donders gas specialiteiten b.v.

What donders gas specialiteiten b.v. does

Donders Gas Specialiteiten B.V. is a privately held Dutch gas depot and filling station headquartered at De Run 5124, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, founded in 1934. The company sells, fills, exchanges, and stores propane, butane, and industrial gas cylinders for both individual consumers (camping, caravans, boats, barbecues, terrace heating, home cooking and heating) and business customers (welding companies, contractors, roofers, plumbers, food processors, fishing companies, restaurants, food trucks). It operates as an authorized regional dealer and filling station for Air Liquide, Antargaz, Benegas, and Primagaz, and is self-described as the largest Air Liquide depot in the Brabant region.

The business model combines walk-in retail at the Veldhoven depot (open Monday-Friday 08:00-17:00, Saturday 08:00-12:00) with regional delivery via its own fleet of ADR-approved vehicles staffed by certified drivers. Revenue is generated from cylinder sales and pay-as-you-go refilling, gas accessories and welding consumables sold through the on-site shop, refrigerant supply through a partnership with Climalife Dehon, dry ice in multiple formats (3mm granules, 10/16mm pellets, 500g-10kg blocks/discs), PGS15-compliant storage solutions, and ADR-compliant transport services. Day-rate pricing is oil-price dependent and quoted on contact. The geographic footprint covers Noord-Brabant, Limburg, and the Belgian border region; the company has no subsidiaries, no disclosed revenue, no external institutional investment, and no recorded M&A or funding activity.

There is no proprietary technology platform: the company does not operate a mobile app, has no disclosed API or integrations, and conducts no AI/ML or data-asset activity. Customer interaction is primarily via website, phone (040-2532663), and email ([email protected]). Digital marketing presence is minimal, with no social media channels identified, and the company's competitive positioning rests on its multi-brand authorized-dealer status, physical depot location, certified delivery fleet, and long-standing regional brand recognition rather than on technology differentiation.

Name

donders gas specialiteiten b.v.

Legal name

Donders Gas Specialiteiten B.V.

Website

https://donders.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1934

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Donders Gas Specialiteiten B.V. is a Dutch gas depot and filling station in Veldhoven, Netherlands, selling, filling, and delivering propane, industrial gases, refrigerants, dry ice, and welding supplies to consumers and businesses across Brabant, Limburg, and the Belgian border region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Gas Distribution

NAICS

Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals (424710), Fuel Dealers (457210)

SIC

Wholesale-Petroleum & Petroleum Products (No Bulk Stations) (5172), Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment (3533)

akta.pro primary industry

Gas Supply, Aggregation & Contracting (Producers, Marketers, Tolling, GSA) (EUALALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gas Handling Equipment & Storage (Cylinders/Tanks/Valves) (IMAEACAL), Hazardous Liquids & Specialty Chemical Terminals (Methanol, Solvents, Sulfur) (EUALAEAL)

Keywords

• Propane gas supply
• Industrial gas distribution
• Gas cylinder refilling
• Welding materials supply
• Dry ice distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Veldhoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Gas Cylinder Sales and Filling: Sale and filling of propane, butane, and industrial gas cylinders. Customers can buy new cylinders, have cylinders refilled, or exchange empty for full cylinders. Pricing is day-rate based and oil-price dependent.
2. Gas Accessories and Supplies: Sale of gas-related articles including connection materials, hoses, regulators, burners, welding equipment, and barbecue products from their physical shop.
3. Cylinder Transport and Delivery: Own fleet of ADR-approved vehicles with certified drivers for transporting propane and industrial gases. Professional delivery service for gas cylinders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Donders Gas Specialiteiten B.V. operates a gas depot and on-site filling station in Veldhoven, Netherlands, selling, refilling, exchanging, and transporting propane/butane and industrial gas cylinders. The company is the official regional dealer and filling station for Air Liquide, Antargaz, Benegas, and Primagaz, with additional retail of dry ice, refrigerants, and welding equipment/accessories. It serves both consumers (camping, BBQ, home heating) and businesses (welding, HVAC, food processing, forklift fuel) across the Brabant and Limburg regions.

