verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message gulf cryo kuwait gulf cryo headquarters kuwait dubai uae corporate office key people amer huneidi chairman website official website gulf cryo headquarters kuwait website www.gulfcryo.com gulf cryo is a closed shareholding company that manufactures and supplies industrial medical and specialty gases . founded as the kuwait oxygen and acetylene company in 1953 it grew into being the gulf cryo group which comprises 30 affiliated companies over the mena region . it was the first gas manufacturer in kuwait to provide industrial gases such as oxygen and nitrogen to the booming local petroleum industry . contents 1 history 2 products 3 certifications 4 references 5 external links history edit in the early 1950s salim huneidi a businessman in kuwait an agent for an international steel structure & construction company realized the shortages in cutting and welding gases . this motivated him to research industrial processes to supply the growing demand of industrial gases . recognizing that new oil discoveries would change the face of the region and require industrial gases for both construction and manufacturing he built the persian gulf s first oxygen separation plant in 1953 in kuwait city under the brand name kuwait oxygen and acetylene company koac . salim huneidi signed a deal with the kuwait oil company koc earlier known as amen oil which led koc to shut down their small oxygen plant and they started outsourcing this product from local suppliers ; that was the base that mr. salim huneidi built on for his industrial gas project in kuwait . in 1971 koac expanded its operation to the shuaiba industrial area in kuwait and established the kuwait industrial gases company kigc . kigc would primarily supply its products to the oil and refining infrastructure being built in the shuaiba area . kigc built a pipeline between the company and the refineries i.e. the knpc group to provide a continuous supply of nitrogen to cover their demand . the arabian industrial gases company aigco was formed in 1977 in sharjah united arab emirates . in 1998 amer huneidi son of the late mr. salim huneidi was appointed as chairman and soon after led to the consolidation and creation of the huneidi group of companies . by 2006 gulf cryo qatar was established and in 2007 gulf cryo became a holding company . in 2008 gulf cryo saudi arabia was established . in 2009 investcorp purchased 20 % of the organization . 1 also within the same year gulf cryo oman was established . by 2012 gulf cryo was established in iraq and egypt . in 2013 gulf cryo entered turkey and completed 60 years in the business and also expanded its operations in austria with a minority stake in a leading gas company . products edit industrial gases medical gases speciality gases acetylene entonox dry ice air medical air argon medical carbon dioxide carbon dioxide medical nitrogen helium medical nitrous oxide hydrogen medical oxygen oxygen nitrogen certifications edit gulf cryo s dedication towards quality health safety and environment processes is marked through their venture to incorporate high standards in every area of operations . the core business processes ensure methodical and controlled results based on customer specification . technical experts conduct tests in fully equipped laboratories where inspections and maintenance of storage vessels ensure that regulatory standards are consistently surpassed . the management systems are complaint to iso 9001 2008 iso 14001 2004 and ohsas 18001 2007 fsc 22000 standards and all applicable legal and regulatory requirements references edit investcorp buys stake in gulf cryo . pe hub . 2009 11 16 . retrieved 2015 03 06 . external links edit chemweek.com africanbusinessreview.co.za investing.businessweek.com energydigital.com altassets.net retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gulf cryo & oldid 650156380 categories middle easthidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 march 2015 at 15 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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