Saturn Industrial Gases
of Sunderland and Thornaby
of Windlesham, Surrey.
1936 Private company.
1955 "Apart from B.O.C. the only firm which produces and supplies both oxygen and dissolved acetylene is Saturn, which supplies these gases mainly in the North East of England where its works are situated. Oxygen is supplied only as a gas: in cylinders or by pipeline to customers' works. Saturn is a principal supplier of propane which it distributes in all parts of the United Kingdom except Wales: it does not produce propane. All three gases are supplied at delivered prices."[1]
1957 'British Oxygen Company's only real competitor in this field was Saturn Industrial Gases Lid, of Sunderland and Thornaby. The profit rate of Saturn was much lower than that of BOC. Saturn’s prices were “rather lower than B.O.C.'s" '[2] 'In distribution they find that there is effective competition between B.O.C. and its chief competitor, Saturn Industrial Gases, Ltd. They conclude, therefore that the monopolistic conditions in respect to the supply of propane by producers and ...'[3]
1960 Staff recruited for the office at Gordon Road. Southall.[4]
1961 Manufacturers of industrial gases, electronic tungsten argon arc welding equipment and gas cutting equipment. 300 employees. [5]
1963 Acquired by Air Products together with the subsidiaries, except for H. G. Sanders and Son.[6]