About Us

BOC is a Linde company, the leading global gases and engineering business with a mission to make the world more productive.

They are the UK and Ireland's largest provider of industrial, medical and special gases as well as related equipment, engineering services and solutions to support them.

They produce, package and distribute thousands of different types of gases to their customers every day. Their unrivalled range includes atmospheric gases, high purity gases and mixtures, refrigerants and chemicals, for applications as diverse as cooling magnets in hospital MRI scanners to fuelling zero emissions vehicles and much more.

BOC offers tailored supply solutions for every size of customer; their cylinder customers enjoy a nationwide delivery and collection network; bulk customers the reassurance of 24/7 delivery; and for their high-demand customers they offer onsite production or dedicated pipeline supply.

And all of this is backed up by industry leading customer service, expert technical support and best-in-class levels of safety and environmental performance – the basis on which they have earned their reputation as a reliable and trusted partner.

BOC Healthcare provide products for almost every hospital department, from nitrous oxide for anaesthesia to liquid helium for cooling the magnets of MRIs. Their services also extend to primary care and increasingly into patients’ homes, through the home oxygen service.

BOC Healthcare has been a major force behind many important developments. BOC have been instrumental in developing gases like ENTONOX^® and in promoting the healthcare profession’s understanding of the clinical benefits of oxygen, HELIOX21 and other gases.

In recent years the healthcare division of BOC has diversified and developed from being the major supplier of hospital gases to becoming one of the leading suppliers of clinical services. These services include Home Oxygen and clinical services such as Therapy Assessment and Review and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.