GCE

About GCE Group

The GCE Group has an extensive product range to service its Industrial, Medical, High Purity customers.

The GCE Group can offer local sales and supply companies in the following locations: Austria, Benelux, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United, China and Russia.

In addition GCE has recently opened new sales offices in India, Middle East (Dubai), Panama and Mexico and has its main production facilities based in the Czech Republic and China. GCE has one central distribution centre based in Kladno, just north of Prague.

Global Brand Recognition

GCE is associated with leading trademarks and brands such as AGA, BOC, Butbro, Charledave, DruVa, ESAB, Linde, Mediline, Mujelli, Murex, Propaline, Rhöna, and Sabre. Our quality management system is certified to ISO 9001 and our products are tested and approved by BAM, BSI, Norske Veritas, US Dot, UL, CEN, DIN and SIS.


All GCE medical production facilities have EN approvals for CE marking and an increasing number of GCE facilities have systems that have been granted approval to the environmental standard ISO 14000.

Market Leaders

The GCE Group is today Europe ́s leading company in the field of gas control and is involved in the development and manufacturing of all types of equipment for pressure and flow control of high pressure gases. GCE’s main business originally concentrated in the oxy-acetylene cutting and welding market. However, with almost 100 years of experience in the handling of high pressure gases, the product range has now grown to include high purity and medical gas equipment.

Today’s product portfolio fits a large variety of applications, from simple pressure regulators and blowpipes for welding and cutting to sophisticated gas supply systems for medical and electronics industry applications.

History

The origins of GCE go back as far as the beginning of the twentieth century when oxy-acetylene cutting and welding methods were first invented. GCE itself was formed in 1987 through the merging of two gas equipment activities from the world’s leading industrial gas companies into one entity.

Today’s product portfolio fits a large variety of applications,from simple pressure regulators and blowpipes for welding and cutting to sophisticated gas supply systems for medical and electronics industry applications.

The GCE Group has grown rapidly since its foundation and leads the restructuring of the European gas equipment industry through mergers and acquisitions. Headquarters are based in Malmö, Sweden with the Group having activities in all European markets, and developing businesses in Russia, China, India and South America.

The major Production centres are located in Europe and Asia. Worldwide in excess of 850 people are employed within the GCE group today.

GCE Healthcare

The heart of GCE

Healthcare is at the heart of what we do at the GCE Group. We are committed to the manufacturing of high quality and innovative medical gas equipment and associated accessories. 

Our team of experts are dedicated to providing leading solutions for our customers. We work closely with healthcare professionals around the world, supporting them to care for the patients. 

GCE Healthcare products range from medical gas regulators, oxygen concentrators to resuscitation and hospital ward equipment used in emergency, hospital and homecare environments. 

GCE druva – Central Gas Systems

HIGH PURITY GASES REQUIRE HIGH-QUALITY REGULATORS AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT

The fulfilment of user specific demands such as pressure stability, flow capacity, and maintaining of gas composition needs to be guaranteed in the same way as the prevention of contamination, from the gas source down to the “point of-use”. 

Handling of compressed gases presupposes intensive knowledge of regulations and technical rules which form the basis for a safe layout of any gas-supply system. 

The quality of GCE druva high-purity gas distribution system is determined by a large number of features:

• Leak-tightness;
• Dead-space-minimised design;
• High safety due to Hastelloy diaphragms;
• Patented damping system; 
• Intuitive out concept for joining and safety aspects.

These points require the same attention as the final assembly and preventive maintenance. 

On the basis of many years of experience, druva is specialized in first and second stage pressure gas supply, tubing and tube layout, cylinder stock rooms, and monitoring devices. 

CLOSE COOPERATION WITH CUSTOMERS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US

The close dialogue with customers and designers enables us to develop products today, which suit the market requirements of tomorrow.

Years of experience, the latest tests and measuring equipment and CAD technology build a basis for solutions beyond the usual expectations. 

Therefore, the GCE druva Technology is the sure foundation for solutions matching the customer’s individual needs. 

Cutting and Welding Technologies

Oxy-fuel cutting and welding is one of the leading processes within metal fabrication. Driven by innovations it is widely used as the main technology in areas such as construction, automotive, the transport sector, shipyard industries, offshore and several others. 

