AGA Legacy: When AGA Left Gustaf Dalén’s Legacy — And What If AGA Had Kept It?

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Core Thesis:AGA did not lose Gustaf Dalén’s legacy because it stopped producing gases. It lost the full legacy when it stopped behaving like a system-invention company and became primarily a focused industrial gas supplier. The decisive strategic break began in the late 1960s and 1970s, when AGA concentrated back on gases, and became final in 2000, when AGA became part of Linde. Dalén’s original model was broader: gas + invention + automation + safety + energy efficiency + global infrastructure.