British Oxygen Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Brin's Oxygen Co Ltd
- BOC International Ltd
- BOC Group Plc
- Giordano, Sir Richard
- Sharp, Henry
- Brin, Arthur
- Brin, Leon
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Chemical making, oil refining, etc, plant production
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Chemical production
industrial & medical gases production
Notes:
Established in 1886 by Henry Sharp and others including the brothers, Arthur and Leon Brin, as Brin's Oxygen Co Ltd to make oxygen, notably for limelight, at a plant using new technology in Horseferry Road, London, from 1887. From early 20th century manufacturers of oxygen for industrial purposes, most notably for welding. 1906 renamed British Oxygen Co Ltd. Grew rapidly, developing plant in the regions, establishing overseas interests, diversifying into other gases, manufacturing liquid gases, etc, etc. In 1975 renamed BOC International Ltd. By this time a major international industrial gases group. For long dominated UK market for industrial gases, especially oxygen and acetylene. As BOC Group Plc acquired by Linde Group of Germany in 2006 [2023]
Publications:
- Around the Group in 100 Years. The BOC Group celebrating our first century, 1986 by Unknown
- British Oxygen by Unknown
- 'Development and organisation of British Oxygen Co Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Growth by Hutchison, J S
- History of Industrial Gases by Almqvist, Ebbe
- Industrial production of oxygen by Richards, Martin
- London's Lea Valley. More secrets revealed by Lewis, Jim
- One hundred years of commercial oxygen production by Gardner, John
- Oxygen in War and Peace by Unknown
- Supplement on the British Oxygen Co Ltd by Unknown
- 'The million dollar man. Sir Richard Giordano' in W Goldsmith & B Richards, The New Elite. The secrets of Britain's top chief executives' success by Goldsmith, Walter, & Berry Richards
- 'Trauma of competition'. The entry of Air Products Inc into the industrial gases business in Britain and continental Europe, 1947-70 by Banken, Ralf, & Ray Stokes
- Years of Challenge. Recorded by British Oxygen, 1961, its 75th anniversary by Harrison, Godfrey
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Brin's Oxygen Co Ltd
- BOC International Ltd
- BOC Group Plc
- Giordano, Sir Richard
- Sharp, Henry
- Brin, Arthur
- Brin, Leon
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Chemical making, oil refining, etc, plant production
- Chemical production industrial & medical gases production
Notes:
Established in 1886 by Henry Sharp and others including the brothers, Arthur and Leon Brin, as Brin's Oxygen Co Ltd to make oxygen, notably for limelight, at a plant using new technology in Horseferry Road, London, from 1887. From early 20th century manufacturers of oxygen for industrial purposes, most notably for welding. 1906 renamed British Oxygen Co Ltd. Grew rapidly, developing plant in the regions, establishing overseas interests, diversifying into other gases, manufacturing liquid gases, etc, etc. In 1975 renamed BOC International Ltd. By this time a major international industrial gases group. For long dominated UK market for industrial gases, especially oxygen and acetylene. As BOC Group Plc acquired by Linde Group of Germany in 2006 [2023]Publications:
- Around the Group in 100 Years. The BOC Group celebrating our first century, 1986 by Unknown
- British Oxygen by Unknown
- 'Development and organisation of British Oxygen Co Ltd' in R S Edwards & H Townsend (eds), Business Growth by Hutchison, J S
- History of Industrial Gases by Almqvist, Ebbe
- Industrial production of oxygen by Richards, Martin
- London's Lea Valley. More secrets revealed by Lewis, Jim
- One hundred years of commercial oxygen production by Gardner, John
- Oxygen in War and Peace by Unknown
- Supplement on the British Oxygen Co Ltd by Unknown
- 'The million dollar man. Sir Richard Giordano' in W Goldsmith & B Richards, The New Elite. The secrets of Britain's top chief executives' success by Goldsmith, Walter, & Berry Richards
- 'Trauma of competition'. The entry of Air Products Inc into the industrial gases business in Britain and continental Europe, 1947-70 by Banken, Ralf, & Ray Stokes
- Years of Challenge. Recorded by British Oxygen, 1961, its 75th anniversary by Harrison, Godfrey