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Nippon Sanso Holdings Group

Nippon Sanso Corporation
Nippon Sanso Corporation is a leading company with the largest share of the industrial gas market in Japan. In addition to being a manufacturing base for air separation units, the company also plays a central role in R&D and engineering functions, supporting a wide range of industrial sectors through the development of diverse gas applications.
General Stats:
- Regional Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Over 6,000 employees
- 33 air separation units
- 4 R&D bases

Nippon Sanso Matheson
Nippon Sanso Matheson, one of the leading industrial and medical gases companies in America, is part of the Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation. The Company produces and supplies industrial and specialty gases, and gas handling equipment. Internationally, they provide complete customer solutions: everything from onsite air separation plants to small portable cylinders, and all the services required to support these products and customer applications.
General Stats:
- Headquarters: Texas, USA
- Over 4,400 employees
- Over 300 locations

Nippon Sanso Euro-Holding S.L.U Group
Nippon Sanso Euro-Holding S.L.U Group, one of the leading industrial and medical gases companies in Europe, supports NSHD’s European industrial activities by ensuring a stable supply of industrial gases in various forms to a wide range of industries in major industrial zones.
General Stats:
- Regional Headquarters: Madrid, Spain
- Around 3,000 employees
- 195 working plants
- 14 pipelines

Nippon Sanso Asia & Oceania
Adapting to the market environment of each country, Nippon Sanso Asia & Oceania operates mainly in Australia, Southeast Asia, China and India; whilst the electronics business is focused mainly in China, Taiwan and South Korea. The group meets the needs of growth markets and continues to make dynamic progress.
General Stats:
- Regional Headquarters: Shanghai, China and Singapore
- Present in 15 countries
- Around 4,000 employees

Thermos K. K. Group
Thermos K. K. Group develops, manufactures, and sells “THERMOS” brand products – which pioneered the vacuum bottle. The group contributes to energy saving through various technologies and creative capabilites, including vacuum-insulation technology cultivated in the industrial gases business. At the same time, it provides new value through production that helps to realise comfortable lifestyles.
General Stats:
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Present in 120 countries
- Around 1,300 employees
- In 1978, the group developed the world’s first stainless steel vacuum-insulated bottle