Gasco

What Gasco does

Gasco operates a global specialty gas business focused on portable calibration gas mixtures, regulators, and accessories used to verify the accuracy of gas-detection and analytical instruments. The company manufactures at three ISO 9001/17025/17034-accredited production sites (Oldsmar FL, Cambridge MD, and Stoke-on-Trent UK) and operates distribution hubs in Pearland TX and Shanghai China to serve customers in more than 120 countries. Product catalog spans reactive, non-reactive, and ultra-pure gases, including the Ecosmart line, plus a cylinder recycling service and a portfolio of regulators and flow-control accessories for hazardous environments.

The customer base spans four end-markets: Industrial Safety, Laboratory Testing, Law Enforcement/Road Safety (breath-alcohol testing), and Marine. The go-to-market is direct and quote-based, with custom gas blends engineered to customer specifications alongside an extensive catalog of standard mixtures; logistics is a core competency given that all shipments involve dangerous goods handling under UN/IATA/IMDG/IADOR regimes. Recent product and digital initiatives include QR-coded cylinder labels for traceability and a recycling service for used cylinders, signaling incremental moves into sustainability and lifecycle services.

The company was founded in 1998, operates as Calgaz Ltd. in the UK with its principal commercial footprint in Houston TX, and employs 51–100 people. No funding rounds, acquisitions, or leadership changes were disclosed in the available material. Revenue, EBITDA, and unit shipment figures are not publicly disclosed, and AI/ML capability is not a stated part of the offering.

Name

Gasco

Legal name

Calgaz Ltd.

Website

https://gasco-gas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Calgaz (operating as Gasco) manufactures and globally distributes portable calibration gas mixtures, regulators, and accessories for industrial safety, laboratory testing, law enforcement, and marine customers from ISO-certified facilities in the US, UK, and China.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Calibration Gases

NAICS

Industrial Gas Manufacturing (32512), Industrial Gas Manufacturing (325120), Basic Chemical Manufacturing (3251)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty & Calibration Gas Mixtures (IMAEACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gas Handling Equipment & Storage (Cylinders/Tanks/Valves) (IMAEACAL)

Keywords

• Calibration gas mixtures
• Portable gas cylinders
• Gas regulators
• Certified reference materials
• Precision gas equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Oldsmar

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Calibration Gas Products: Manufacture and sale of portable calibration gases, including cylinders, regulators, and accessories. Products are produced to order or drawn from managed holding stock and shipped globally with Dangerous Goods logistics expertise.
2. Custom Gas Mixtures: Bespoke gas mixture development for specific customer requirements. Technical and safety review completed within 1 working day for new mixtures.
3. Accessories and Support: Sale of essential support gear including transport, connection, and disposal equipment for calibration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gasco manufactures and supplies portable calibration gas mixtures, precision regulators, and supporting accessories used to verify and calibrate safety monitoring and analytical equipment. The company operates ISO 9001, 17025 and 17034 certified manufacturing facilities in the US and UK and ships specialized dangerous goods consignments to more than 120 countries. It also develops bespoke gas mixtures on request, with technical and safety review completed within one working day.

Product overview

Calgaz is the world's most established provider of portable calibration gases, operating as a unified product-and-service portfolio. The core offerings include Cylinders (including the Ecosmart sub-line) for portable gas storage and delivery, Regulators for precise gas flow control, Accessories for transport and disposal, and a Recycling service. Products are manufactured in ISO 9001, 17025, and 17034 certified facilities and distributed to more than 120 countries through global manufacturing plants in the US and UK and international distribution hubs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ecosmart: A product line of cylinders featured under the cylinders product category, marketed as a sustainable or smart gas cylinder solution.

Products and services

• Cylinders

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves customers in more than 120 countries
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Air Products and Chemicals: Major industrial gas manufacturer supplying merchant gases including calibration gas mixtures. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving industrial safety, laboratory and analytical customers, though portable calibration is a small slice of its overall portfolio.
• BOC Gases (Linde Group): Industrial and specialty gases brand within the Linde group, active in the UK and Asia-Pacific. Comparable in calibration gas manufacturing and international distribution, but typically delivers through a broader industrial gas bundle rather than a portable-calibration focus.
• Nippon Gases (part of Nippon Sanso): European industrial gas operator owned by Nippon Sanso, providing specialty and calibration gases. Comparable in industrial gas manufacturing and European distribution, with broad portfolio beyond calibration.
• Iwatani Corporation: Japanese industrial gas and hydrogen energy company with a global specialty gas business. Comparable in the calibration and specialty gas cylinder category, especially across APAC distribution, though its portfolio extends far beyond calibration.
• Linde plc: Global industrial gas major formed by the merger of Linde and Praxair, with a large specialty-gas and calibration-gas portfolio. Comparable because it sells calibration gas mixtures, regulators and accessories to overlapping industrial safety, laboratory and analytical customers — but as part of a much broader gases and engineering portfolio.
• Air Liquide: One of the world's largest industrial gas companies, with a dedicated specialty gases business (Scott Specialty Gases) supplying calibration gas mixtures and regulators. Comparable in product category and customer base, but offers many other gas and service lines beyond portable calibration.

Others

• Dräger: Manufacturer of gas detection equipment and breath-alcohol instrumentation. Adjacent rather than direct: Dräger buys calibration gases from suppliers like Gasco for its own devices, but does not primarily sell calibration gases — useful as a downstream customer proxy.
• Honeywell (Analytics / Sensing): Industrial gas detection and sensing business, including BW and RAE Systems brands. Adjacent ecosystem participant — produces detectors that consume calibration gases, creating a customer overlap with Gasco rather than direct competitive overlap.

Direct peers

• Matheson Tri-Gas: US specialty gas subsidiary of Nippon Sanso (Taiyo Nippon Sanso) that produces calibration gas mixtures, specialty gases, and regulators. Direct competitive overlap with Gasco in portable calibration cylinders and custom gas blends for laboratory and safety customers.
• Mesa International Technologies: Smaller specialty gas manufacturer focused on calibration gas mixtures and custom gas blends for industrial hygiene and laboratory markets. Comparable niche positioning and product overlap with Gasco in portable calibration cylinders for gas detection.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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