About us

Nippon Gases, much more than a gas supplier.

We are a strategic partner for industrial and medical gases in Europe.

Nippon Gases - part of Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation - is present in more than 13 countries, counting with a solid combination of onsite/ piping, merchant and package lines of business across key industrial zones.

The Group
Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation
Nippon Sanso Holdings , is the parent company to the Taiyo Nippon Sanso in Japan, the US Matheson Tri-Gas Group, the European Nippon Gases, The Asia/Oceania Regional Group and Thermos Business Group.
NSHD has over 100 years of experience and boasts a major presence in Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, the United States and Canada, operating in 31 countries with more than 19,000 employees around the world.
  • 1910
    Nippon Sanso Corporation is established as Nippon Sanso L.t.d.
  • 1946
    Toyo Sanso was established as Taiyo Sanso Co., Ltd: completed first production facility and commenced sales in 1947
  • 1983
    Acquired Matheson Gas Products, lnc., of the United States
  • 1992
    Acquired industrial gases manufacturer Tri-Gas, lnc., in the United States (merged with Matheson in 1999 to create Matheson Tri-Gas, lnc.)
  • 1994
    Merger agreement signed by Taiyo Sanso and Toyo Sanso : in 1995 commenced operations under the Taiyo Toyo Sanso name
  • 2003
    Established industrial gases manufacturing and marketing company Shanghai Nippon Sanso Gas Co., Ud. (currently Shanghai Taiyo Nippon Sanso Gas Co., Ud.), in China.
  • 2004
    Taiyo Toyo Sanso and Nippon Sanso formed Taiyo Nippon Sanso (TNS)
  • 2018
    Nippon Gases Europe became part of the TNSC
  • 2020
    October 1st

    The Nippon Sanso Holding Corporation was launched to start the transition to a global holding company structure.

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Our business
We are the fourth- largest industrial gas company in Europe with an overall market share close to 9% in the continent.
Detailed needs analyses for each of our customers is the key to offering them the products, services and technologies that will optimize their processes most efficiently.
Detailed needs analyses for each of our customers is the key to offering them the products, services and technologies that will optimize their processes most efficiently.
What we offer 

 

We help our customers in achieve safety and environmental sustainability standards, increase productivity, decrease energy consumption and produce higher quality products.

 

The main products supplied by Nippon Gases in various physical forms and purities are oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, helium, carbon monoxide, gas mixtures, electronic gases, specialty gases and the services and technologies associated with the use of these gases and mixtures.

150k
Customers
195
Working plants
2,950
Workers
We are continuously recognised as leaders in:
Expertise in
the industries
we serve
Responsiveness
to customer
requirements
Safety
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supply