With more than 125 years of history, Carburos Metálicos leads the industrial and medical gases market in Spain, where it supplies its products to more than thirty sectors of activity, from metallurgy, glass, water, food, health, energy, petrochemicals, laboratories, freezing, refrigeration, oenology, leisure and beverages. This activity extends to the field of electronics and renewable energies.
The company provides a wide range of products, solutions and services to its customers, as well as materials and equipment for the applications of the gases it produces. Carburos Metálicos is a benchmark in the chemical sector not only in terms of safety, but also in innovation and sustainability, which is its growth strategy. Likewise, in this last area, it has acquired the ‘Third by ’30’ environmental commitment to reduce the intensity of its greenhouse gas emissions by a third by 2030, as a preliminary step to achieving a carbon neutral balance by 2050. To make this possible, the company’s strategic lines of action include promoting carbon capture technologies (for this purpose it has two plants in Gran Canaria and Soria) and hydrogen for mobility and industry. In fact, the company belongs to the US group Air Products, which is the world’s largest supplier of hydrogen.
Carburos Metálicos has a team of more than 800 professionals in Spain, a daily production capacity of more than 1,200 tonnes of liquefied gas (mtpd), 13 production plants, 14 packaging plants, 2 high purity gas laboratories and an R&D centre located in Bellaterra (Barcelona) serving more than 100,000 customers.
Connected to the digital world
The company offers specific solutions for companies operating in the semiconductor, packaging, IC test, display, solar panel, PCB and LED assembly industries. It also has decades of experience as a leading supplier of high purity industrial process gases for the electronics industry and offers its customers integrated solutions that combine the use of advanced technology with the range of equipment and technical expertise to provide the best service.
