Our Profile
Multigas serves customers in the industrial and healthcare sectors with a complete range of atmospheric and special gases, complimented with related equipment and services.
Multigas operates from its facilities in Malta, an island in the Mediterranean that forms part of the European Union. The Kirkop site is located near the island's international airport and boasts among other things a state-of-the-art air separation plant, a cylinder filling depot and a retail outlet for tools and equipment.
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Our Vision
Building on experience and a strong reputation dating back to 1926, our team of dedicated employees strives to provide the highest level of commitment to our customers. Previously known as L.Farrugia and Sons, Multigas embraces a clear vision: To represent for our customers the preferred partner for all their industrial and medical gas requirements.
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Corporate Responsibility
Merged into our business goals are our values and principles. At Multigas we practice an integrated approach that respects our shareholders, business partners, employees and the environment. In developing business ventures we seek customer value in harmony with ecological and social sustainability. We promote health and safety in all areas of operation.
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Our Business
Industrial and Medical Gases
These activities involve two companies: Multigas Limited, which handles industrial and medical gas production and Multigas Sales Limited, which is responsible for traded products. Gas is distributed by pipeline, in road tankers, in cylinders and specialised vessels. A close and long-standing collaboration exists with strategic international partners.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Liquigas Malta Ltd is a joint venture between Multigas Limited and Liquigas S.p.A., Italy's leading distributor of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). Liquigas is at the forefront of strategic sectors such as technological development and environmental protection, and forms part of SHV Holdings of the Netherlands, a global leader in the LPG sector.
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Ethics and Compliance
At Multigas we endorse integrity, honesty and fairness. Our guiding principles oblige compliance with legal regulations and promote exemplary moral conduct.
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Company History
- L.Farrugia and Sons was established in 1892 and the Farrugia family owned flour mills in Hamrun, which were destroyed during the 1919 protests, later referred to as the Sette Giugnio Riots
- In the late nineteen twenties the company, which had become commonly known as Farsons, set up its own brewery
- In order to diversify, in 1926 the company ventured into the production of its first gas: Carbon Dioxide for beverage production
- Farsons was eventually amalgamated with Simonds and Cisk to form Simonds Farsons Cisk in 1929
- Part of the Hamrun site was destroyed during the World War ll blitz but rebuilt within one year
- In the post war period L.Farrugia and Sons bought two gas plants which enabled local production of Oxygen, Nitrogen and Acetylene
- A larger plant was imported in 1958 in order to further increase production
- By the time a new site was opened in Marsa, the company had started hydrogen production and was also supplying medical gases
- Multigas was formed in 1986 to take on the gas and related business from L.Farrugia and Sons
- The next vital step saw the opening in 2002 of a green-field site in Kirkop accompanied by a fundamental investment in a new air separation unit and the closure of the Hamrun site
A number of relevant milestones were set in the area of regulation and certification: ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems in 1994, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) in 2000, Marketing Authorisation for Medical Oxygen in 2005, TPED (Transportable Pressure Equipment Directive) in 2007, OHSAS 18000 (Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Services) in 2007 and more recently HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) in 2010
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