History
The GCE Group is organised to operate in four Business Areas, Cutting and Welding, Medical, High Purity and Process Applications.
Local sales and supply companies are situated in Austria, Benelux, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Rumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA, while highly specialised manufacturing units exist in Czech Republic and Poland.
GCE is associated with leading trademarks such as; AGA, Autogen, BOC, BIG, Charledave, DruVa, ESAB, Mediline, Mujelli, Murex, Propaline and Rhöna, leaders within their own respective regional markets.
In addition to certification according to the ISO 9001 quality standard, products are built, tested and approved by BAM, BSI, Norske Veritas, US Dot, UL, CEN, DIN and SIS, amongst others. All units connected with medical products have EN approvals for CE marking and many GCE units are approved according to the environmental standard ISO 14000.
The origins of GCE go back as far as the beginning of the twentieth century when oxy-acetylene cutting and welding methods were first invented. GCE itself was formed in 1987 through the merging of gas equipment activities by two of the worlds leading industrial gas companies into one entity.
The GCE Group is today Europe´s leading company in the field of gas controls and is involved in development and manufacturing of all types of equipment for pressure and flow control of high-pressure-gases.
GCE´s main business originally concentrated in the oxy-acetylene cutting and welding market, but with almost 100 years of experience in the handling of high pressure gases, the product range has grown. Today´s product portfolio fits a large variety of applications, from simple pressure regulators and blowpipes for welding and cutting to sophisticated gas supply systems for medical and electronics industry applications.
The GCE Group has grown rapidly since its foundation and leads the restructuring of the European gas equipment industry through mergers and acquisitions. Headquarders are based in Malmö, Sweden with the Group having activities in all European markets and a considerable worldwide export market.
Production centers are located in Czech Republic, Poland and China with the main application cenre being in Chotebor, some two hours drive east of Prague. There are two central warehouses, one in Kladno, just north of Prague and one for Northern Europe in Malmoe, Sweden.In excess of 1200 people are employed within the group today.