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’ applications.

Our Parent company, Linde company, is a global gases, engineering, and technology company.

Afrox operates in South Africa and in nine other African countries and manages operations in five more countries on behalf of the Linde company.

Mission

We provide engineering services and a focused range of performance-enhancing Atmospheric Gases, welding and safety products and
LPG to valued customers, through excellence in operations, customer service, product delivery, and investment in infrastructure,
employees and technology for the benefit of all stakeholders.

Vision

We will be the leading gases and welding product company, admired for our employees by any measure.

Principles

At African Oxygen Limited we are accountable for our actions and strive to be transparent in all decisions and activities that may impact the environment and society in general.

Everything we do is based on integrity, honesty and equality and we practice a great respect for all stakeholder interests, the rule of law, human rights, and international standards of behavior.

We recognise that ‘stakeholders’ is a broad term but one that generally consists of shareholders, colleagues, customers and other individuals or groups that may have rights, claims or other interests in our business.

We base our behaviors on accepted international standards of doing business, on our Code of Conduct and our Code of Ethics, which are in accordance with accepted principles of good conduct in all situations, even when these prove challenging.

Afrox is listed on the JSE Limited and the Namibian Stock Exchange. With over 3,000 staff, we are sub-Saharan Africa’s market leader in gases and welding products.