Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information

The table below presents sales and operating profit information about reportable segments and Other for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

	Quarter Ended March 31,
(Millions of dollars)	2024		2023
SALES(a)
Americas	$	3,560	$	3,551
EMEA	2,091		2,177
APAC	1,591		1,598
Engineering	539		540
Other	319		327
Total sales	$	8,100	$	8,193

	Quarter Ended March 31,
(Millions of dollars)	2024		2023
SEGMENT OPERATING PROFIT
Americas	$	1,088	$	1,025
EMEA	687		607
APAC	447		423
Engineering	100		149
Other	19		2
Segment operating profit	2,341		2,206
Other charges	—		(18)
Purchase accounting impacts - Linde AG (b)	(246)		(255)
Total operating profit	$	2,095	$	1,933

(a)Sales reflect external sales only. Intersegment sales, primarily from Engineering to the industrial gases segments, were $391 million and $294 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.

(b)Represents purchase accounting impacts related to the 2018 merger.