Luxfer Gas Cylinders opening ceremony for the company’s new European composite cylinder production facility in France will take place 13 October.
Luxfer has invested several million euros in the state-of-the-art facility, which will initially employ 40 people. The new facility, an expansion of Luxfer’s existing French plant, will produce full-wrap and carbon composite cylinders used primarily in the medical market, as well as by fire fighters and emergency rescue personnel.
Products will include medical oxygen cylinders and life-support cylinders for self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
David Rix, managing director of Luxfer Europe, said: “European demand for composite oxygen and life-support cylinders has significantly increased.
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