Les Gaz Industriels Limited (LGI) was originally incorporated as a private company in 1952, with 100% Mauritian equity and the sole aim of producing oxygen and acetylene for metal cutting and welding purposes.

In 1963, African Oxygen Ltd (Afrox), a South African leading gas company, acquired a major stake in LGI which diversified its activities with the production of general-purpose welding electrodes and of medical oxygen, and the importation of nitrous oxide, from Afrox, for use in hospitals and clinics. LGI kept a steady growth since with the modernisation of the oxygen plant and the production of liquid and gaseous nitrogen, for multiple uses. It was also heavily involved in the installation of gas reticulation in hospitals and clinics.

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