- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: specialty
- Address
- Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
- IPO Date
- Apr 6, 2016
- Business
- Industrial Gas and Welding Electrode JSC is a Vietnam-based industrial manufacturing company primarily engaged in the production, processing, and distribution of industrial and specialty gases, welding consumables, and related engineering services. The company operates through two core business segments: Industrial Gases and Welding Materials. Its product portfolio comprises industrial and medical gases, including liquid and compressed oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, dissolved acetylene, nitrous oxide, and custom shielding gas mixtures; welding electrodes, including mild steel electrodes, low-hydrogen electrodes, stainless steel electrodes, and hardfacing electrodes; welding wires, including copper-coated solid MIG/MAG wires, flux-cored arc welding wires, and submerged arc welding wires; welding fluxes; and welding and cutting apparatus, pressure regulators, gas manifolds, and protective equipment. In addition, the company offers specialized technical and support services, including cryogenic tank leasing and installation; industrial and medical gas piping system design and construction; and high-pressure gas cylinder inspection, hydrostatic testing, and maintenance. Industrial Gas and Welding Electrode JSC serves diverse end markets, including shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, structural steel fabrication, automotive, construction, metallurgy, and healthcare sectors across Vietnam. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the company historically operated under the Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) before equitization and listing on the UPCoM market. In recent operational developments, the company has undertaken extensive modernization of its manufacturing facilities by upgrading automated electrode extrusion lines, expanding cryogenic liquid storage and cylinder-filling capacities, and implementing enhanced environmental and safety compliance systems. Concurrently, the company has broadened its specialty gas and mixed-gas product offerings to meet the technical requirements of advanced fabrication industries, optimized its regional logistics and sales distribution network across southern and central Vietnam, and adapted its operational structure in line with ongoing corporate governance enhancements and state capital divestment initiatives.