Matheson Tri-Gas
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Matheson is a supplier of atmospheric gases, industrial gases, specialty gases, electronic materials, helium
, propane, gas handling equipment, high performance purification systems, engineering and gas management services, and on-site gas generation, to various industries including semiconductor manufacturing, solar photovoltaics, construction, welding
, propane
, laboratory analysis, hospitals, wine making, and lasers.
Matheson is headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, USA, with more than 200 owned operations in North America, and additional operations in Europe and Asia.
Matheson is the North American operating entity, and the largest subsidiary of Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation , one of the top five suppliers of industrial, specialty, and electronics gases in the world, and the largest in Japan. Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. adds to TNSC's reach with its own operations in China, Poland, Belgium, Korea, and India.
In 1966, Matheson acquired Grey Chemical of Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA, a producer of ultra-pure gas materials used in electronics manufacturing. In 1981, Matheson became the first commercial producer of Silane
, for which it was awarded a “Semmy” Award by the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute (the award is now known as a “Semi” and the organization has since changed its name to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
).
In 1989, Matheson Gas Products was purchased by Nippon Sanso Corporation (Tokyo, Japan). Nippon Sanso later (1992) purchased Tri-Gas of Irving, Texas, USA. The operations were not merged until 1999, with the formation of Matheson Tri-Gas – the combined operations at this point spanning specialty and industrial gases and equipment, and including six air separation units.
Nippon Sanso merged with Taiyo Toyo Sanso Corporation to form Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation in 2004.
Matheson was selected Large Company of the Year by the New Jersey Technology Council in 2006.
Significant expansion in the industrial sector occurred between 2004 and 2009. Matheson acquired six additional air separation units in 2004. It then acquired Linweld (Nebraska) in 2006; Polar Cryogenics (Oregon) in 2007; Five Star Gas and Gear (California) in 2008; AERIS (California) in 2008; Advanced Gas Technologies (Pennsylvania) in 2008: Valley National Gases (Ohio) in 2009 and ETOX (Texas) in 2009.
In May 2010, Matheson acquired Western International Gas & Cylinders, Inc. of Texas, USA, the largest acetylene wholesaler in the world, and manufacturer of cylinders, valves, and related handling equipment.
On July 1, 2010, Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. changed its logo and public name to "Matheson." The name of the legal entity remains "Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc."
Matheson’s footprint in the USA includes sixteen air separation
units, three acetylene
plants, and over 200 retail facilities, depots, fill plants, and manufacturing sites.
Electronics Materials and Equipment, including high purity gas, gas mixtures, purification devices and other hardware and services – primarily serving the electronics
and LED
fabrication and semiconductor manufacturing industries.
Industrial gas
, Applications Technology, and Equipment, including on-site and merchant bulk gas and equipment and packaged gases and equipment for welding
(argon
) & cutting, construction, medical oxygen
, laser, wine making, food processing & preservation nitrogen
, beverage making (carbonation), helium
supply & recovery, residential and commercial propane
, and other areas.
Specialty Gases and Equipment, including high purity gas, gas mixtures, environmental gas calibration standards, EPA Protocol Gases, and associated hardware and services – primarily serving the laboratory, process, and environmental gas user and other specialties.
Helium
Helium is the chemical element with atomic number 2 and an atomic weight of 4.002602, which is represented by the symbol He. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table...
, propane, gas handling equipment, high performance purification systems, engineering and gas management services, and on-site gas generation, to various industries including semiconductor manufacturing, solar photovoltaics, construction, welding
Welding
Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material that cools to become a strong joint, with pressure sometimes...
, propane
Propane
Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...
, laboratory analysis, hospitals, wine making, and lasers.
Matheson is headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, USA, with more than 200 owned operations in North America, and additional operations in Europe and Asia.
Matheson is the North American operating entity, and the largest subsidiary of Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation , one of the top five suppliers of industrial, specialty, and electronics gases in the world, and the largest in Japan. Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. adds to TNSC's reach with its own operations in China, Poland, Belgium, Korea, and India.
History
Matheson Gas Products was founded in 1927 in North Bergen, New Jersey, by Adam Matheson. By virtue of the founding of his company, Adam Matheson created the specialty gas business. Among Matheson's more notable accomplishments are the development of the lecture bottle, now used by virtually every major college and university in the world; and the supply of ultra pure gases that served as standards for the first gas chromatographs.In 1966, Matheson acquired Grey Chemical of Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA, a producer of ultra-pure gas materials used in electronics manufacturing. In 1981, Matheson became the first commercial producer of Silane
Silane
Silane is a toxic, extremely flammable chemical compound with chemical formula SiH4. In 1857, the German chemists and Friedrich Woehler discovered silane among the products formed by the action of hydrochloric acid on aluminum silicide, which they had previously prepared...