Metal sheets are fabricated by thermal cutting processes and joined to ensure a rigid and high quality construction. High quality standards and fundamental safety precautions are prerequisite in all works related to cutting and welding technologies.   

GCE Cutting and Welding Technologies (GCE CWT) is one of the global market leaders in gas welding, oxy-fuel cutting, brazing, heating processes. GCE CWT provides a full range of gas pressure regulators arc welding, gas economizers, safety equipment and a comprehensive global range of torches specially designed to meet international standards and local market requirements.

 With strong focus on innovations and global market coverage GCE provides solutions which fits to the customer needs. Experienced sales teams supported by application, marketing and technical experts promote the latest GCE solutions within global distribution network on daily basis. Dedicated production team cooperates in two main production facilities and the complete organisation is formed as a Value stream team creating added value to all stake holders. 

GCE is a young organisation established by two major industry leaders in 1987. The group has been developed globally by acquisitions of a large number of companies. Their roots are going to the times of the pioneers of the Cutting & Welding applications at the beginning of the 20^th century. Today GCE customers benefit from this legacy of competence and from the knowledge transfer within the group, providing both global solutions and also products which fit for local user’s habits.
 

Simply safe

Safety is always a primary concern in an oxygen/fuel process and GCE is fully committed to the elimination of all risks in this process. It is not only visible on the complete range of safety devices for oxy-fuel applications. Safety is the main objective within all range of GCE CWT products, applications and as well as within internal production processes.
 

Quality time

All equipment from GCE is engineered and produced with highest possible focus on quality. High quality is the base for all activities and by using Lean processes and 6-Sigma tools we constantly refine and develop existing procedures. All GCE CWT products are designed, tested and manufactured within the quality management system ISO 9001 and in accordance with following regulations and global standards (selected short-list):

• 2014/68/EC, Pressure Equipment Directive
• 2006/42/EC Machinery Directive
• ISO 2503, Cylinder regulators
• ISO 5172, Cutting, welding, heating torches and nozzles
• EN 730, ISO 5175, Safety devices
• ISO 3821, Rubber hoses 
• EN 561, Quick couplers
• ISO 5171, Pressure gauges

All systems go

GCE is one of the global drivers of oxy-fuel innovations. Well known solutions are innovative safety systems, pressure regulators and heating equipment. A new program of Intelligent Torches and Systems for oxy-fuel cutting has been launched recently and there is still significant potential to increase the efficiency of oxy-fuel cutting technology. This is the reason for GCE to continuously develop the GCE FIT+^® cutting torch solutions. Together with our partner, IHT Automation, GCE believes that a higher level of integrated automation is the future of oxy-fuel cutting. The current result of the development is the range of automated cutting systems which became as simple as a “plug and play” solution.

Everything we do is conducted in close co-operation with our customers and users.

GCE is a service-oriented company which keeps close contact with both its customers and end-users. Thanks to a high level of experience and technical competence within cutting and welding technologies GCE has today a global network of loyal distributors which enables to develop right solutions for the global as well as for local markets. 

It’s no coincidence that, where the challenge and demands are the greatest, you will find GCE hard at work.

Industrial

• Central Gas Supply Systems
• Brewery Regulators
• Valves and Combi Valves Industrial
• Cylinder Regulators
• Safety Equipment
• Combi Torches and Cutters
• Hand Cutting Nozzles
• Cutting and Welding Sets
• Propane Gas Equipment
• Automated Oxy-Fuel Cutting
• Arc Welding and Cutting
• Welding Consumables
• Accessories
• Personal Protective Equipment

Healthcare

• Emergency Equipment
• Hospital Central Gas Supply Systems
• Medical Valves and Combi Valves
• High Pressure Regulators
• Hospital Ward Equipment
• Homecare

High Purity

• Cylinder Regulators High Purity
• Accessories High Purity
• Point of uses
• Techline Pressure Regulators
• Line Regulators
• Valves
• MFC Mass Flow Controllers
• Acetylene and Propane Gas Supply
• Gas Control Panels
• UHP - Ultra High Purity