and in this way make a proactive contribution to sustainable development. Linde Material Handling makes a commitment to its sustainability policy in a separate declaration.

The Company is assuming a pioneering role within the KION Group on the basis of this strategically founded approach. Linde Material Handling is anchoring responsible corporate governance along the entire value chain by means of its sustainability policy and strategy, targets and fields of action.

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