SYOXSA

What SYOXSA does

SYOXSA, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned C-Corporation that distributes industrial, medical, and specialty gases, welding supplies, and safety products to the Southwest US market from a 50,000 sq. ft. facility at 6996 Commerce Avenue, El Paso, TX. The company traces its origins to a 1987 Cd. Juarez, Mexico entity, became a US Borderland Welding Supply, Inc. operation in 1999, and rebranded to SYOXSA, Inc. in 2008 before divesting Mexican operations in 2010 to focus on the US El Paso plant. Primary verticals served are medical, metal fabrication, and government, with secondary exposure to aerospace, beverage, food & agriculture, lab research, and oil & gas.

Core technology and operations center on a high-pressure fill plant capable of filling up to 6600 PSIG (nitrogen, helium, argon, including UHP grades), cryogenic storage and transport (a 6,000-gallon medical-grade oxygen trailer and a 20-ton food-grade CO2 trailer), an analytical gas laboratory with Teledyne 316, Meeco W, Servomex 5200, Thermco 6900, Varian GC 3400, and Gow-Mac 580 instrumentation, helium jumbo tube trailer (140,000 SCFT) and four tube trailers (50,000 SCFT @ 2600 PSIG), GPS-monitored palletized high-pressure cylinder transport (33,000 lb capacity), and a Cold Jet PR750H dry ice production unit at up to 1,653 lbs/hour. Certifications relevant to the technical footprint include ISO 9001:2000 (2007), FDA Drug Manufacture, Purity Plus Specialty Gas Producer, Texas Railroad Commission Propane License, SAM.gov registration, and MBE (AU03930).

SYOXSA operates a sales-led, service-oriented distribution model. Revenue is generated through (i) hardware sales of industrial and medical gases (acetylene, argon, CO2, helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, propane, USP medical gases, UHP/specialty gas mixes), welding equipment and consumables (MIG/TIG/stick), and safety products (CO2 sensors/alarms); and (ii) professional services including CO2 sensor installation and calibration, cylinder requalification, piping and tank installation/leak testing, and welding training through a partnered Sun City Welding Academy. Distribution is regional and direct: El Paso-based sales, credit-application-based business accounts, phone/email ordering, and no disclosed public pricing. A wholly-owned subsidiary (SYOXSA El Paso Specialty Gases) handles specialty gases and a jointly-controlled Sun City Welding Academy handles training. Membership in the Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative (IWDC) since 1999 provides cooperative purchasing power, and a 1995 Air Liquide America supply agreement underpins the fill plant. Headcount is reported as 11 employees.

Name

SYOXSA

Legal name

SYOXSA, Inc.

Website

https://syoxsa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SYOXSA is a family-owned distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases plus welding supplies and safety products serving the Southwest US market from its 50,000 sq. ft. El Paso, TX facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Gas Distribution

NAICS

Industrial Gas Manufacturing (32512), Industrial Gas Manufacturing (325120)

SIC

Chemicals & Allied Products (2800), Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084), Wholesale-Hardware & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies (5070)

akta.pro primary industry

Welding & Cutting Gases (IMAEACAH)

Keywords

• Industrial gas distribution
• Welding supplies retail
• Medical gas supply
• Specialty gas products
• Safety equipment distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

El Paso

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Gases: Production and distribution of industrial gases including Acetylene, Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Helium, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Propane and welding mixes
2. Medical Gases: Production and distribution of medical gases including Medical Oxygen USP, Medical Carbon Dioxide USP, Medical Nitrogen NF, Medical Air USP, Breathing Air, Medical Nitrous Oxide USP and medical mixes
3. Specialty Gases: Distribution of specialty gases including UHP Nitrogen, UHP Argon, UHP Helium, percentage Laser Mixes, Medical Mixes, EPA Protocols through Purity Plus Specialty Gas Producer program
4. Welding Supplies: Distribution of welding equipment and consumables including MIG, TIG, and stick welding supplies
5. Safety Products: Distribution of safety products for gas and welding applications including CO2 sensors and alarms
6. CO2 Sensor Installation and Calibration: Installation and calibration of life-saving CO2 Sensors and CO2 Alarms including audible and visual notification systems
7. Cylinder Requalification: Cylinder requalification services for gas cylinders
8. Piping and Tank Installation: Design, installation and leak test of gas distribution systems; Cryogenic storage, equipment installation and maintenance services
9. Welding Training: Partnership with Sun City Welding Academy to provide welding certification courses ranging from 4 to 24 weeks covering MIG, TIG, Stick welding, and pipe welding

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SYOXSA distributes industrial, medical, and specialty gases (including acetylene, argon, oxygen, nitrogen, helium, hydrogen, CO2, nitrous oxide, propane, and refrigerants), dry ice, welding supplies, and safety products to business customers across the Southwestern United States. The company complements its product catalog with technical services such as cylinder requalification, CO2 sensor installation and calibration, cryogenic piping and tank installation, and welding training via Sun City Welding Academy.

