African Oxygen Limited (Afrox) is sub-Saharan Africa\u2019s market leader in gases and welding products.<\/p>\n
Afrox was founded in 1927, listed on the JSE in 1963, and has prospered by constantly meeting the needs of customers and developing solutions that add value to customers\u2019 applications.<\/p>\n
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Afrox operates in South Africa and in 10 other African countries and manages operations in five more on behalf of our parent company, The Linde Group, a global gases, engineering and technology company.<\/p>\n
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Manufacturing of our gases and other products takes place on 41 different sites throughout southern Africa.<\/p>\n
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This comprises 31 units and 16 on-sites (automated plants not requiring operators), with some manufacturing sites hosting more than one unit.<\/p>\n
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The Bulk Scheduling Centre deals with more than 20 000 customer drops per month, while our transport fleet covers around 24 million kilometres per year.<\/p>\n
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Afrox employs more than 3000 people and has a national network of distributors and branded Gas & Gear centres.<\/p>\n
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Our National Customer Service Centre receives more than 70 000 calls, 8 000 faxes and 20 000 e-mails per month.<\/p>\n
Outbound calls, faxes and e-mails to our customers are in excess of 94 000 per month.<\/p>\n