About Us


Every Day Around the World,
We Are Making Our World
More Productive


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About Afrox

African Oxygen (Pty) Limited is sub-Saharan Africa’s market leader in gases and welding products.

Afrox was founded in 1927, and has prospered by constantly meeting the needs of customers and developing solutions that add value to customers’ applications.
Our Parent company, Linde company, is a global gases, engineering, and technology company.
Afrox operates in South Africa and in nine other African countries and manages operations in five more countries on behalf of the Linde company

Learn More About Linde

We are a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, serving a variety of end markets such as chemicals and energy, food and beverages, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining.

Every day around the world, our people are inspired to make our world more productive - by delivering innovative solutions, technologies and services which make our customers more successful and help to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

Our industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity and specialty gases for electronics. We also deliver state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support our customers.

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Afrox a Linde Company

Our Expertise Proven expertise plus innovative gases, plant engineering and advanced material technologies to make our world more productive and protect our planet. Learn more..
Making a Difference Linde employees strive to live our vision of “best performing” in everything we do. Many respected third-party stakeholders have recognized Linde’s practices and governance, contributions to communities, innovative solutions and sustainability performance. Learn more..
Corporate Governance Responsible corporate governance is a key prerequisite for our business success. This means ensuring compliance with the law, rules and regulations and voluntary commitments. Learn more..
What We Value Our values are firmly embedded in our DNA. We live these values every day so we can achieve our goals in an impactful, responsible way. Learn more..
How We Lead We always strive to achieve our goals ethically and to the highest standards of integrity and governance. We invite you to learn more about Linde’s experienced leaders and how they govern our company. Learn more..
A Supply Chain Aligned with Our Values Our suppliers and contractors play a vital role in our ability to work efficiently and deliver on our promises to our customers. We are committed to doing business with integrity, selecting suppliers based on merit, alignment with our values including conformance with our Supplier Code of Conduct and Code of Business Integrity. Learn more..
#LindeIsEverywhere Our gases, technologies and applications likely impact your life every day, whether you live in a bustling metropolis or a remote town. Learn more..