BOC was founded in 1888 and is a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of industrial, medical, and specialty gases as well as related equipment. BOC currently operates in more than 50 countries, with nearly 43,000 employees worldwide. Our world headquarters is in the United Kingdom, and our US headquarters is located in Murray Hill, New Jersey. We have plants, offices, distribution facilities, and retail locations throughout the United States.

BOC values the diversity of its employees, customers, and business partners. We recognize that our employees are our most important asset and BOC encourages employees to volunteer their time and talents to community organizations. It is through them we ensure that we play a full and active role in communities around the world.

We provide our customers with the gases and technology that are used to support life, freeze food, forge steel, shape glass, refine petroleum, create computer chips, and clean wastewater and smokestack emissions, in addition to hundreds of other applications. BOC partners with customers throughout the world to enhance product quality, to protect the environment, and are committed to producing gases of the highest quality through the use of advanced technology. We are also committed to the highest standards of safety and environmental practice.

BOC is built around its customers. Whatever the industry or interest, our goal is to respond to those needs as quickly and effectively as possible. Whether through eBusiness or innovative technology, the ever-changing requirements are the driving force behind the development of all our products, technologies, and support services.