Yes. Nippon Sanso Matheson’s parent company is Nippon Sanso Holdings Group. The Nippon Sanso Holdings Group is a global corporation that operates in more than 30 countries and regions and has over 20,000 employees globally.
Nippon means Japan and signifies precision and innovation. Sanso means oxygen, symbolizing life and energy, and reflecting our role in supporting industries, healthcare, and technology.
Adam Matheson founded the company that would become Nippon Sanso Matheson, and in doing so created the first reliable commercial source for high-purity scientific gases. The legacy of innovation and expertise lives on in Nippon Sanso Matheson.
While Matheson Tri-Gas, MATHESON and Tri-Gas have all been used as brand names in the past, our new name is Nippon Sanso Matheson.
Proactive. Innovative. Collaborative.
Making life better through gas technology.
The Gas Professionals.
We aim to create social value through innovative gas solutions that increase industrial productivity, enhance human well-being and contribute to a more sustainable future.
Gas users choose Nippon Sanso Matheson because we provide much more than gas. We deliver complete gas solutions including bulk gas supply, packaged gases, specialty gases, ultra-high purity and electronic gases, welding gases, medical gases, gas handling equipment, onsite gas generation, engineering services, pipeline systems, inventory management, purification technologies, Ultra High Purity Gas equipment and technical application support. In electronics and semiconductor manufacturing we also provide TGCM, or Total Gas and Chemical Management Services.
Whether your operation requires a single cylinder or a fully engineered onsite gas system, our specialists work with you to improve safety, reliability, productivity, and cost of ownership.
Nippon Sanso Matheson serves every major manufacturing sector, including:
– Aerospace
– Semiconductor and electronics manufacturing
– Food Freezing, including the design and manufacture of food freezers
– Beverage gases
– Pharmaceutical and biotechnology, including cryopreservation and research
– Healthcare and hospitals
– Oil and Gas
– Chemical Manufacturing
– Plastics and Rubber manufacturing
– Refining and energy
– Heat treating, including Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP)
– Metal fabrication, including welding and laser cutting
– Additive manufacturing and 3D printing, including Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) and Laser-Based DED (direct energy deposition) processes
– Aquaculture
Our industry specialists understand the unique gas purity, delivery, regulatory, and process requirements of each application.
Yes.
We design, engineer, install, operate, and maintain onsite gas production systems including air separation plants, nitrogen generators, HYCO facilities, pipeline systems, and complete gas management services.
For many high-volume users, onsite generation can improve reliability while reducing transportation costs and supply interruptions.
Absolutely.
Many of our customers operate regional, national, or multinational manufacturing networks. With more than 300 U.S. locations backed by the global Nippon Sanso Holdings organization, we can help standardize gas supply, safety practices, engineering support, and account management across multiple facilities.
Yes.
Our application engineers and technical specialists (including American Welding Society Certified Welding Sales Representatives) help customers optimize welding, cutting, heat treating, food freezing, semiconductor fabrication, laboratory processes, hydrogen applications, gas handling systems, cryogenic storage, purification, gas recycling and reclamation, including helium and argon recycling, and many other industrial processes.
Our goal is to improve production—not simply deliver cylinders.
We supply a comprehensive portfolio including:
– Oxygen
– Nitrogen
– Argon
– Carbon dioxide
– Dry ice
– Helium
– Hydrogen
– Acetylene
– Nitrous oxide
– Xenon
– Propane
– Medical and USP grade gases
– Food Grade gases
– Specialty gas mixtures
– Calibration gases
– Ultra-high purity gases
– Electronic gases
– Rare gases
– Laser gases
We also provide custom gas mixtures certified for laboratory, environmental, industrial, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor applications.
Our heritage includes decades of innovation in specialty gases and semiconductor applications. We provide ultra-high purity gases, electronic specialty gases, advanced purification technologies, gas cabinets, distribution systems, and gas handling equipment used by leading electronics manufacturers and research facilities around the world.
Yes.
Nippon Sanso Matheson provides hydrogen, carbon monoxide, syngas, and HyCO solutions for refining, chemicals, energy, and industrial manufacturing. We also engineer and operate over the fence hydrogen production and delivery systems for large industrial customers.
Yes.
In addition to industrial gases, we provide welding equipment, filler metals, cutting equipment, automation products, PPE, gas regulators, flow control equipment, gas detection systems, and related industrial supplies through our nationwide retail network.
Yes.
Industrial gases affect productivity, product quality, energy efficiency, throughput, safety, and operating costs. Our engineers evaluate customer processes and recommend optimized gas mixtures, delivery systems, storage methods, automation, as well as application improvements that support long-term operational performance.
Reliable gas supply depends on production capacity, distribution, engineering, inventory management, and contingency planning. Nippon Sanso Matheson supports customers through a nationwide production and distribution network, onsite generation capabilities, pipeline systems, packaged gas operations, and technical service teams that help maintain continuity of supply. Nippon Sanso Matheson rigorously measures on-time delivery and meets or beats customer leadtime expectations.
