Western International Gas and Cylinders, Inc. is a wholesale acetylene producer and cylinder-filling company founded in Bellville, Texas, in 1985. It describes itself as the world’s largest acetylene cylinder filler and has developed automated acetylene operations alongside cylinder testing and requalification facilities. Acquired by Matheson in 2010, the company serves welding-industry distributors and other wholesale customers.
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Rexarc International IncBorn in a West Alexandria garage in 1924 as the Sight Feed Generator Company, Rexarc International now builds acetylene gas plants and custom pressure vessels for customers around the world. Still operating on the site of its original tobacco-barn factory, the four-generation-owned company has shipped acetylene plants to more than 80 countries and supports them with plant services, fabrication, and system integration. Rexarc also holds ASME “U,” “U2,” and National Board “R” stamps for in-house coded vessel work.WEST ALEXANDRIA, OH
DeLille Oxygen CompanyFor more than a century, DeLille Oxygen Company has remained an independently owned Ohio business, operated by the Smith family since its 1963 purchase. Founded in 1924, the company grew from a local ice and coal supplier into a welding and gas supplier with its headquarters and main manufacturing facility in Columbus, where an updated acetylene plant from 1963 remains in operation. DeLille serves industrial customers across Ohio through its 10-location network while retaining the personal service of an independent company.COLUMBUS, OH
Keen Compressed Gas CoKeen Compressed Gas Co. supplies welding equipment and industrial and medical gases, with on-site dry ice production and related rental, repair, and delivery support. Founded in Wilmington as Keen Auto Parts in 1919, the family-owned company began selling acetylene and oxygen in 1928 and now operates 13 Mid-Atlantic locations with more than 140 employees. Its automated fill plant received ISO accreditation in 2019, the company’s centennial year.NEW CASTLE, DE
Greco Gas IncServing Western Pennsylvania since 1941, Greco Gas is a regional supplier known for pairing local welding-industry service with in-house gas production. Its Tarentum headquarters supplies manufacturers, fabricators, and welders through a packaged-gas filling plant and specialty gas laboratory, with additional branches in Butler and Kittanning.423840TARENTUM, PA