Massachusetts-based Middlesex Gases, a supplier of specialty, medical, and industrial gases, is celebrating 75 years of business.
The company has been on quite a journey since it was founded in 1949 by Joseph Martin Sr., who had a desire to build a strong, independent industrial gas distributor. Later, in 1964, he opened the company’s first fill plant just outside of Boston, adding cylinder filling capabilities into the mix, and the Middlesex story grew from there.
Bo Martin, Chairman of the Middlesex Board and Joseph Sr.’s grandson, said, “For more than seven decades, we have followed in my grandfather’s footsteps, committing to continuous reinvestment, improvement, and innovation. We are always striving to ensure that Middlesex is built to overcome any challenges and has the flexibility to pivot to meet customers’ ever-changing gas requirements.”
And the company has done exactly that. At the time of writing, Middlesex has three fill plants, four supply stores, state-of-the-art specialty gas and medical CO2 labs, and in-house dry ice manufacturing capabilities. On top of that, it also has a growing fleet of trucks and trailers, including a 10-tonne medical CO2 bulk track, a 25-tonne bulk CO2 trailer, a jumbo helium tube trailer, and several bulk nitrogen and argon trailers.
