Luxfer Gas Cylinders has been manufacturing self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and life-support cylinders for firefighters and first-responders since the early 1970s. Luxfer is the most widely used cylinder brand for these applications, having supplied millions of cylinders. Trusted by all major SCBA original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Luxfer offers the most comprehensive range of full-wrap carbon composite cylinders, as well as high-pressure aluminum cylinders and hoop-wrap cylinders.
Founded in 1897 as a highly successful manufacturer of glass products sold throughout North America and Europe, Luxfer evolved as an enterprise through many products and markets over more than a century into The Luxfer Group, an international company with 16 manufacturing plants in the United Kingdom, United States, France, Czech Republic, Canada and China, as well as joint ventures in Japan and India.
The Luxfer Group’s current business is based on high-performance engineering materials, particularly aluminum, magnesium, zirconium and high-technology composites. The company’s operating divisions are world leaders in the manufacture of:
– High-pressure aluminum and composite gas cylinders by Luxfer Gas Cylinders, the focus of this website
– Advanced aluminum alloys
– Advanced magnesium alloys, magnesium powders and other magnesium products
– Zirconium chemicals and oxides and chemically-derived components of zirconium
– Engineered components made from aluminum, magnesium, titanium and carbon composites
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