KUWAIT: Refrigeration & Oxygen Company Limited (ROC) group of companies announced and launched their new group logo, AIRTEC, at a VIP dinner hosted for their clients and partners. In 2009 ROC Group entered a joint venture with Praxair, the largest industrial gases company worldwide, with the determination of serving customers in the Middle East with services far ahead of excellence, and hence came about the development of AIRTEC. ROC Group of companies was established in Kuwait in 1960 and has since then expanded its operations to become one of the leading independent producers and distributors of industrial gases, medical gases and high purity, specialty and mixture gases. The group also provides services and tailor-made solutions, based on individual customer requirements.
At the launch and during his speech, Alhareth Alkhaled (Chairman & Managing Director of ROC Group) announced the merger of ROC, BMIGP, QOC and EIGC under one umbrella, known as AIRTEC. Alkhaled shared further good news about the group's new partner, PRAXAIR, a global player in our field of business. He explained this new direction stating that "This partnership will synergistically combine wealth, resources and expertise to operate a single business entity providing ever-increasing demands for innovative products to our very valuable customers by allowing innovation by virtue of the sharing of everyone's expertise."
The ROC Group of companies are the largest manufacturers and suppliers of Medical, Industrial, Specialty Gases and Gas Mixtures in the Middle East with locations in Bahrain, UAE, and Qatar. The Bahrain Medical & Industrial Gas Plants (BMIGP), established in the year 1965, is one of the largest manufacturer and supplier of Medical, Industrial and Specialty Gases and Gas Mixtures in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In the UAE, Emirates Industrial Gases Co LLC (EIGC), was established in 1978 and is now a major gas company in UAE whose services include a wide range of products, technologies and related systems in addition to an exhaustive range of welding equipment and accessories.
Qatar Oxygen Company (QOC) was established in 2005 and caters the needs of various industries like Oil & Gas, Hospitals & Laboratories, Chemical Complexes, Food & Beverages, Ship Building & Fabrications, Steel Smelters, Fabrications Units, and various gas mixtures and specialty gases.
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