Les Gaz Industriels

Les Gaz Industriels Ltd (LGI) was incorporated as a private company, back in 1952, with 100% Mauritian equity and the sole aim of producing oxygen and acetylene for metal cutting and welding purposes.
In 1963, African Oxygen Ltd S.A. AFROX bought 50% equity in LGI. During the next four years, the new corporate entity expanded into the production of general purpose welding electrodes and of medical oxygen and into the importation of nitrous oxide, from AFROX, for use in hospitals and clinics.
In order to allow a more active participation from local shareholders, AFROX reduced its equity to 34% in 1976. LGI kept a steady growth for the next fourteen years, with the modernization of the oxygen plant and the production of liquid and gaseous nitrogen, for multi-purpose uses. It was also heavily involved in the installation of gas reticulation in hospitals and clinics.
LGI became a public company in 1990 and was listed on the Over The Counter (OTC) market in Mauritius. It has, since, also diversified into the production of nitrous oxide for medical purposes. The commissioning of a modern Air Separation Unit in 1998, for the production of liquid and gaseous oxygen and nitrogen and the installation of two cryogenic storage tanks, for liquid oxygen and nitrogen, have given the company the opportunity of doubling its supply of oxygen and nitrogen in Mauritius, with the added advantage of servicing the customer on an ex-stock basis.