BOC Kenya Plc

BOC Kenya Plc is a manufacturing company engaged in the production and sale of industrial and medical gases, as well as welding products. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. It operates through three segments serving Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, offering a comprehensive range of gases including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, specialty gases, and acetylene-related chemicals.

The company provides its products and services to diverse industries including aerospace and defense, chemicals, construction and infrastructure, electronics, food and beverages, medical, metal fabrication, power and energy, and rubber and plastics. BOC Kenya also offers cryogenic gas storage tanks, maintenance services, gas pipeline design and installation, LPG installation, and customer engineering services.

BOC Kenya Plc is listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) under the ticker symbol BOC. The company is a subsidiary of BOC Holdings, which is wholly owned by Linde Group, a Germany-incorporated multinational conglomerate. As of recent data, BOC Holdings owns 65.38% of the company, with the remaining 34.62% held by institutional and private investors on the NSE.