African Oxygen Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes atmospheric gases, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and hard goods in South Africa and other African countries. It operates through Atmospheric Gases, LPG, and Hard Goods segments. The company provides nitrogen, oxygen, argon, speciality gas mixtures, and carbon dioxide; and beverage dispensing and balloon gas, refrigerants, chemicals, and scientific gases. It offers its products in bulk liquid tankers or dispatch cylinders, as well as through pipelines and Gas & Gear outlets for various industries, such as healthcare services, production of iron and steel, fabrication and assembly of motor vehicles, industrial ceramics, food preservation, and water treatment. It also provides LPG in cylinder sizes and bulk supplies to major industrial and hospitality users under the Handigas brand name; and hard goods that include filler materials, arc equipment, regulators, and safety equipment, as well as AfroxPac, an emergency breathing apparatus under the Saffire and Vitemax brand names. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. African Oxygen Limited is a subsidiary of BOC Holdings Limited.