BOC Group - BOC- Profile

BOC Group plc (The). The Group's principal activities are carried out through five divisions: Industrial & Special Products, Process Gas Solutions, BOC Edwards, Afrox Hospitals and Gist. Under its Industrial & Special it provides gases for cutting and welding, hospitality, laboratory applications and a variety of medical purposes mainly distributed under pressurised cylinders. The Process Gas Solution it provides gases and services supplied as part of customer-specific solutions these range from supply by pipeline or from on-site plants, to supply by road tanker in liquefied form to others. The BOC Edwards operation specialises in gases and equipment for the semiconductor industry as well as vacuum products for a range of other industries. The Gist division provides specialise supply chain solutions focusing on chain operations, chain consultation, end-to-end supply chain solutions and logistic support. The Afrox Hospital provides direct medicine services for chronic medication. Industrial & Special Products acctd for 37% of fis 2005 revs; Process Gas Soln, 32%; BOC Edwards, 18%, Gist, 7% and Afrox, 6%