Kuwait Oxygen & Acetylene Company (KOAC) was founded in 1953 by the late Salim Al-Huneidi to manufacture oxygen and acetylene. It was the first industrial gas manufacturing plant in the Arabian Gulf Area. The company later expanded its product range to cover a broad spectrum of other industrial and medical gases.

In 1974 Kuwait Industrial Gases Corporation (KIGC) was established to cater to the expanding petroleum industry. KIGC is conveniently located in the Shuaiba Industrial Area, in proximity to the main refineries and petroleum installations.

Later, in 1977, we diversified geographically to the United Arab Emirates by establishing Arabian Industrial Gases Co.(AIGCO) in Sharjah. A more recent addition to the group in Kuwait is PWT(International), a contracting company formed in partnership with PWT SpA of Italy, well-known in the field of automatic pipe welding technology.

As the requirements of the surrounding local economies have grown a number of ancillary trading companies and diversifications were established in both Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. This aggressive business outlook, coupled with a quest for innovation, has helped us to maintain a position of leadership in the gas industry. To diversify and enhance our future growth prospects, we have also established positions in various interrelated sectors.

The first of their kind in the Arabian Gulf market, Gulf Cryo companies have maintained a strong position in the areas of industrial, medical and specialty gases as the predominant industrial gases supplier of the Middle East for over fifty years.

Gulf Cryo's objective is to meet the increasing demands of rapidly developing regional industries. Our success through hard work over the years has created in our companies a culture of confidence and a mood of optimism. We are ready to embrace the future challenges that we know are there.

We will continue to employ the very best people, to operate to the highest international standards, to work with our market to identify and meet its real needs, and to build on the foundations and reputation we have so firmly established. As the Middle East's leading industrial gas company, we have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards and always be a leader in our field.