, for which it was awarded a “Semmy” Award by the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute (the award is now known as a “Semi” and the organization has since changed its name to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International is a trade organization of manufacturers of equipment and materials used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices such as integrated circuits, transistors, diodes, and thyristors...
).
In 1989, Matheson Gas Products was purchased by Nippon Sanso Corporation (Tokyo, Japan). Nippon Sanso later (1992) purchased Tri-Gas of Irving, Texas, USA. The operations were not merged until 1999, with the formation of Matheson Tri-Gas – the combined operations at this point spanning specialty and industrial gases and equipment, and including six air separation units.
Nippon Sanso merged with Taiyo Toyo Sanso Corporation to form Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation in 2004.
Matheson was selected Large Company of the Year by the New Jersey Technology Council in 2006.
Significant expansion in the industrial sector occurred between 2004 and 2009. Matheson acquired six additional air separation units in 2004. It then acquired Linweld (Nebraska) in 2006; Polar Cryogenics (Oregon) in 2007; Five Star Gas and Gear (California) in 2008; AERIS (California) in 2008; Advanced Gas Technologies (Pennsylvania) in 2008: Valley National Gases (Ohio) in 2009 and ETOX (Texas) in 2009.
In May 2010, Matheson acquired Western International Gas & Cylinders, Inc. of Texas, USA, the largest acetylene wholesaler in the world, and manufacturer of cylinders, valves, and related handling equipment.
On July 1, 2010, Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. changed its logo and public name to "Matheson." The name of the legal entity remains "Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc."
Matheson’s footprint in the USA includes sixteen air separation
Air separation
An air separation plant separates atmospheric air into its primary components, typically nitrogen and oxygen sometimes also argon and rarely other inert gases. There are various technologies that are used for the separation process, the most common is via cryogenic distillation. This process was...
units, three acetylene
Acetylene
Acetylene is the chemical compound with the formula C2H2. It is a hydrocarbon and the simplest alkyne. This colorless gas is widely used as a fuel and a chemical building block. It is unstable in pure form and thus is usually handled as a solution.As an alkyne, acetylene is unsaturated because...
plants, and over 200 retail facilities, depots, fill plants, and manufacturing sites.
Industries Served
Matheson's primary products are:Electronics Materials and Equipment, including high purity gas, gas mixtures, purification devices and other hardware and services – primarily serving the electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
and LED
LEd
LEd is a TeX/LaTeX editing software working under Microsoft Windows. It is a freeware product....
fabrication and semiconductor manufacturing industries.
Industrial gas
Industrial gas
Industrial gas is a group of gases that are commercially manufactured and sold for uses in other applications. These gases are mainly used in an industrial processes, such as steelmaking, oil refining, medical applications, fertilizer, semiconductors, etc.,...
, Applications Technology, and Equipment, including on-site and merchant bulk gas and equipment and packaged gases and equipment for welding
Welding
Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. This is often done by melting the workpieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material that cools to become a strong joint, with pressure sometimes...
(argon
Argon
Argon is a chemical element represented by the symbol Ar. Argon has atomic number 18 and is the third element in group 18 of the periodic table . Argon is the third most common gas in the Earth's atmosphere, at 0.93%, making it more common than carbon dioxide...
) & cutting, construction, medical oxygen
Oxygen
Oxygen is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. Its name derives from the Greek roots ὀξύς and -γενής , because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition...
, laser, wine making, food processing & preservation nitrogen
Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element that has the symbol N, atomic number of 7 and atomic mass 14.00674 u. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78.08% by volume of Earth's atmosphere...
, beverage making (carbonation), helium
Helium
Helium is the chemical element with atomic number 2 and an atomic weight of 4.002602, which is represented by the symbol He. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert, monatomic gas that heads the noble gas group in the periodic table...
supply & recovery, residential and commercial propane
Propane
Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...
, and other areas.
Specialty Gases and Equipment, including high purity gas, gas mixtures, environmental gas calibration standards, EPA Protocol Gases, and associated hardware and services – primarily serving the laboratory, process, and environmental gas user and other specialties.
External links
- Matheson website
- TNSC Air Separation Air Separation Plant Design, Engineering, Manufacturing, Installation.