The BOC Group

A global industrial gas company

The BOC Group plc is a global industrial gas company. It is a public limited company listed on the London and New York stock exchanges and registered in England. It employs 30,000 people, operates in more than 50 countries, services some two million customers and achieved sales of just over £4.6 billion in 2004.

For more than a century BOC's gases and expertise have contributed to advances in many industries and aspects of everyday life, including steel-making, refining, chemical processing, environmental protection, wastewater treatment, welding and cutting, food processing and distribution, glass production, electronics and health care.

BOC is organised into three global lines of business - aligning the organisation directly to its customers:

Process Gas Solutions (PGS) provides tailored solutions to the process needs of our largest customers, primarily in industries such as oil refining, chemicals and steel. The result is the dedicated supply of gases by pipeline (tonnage), from on-site production units, or in liquid form by tanker (merchant market). PGS works globally, wherever the world's largest companies do business.

Industrial and Special Products (ISP) serves customers who need smaller volumes of gas, mostly delivered in cylinders. It offers a range of gases, products and services for cutting and welding metals, and for a host of customers in the medical, hospitality and scientific markets. ISP also has a significant liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) business in certain countries.

BOC Edwards is synonymous with the semiconductor industry, supplying gases, equipment and services to one of the world's most challenging industries. A world leader in vacuum technology, BOC Edwards supplies vacuum pumps and systems for chemical, pharmaceutical, metallurgical and scientific applications and accounts for approximately 18% of Group revenue. Turnover for the BOC Edwards line of business for the financial year ended 30 September 2004 was £816.5m, operating profit £47.8m.

BOC also has a specialised logistics operation, Gist, a logistics company specialising in a range of supply chain solutions, which serves a number of major customers including Marks & Spencer, Carlsberg and Woolworths.

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