Product overview

Donders Gas Specialiteiten B.V. is a gas depot and filling station in Veldhoven, Netherlands, offering a comprehensive portfolio of gas products and services for both residential and commercial customers. The core offerings include propane/butane gas cylinders (under brands Antargaz, Benegas, Campingaz, Eurofles), industrial gases for welding (argon, oxygen, acetylene, helium, nitrogen, mixed gases under Air Liquide/ALbee brand), refrigerants, dry ice, and welding equipment and accessories. The company operates as an official dealer and filling station for Air Liquide, Antargaz, Benegas, and Primagaz. Services include cylinder refilling, storage solutions (PGS15-compliant), and transport with ADR-approved vehicles. The product portfolio spans from small portable cylinders (190g) to large 46.5kg professional tanks, with various materials (steel, lightweight steel, composite plastic) and connection types to serve diverse applications from camping to industrial manufacturing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Filling a 5kg gas cylinder takes approximately 2 minutes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Air LiquidecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial dealer and recognized gas depot of Air Liquide. Largest depot of Air Liquide in Brabant. Provides comprehensive range of industrial gases including argon, mixed gases, oxygen, acetylene, and specialty gases for welding and industrial applications.
• AntargazcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial regional dealer of Antargaz propane gas. Offers full range of Antargaz cylinders including 10.5kg, 18kg, 33kg, and 46.5kg sizes, as well as specialty products like Calypso and Take5 composite cylinders.
• BenegascoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial regional dealer of Benegas propane gas. Offers Benegas Light (composite), Benegas Professional, Benegas Comfort Steel, and Benegas POL cylinder lines.
• PrimagazcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial regional dealer of Primagaz propane gas, completing the portfolio of major gas brand partnerships.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Benegas: Dutch LPG specialist marketing the Benegas Light, Professional, Power EasyClip, and POL cylinder lines that Donders distributes. Operates its own delivery network alongside authorized dealers, making it a direct channel competitor.
• Westfalen Group: Dutch-headquartered industrial gases, refrigerants, and welding supplies distributor with depot operations across the Netherlands and Germany. Closest large-scale comparable to Donders' industrial-gas, refrigerant, and welding consumables business, though Westfalen operates a multi-site platform.
• Primagaz Netherlands: Major European LPG marketer with direct propane-cylinder distribution and dealer network in the Netherlands. Dually a supplier to Donders and a competing distributor of propane cylinders in the same end markets.
• Antargaz Netherlands: European LPG distributor selling propane cylinders (including Calypso and composite ranges that Donders also retails) directly and through dealers in the Netherlands. Directly overlaps with Donders on product portfolio and customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Air Liquide Netherlands: Global industrial-gases major and Donders' principal supplier for argon, oxygen, acetylene, mixed gases, and ALBee cylinders. Operates its own bulk supply, on-site installations, and large-account direct sales that overlap with Donders' industrial-gas business.
• Linde Gas: Global industrial-gases leader (formerly Praxair/Linde merger) supplying welding gases, refrigerants, and specialty gases through direct sales and merchant channels in the Netherlands. Competes with Donders for the same welding-shop and industrial accounts.
• Messer Group: Privately held global industrial-gases producer with European footprint selling oxygen, nitrogen, argon, acetylene, and mixed gases. Overlaps with Donders on industrial-gas supply to welding and fabrication customers across Europe.
• SOL Group: European industrial and medical gases producer (SOL S.p.A.) with distribution into Benelux via subsidiaries. Comparable on industrial-gas portfolio but operates at multi-country scale versus Donders' regional depot model.

Emerging players

• Nippon Gases Europe: European industrial-gases platform carved out from Praxair and now owned by Nippon Sanso, supplying welding and process gases across multiple European countries including the Netherlands. A more recent and still-building competitor in the same end markets.

Others

• Climalife Dehon: European refrigerant specialty distributor and Donders' named partner for refrigerants including R32, R290, and the newer low-GWP blends. Adjacent rather than directly competitive, but represents an alternative supply channel that Donders' HVAC customers could access directly.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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