In 1926 Matheson Gas Products became the first company to offer a reliable
source of high quality scientific gases and equipment. From the start, Matheson
asserted its leadership by understanding specialty gas applications and
providing products specially designed for these applications. Some of
Matheson's more notable accomplishments include the development of the lecture
bottle, now used by virtually every major college and university in the world,
and the supply of ultra pure gases that served as standards for the first gas
chromatographs.
1895 First Air Separation Plant, Dr. Otto von Linde
1910 Nippon Sanso Corporation Founded in Tokyo, Japan
1927 Matheson Gas Products Founded by Adam Matheson in North Bergen,
NJ
1929 Matheson Developed the First Lecture Bottle
1929 Matheson Joined the Compressed Gas Association
1947 Invention of the First Transistor
1957 Sputnik, the World's First Artificial Satellite, Launched by
the Soviet Union
1960 Invention of First Gas Laser (Helium/Neon)
1966 Matheson Acquired Grey Chemical, Gloucester, MA
1969 First Man Walks on the Moon
1981 Matheson Received the Semmy Award as the World's First
Commercial Producer of Silane
1983 Matheson is Purchased by Nippon Sanso and AmeriGas/UGI
1987 Tri-Gas Established in Dallas, TX
1988 Matheson Equipment Technology Center Launched in
Montgomeryville, PA
1989 Matheson is Fully Owned by Nippon Sanso Corporation, Tokyo,
Japan
1990 Matheson Acquired Semi-Gas Systems, San Jose, CA
1992 Tri-Gas is Purchased by Nippon Sanso Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
1994 Matheson Acquired BandGap, Longmont, CO (now Advanced
Technology Center)
1997 Matheson Gas Products Korea Plant Opened in Cheonan, Korea
1999 Matheson Tri-Gas Formed as Matheson Gas Products and Tri-Gas
Merge
2004 Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation Formed as Nippon Sanso
Corporation and Taiyo Toyo Sanso Corporation Merge
2004 Matheson Tri-Gas Purchased Six Air Separation Plants from Air
Liquide
2006 Matheson Tri-Gas Purchased Linweld, Inc., Lincoln, NE
2006 Matheson Tri-Gas Global Helium Formed
2006 Matheson Gas Products Korea Opened in Asan, Korea
2007 Matheson Tri-Gas Acquires Polar Cryogenics
2008 Matheson Tri-Gas Acquires Five Star Gas & Gear, Cedar
Rapids Welding Supply, Aeris, and Advanced Gas Technologies
2008 Matheson Tri-Gas and IBM Collaborate on Semiconductor
Manufacturing
2009 Matheson Tri-Gas Acquires Valley National Gases
2011 Matheson Acquires Quimby Welding Supplies, Inc.