South African Afrox is to invest approximately R350m into several major new gas production facilities around South Africa this year.
Craig Falconer, Afrox’s general manager process gas solutions, says this expenditure results from increased demand from the company’s existing customer base as well as by new business wins.
Afrox recently installed and commissioned a nitrogen generation and hydrogen electrolysis plant at specialised automotive parts manufacturer, Bleistahl, in Atlantis, Western Cape, which is increasing its production by 500 per cent.
Afrox is re-engineering its Wadeville, Gauteng, facility that serves the Scaw Metals Group to increase gaseous oxygen delivery to Scaw Metals by more than 60 per cent. Due for completion in July 2006, this project will also enhance Afrox’s reliability as a source of liquid argon for the merchant market.
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