Product overview

SYOXSA is a leading distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases along with welding supplies and safety products for the Southwest Region. The company operates a 50,000 Sq. Ft. high pressure fill plant and offers a comprehensive product portfolio centered around three core offerings: industrial and medical gases (Acetylene, Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Helium, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Propane, and specialty UHP gases), welding equipment and safety products, and supporting services including CO2 sensor installation, cylinder requalification, piping and tank installation, and the Sun City Welding Academy training program. The company also supplies dry ice products for refrigeration and industrial cleaning applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Gases Industrial-grade gases (including acetylene, argon, oxygen, nitrogen, helium, hydrogen, propane, and refrigerants) supplied in cylinders and bulk to metal fabrication shops, manufacturers, and industrial buyers in the Southwest US.
• Medical Gases USP-grade medical oxygen and other medical gases delivered to hospitals, clinics, dental practices, and home-health providers for patient care and clinical operations.
• Specialty Gases

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IWDC (Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1999SYOXSA became members of IWDC in 1999, gaining access to cooperative purchasing power and distribution advantages. The IWDC is a cooperative of independent welding distributors providing collective bargaining and supply chain benefits.
• Air Liquide AmericaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1995Established supply agreement with Air Liquide America in 1995 and initiated fill plant operation with oxygen, argon, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. This partnership helped establish their filling plant capabilities.
• AIRGAS, Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1990Became authorized distributor for AIRGAS, Inc. in Juarez, Mexico in 1990 as Soldaduras y Oxigeno de Juarez, SA de CV. This was an early distribution partnership that has since ended.
• Sun City Welding AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to offer welding training services. Sun City Welding Academy is El Paso's #1 welding school focusing on industrial pipe welding for Oil & Gas, commercial, and residential industries. SYOXSA promotes their welding courses from 4 to 24 weeks covering MIG, TIG, Stick welding, and certification.
• Purity Plus Specialty GasescoreTechnology or IntegrationSYOXSA is a Purity Plus Specialty Gas Producer, part of a network of specialty gas producers offering high-purity gases and EPA protocols. They reference the Purity Plus gas catalog for specialty gas offerings.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Matheson Tri-Gas: Matheson Tri-Gas is a direct competitor producing and distributing industrial, medical, and specialty gases with UHP offerings, EPA protocols, and welding gases - closely mirroring SYOXSA's product mix and serving similar metal fab / lab / medical customers. As an IWDC-aligned independent, it provides a useful comparable for specialty-gas economics.
• Meritus Gas Partners: Meritus Gas Partners is a roll-up of independent industrial gas and welding supply distributors across multiple US regions. It represents the consolidation pathway available to private independents like SYOXSA and a comparable for valuation when regional independents are aggregated.
• nexAir: nexAir is an independently-owned industrial gas and welding supply distributor in the Southeast US, also IWDC-affiliated, with a similar regional independent + specialty gas positioning to SYOXSA. Useful comparable for capital efficiency, customer mix, and service-led GTM motion.

Broad incumbents

• Linde plc: Linde (post-Praxair merger) is one of the global Big-3 industrial gas producers with major ASU operations, bulk cryogenic distribution, and a US merchant gas business across medical, electronics, and welding gases. Represents the upper bound of scale economics that SYOXSA competes against regionally.
• Air Products and Chemicals: Air Products is a global industrial gas major with bulk liquid, specialty gas, and merchant supply capabilities overlapping with SYOXSA's oxygen, nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, and helium product lines. Comparable at the customer-solution level even though operationally much larger.
• Airgas (Air Liquide USA): Airgas is the largest US distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and welding supplies - a broad incumbent that competes with SYOXSA across virtually every product line and segment. SYOXSA's founding history explicitly included an early Airgas distribution partnership, reinforcing direct competitive overlap.

Regional players

• Roberts Oxygen Company: Roberts Oxygen is a regional independent distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases (including cryogenic, UHP, and welding gases) primarily across the Mid-Atlantic US. Comparable business model as a multi-generation independent distributor, though not geographically overlapping with SYOXSA.
• National Welders Supply: National Welders is an independently-owned welding and industrial gas distributor serving the Carolinas with comparable product breadth (industrial/medical gases, welding supplies, safety products, cylinder requalification). Relevant peer for benchmarking the regional independent distributor model.

Others

• Purity Plus Specialty Gases (IWDC program): Purity Plus is the specialty gas producer program under which SYOXSA markets UHP and EPA-protocol gases; the wider IWDC cooperative is a peer-set (and supplier relationship) of independently-owned welding and gas distributors across the US. Treating IWDC peers as a comp-set is more analytically relevant than any single member.
• ILC Dover (Welding / Specialty Gas adjacent): Adjacent not a direct competitor, but useful for understanding specialty gas-handling and containment markets that SYOXSA services. Listed as theme-level adjacency rather than direct competitive overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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