Currently in its 92nd year of operations, sub-Saharan Africa’s leading industrial gases and welding company Afrox originally opened its doors in 1927 as Allen-Liversidge Industrial Gases.
British Oxygen (The BOC Group) bought a controlling interest in 1935 and Afrox went public in 1963. Some 6,500 South Africans took shares in an initial public offer that was over-subscribed 32 times, a record that was to stand for many years on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)
Schalk Venter has been at the helm for the last three years, taking on the role of Managing Director in 2015.
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