Nippon Sanso Matheson has implemented digital solutions in barcode cylinder tracking that allow us to track the specific cylinder, with serial number, from production, to delivery, to return. This helps our customers with important information regarding where their cylinders are, what has been returned (even if it is returned from a different end user), and how long each cylinder has been onsite with the end user.
Gas purity directly affects product quality, manufacturing yields, laboratory accuracy, semiconductor production, food quality, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and medical applications.
Nippon Sanso Matheson provides products ranging from industrial-grade gases to ultra-high purity gases designed for the most demanding applications.
Yes.
Our customers range from independent machine shops and local hospitals to research laboratories, food processors, aerospace manufacturers, semiconductor fabs, chemical producers, and multinational manufacturers.
Whether you require one cylinder or an integrated onsite gas system, we tailor solutions to your operation.
Yes.
Nippon Sanso Matheson is the U.S. operating company of Nippon Sanso Holdings, one of the world’s largest industrial, electronic, and medical gas companies. Together, the group operates across more than 30 countries and regions, combining global expertise with local technical support.
The right solution depends on your consumption, purity requirements, delivery frequency, storage space, process needs, and future growth.
Our specialists evaluate your operation and recommend the most appropriate solution, whether that is cylinders, microbulk, bulk cryogenic supply, pipeline delivery, or onsite gas generation.
Nippon Sanso Matheson believes that carbon neutrality is one of the most important industrial challenges and opportunities of our time. As part of the Nippon Sanso Holdings Group, we are committed to helping industries reduce carbon emissions through innovative gas technologies, process optimization, and sustainable energy solutions. Our approach focuses on creating practical pathways to decarbonization that balance environmental goals with operational performance and economic viability. We support customers through technologies including advanced combustion systems, hydrogen solutions, carbon capture and recovery, resource recycling, and process efficiency improvements. By combining engineering expertise with industrial gas innovation, Nippon Sanso Matheson helps manufacturers accelerate their transition toward a lower-carbon future. This commitment aligns with our broader vision of creating social value through innovative gas solutions that enhance productivity and contribute to a more sustainable world.
Yes. A low carbon index (or low carbon intensity) gas is a gas whose production, transportation, and use result in lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than conventional alternatives. The term is typically tied to a Carbon Intensity (CI) score, which measures the amount of CO₂-equivalent emissions generated per unit of energy or product across its entire lifecycle.
For industrial gases, the concept can include:
– Low-carbon hydrogen produced with carbon capture, renewable electricity, or low-emission feedstocks.
– Renewable natural gas (RNG) derived from organic waste streams.
– Carbon-captured or recycled CO₂ used in industrial applications.
Gas supply systems designed to reduce emissions through improved efficiency, recovery, recycling, or lower-carbon production methods. [theicct.org], [engineerfix.com]
Nippon Sanso Matheson offers a range of technologies and industrial gas solutions designed to help customers lower emissions and reduce the carbon intensity of their operations. Our capabilities include low-carbon and hydrogen-based process solutions, oxy-combustion technologies that improve fuel efficiency, carbon dioxide recovery systems, gas recycling technologies, and onsite gas generation systems. We work with customers across industries such as steel, glass, chemicals, energy, refining, and manufacturing to identify opportunities for operational decarbonization. Our engineering teams evaluate each application to determine the most effective combination of gases, equipment, and process improvements. The result is a customized solution that can improve productivity while supporting sustainability and carbon reduction objectives.
To learn more about Nippon Sanso’s carbon-neutral solutions and decarbonization technologies, visit Carbon Neutral World, the dedicated sustainability platform created by the Nippon Sanso Holdings Group. Carbon Neutral World showcases technologies, case studies, market applications, and practical pathways that help industries reduce emissions and improve environmental performance. The platform highlights key focus areas including hydrogen solutions, advanced combustion technologies, carbon dioxide recovery, circular economy initiatives, and digitalization strategies. Visitors can explore how gas technologies can support sustainability goals across industries such as steel, aluminum, glass, biomethane, and energy production. Carbon Neutral World also features insights from experts across the global Nippon Sanso organization and demonstrates how industrial gases can contribute to a carbon-neutral future. Learn more at Carbon Neutral World.
Nippon Sanso Matheson offers a complete range of industrial gas supply systems designed to meet the needs of facilities of every size. Instead of offering ONLY bulk or only cylinders, we comprehensively partner with customers as a single source supplier for long term growth. For lower-volume applications, we provide packaged gas solutions including cylinders and specialty gas products. Mid-sized users can benefit from microbulk and bulk cryogenic systems that provide reliable gas supply with reduced handling requirements. For large-scale operations, we design, build, and support onsite gas generation and air separation systems that deliver gases directly where they are needed. We also provide pipeline distribution systems, storage equipment, monitoring technologies, and engineering services to ensure safe and efficient operation. Our specialists evaluate factors such as gas consumption, flow needs, purity requirements, delivery frequency, growth plans, and operating costs to recommend the most effective supply solution for each customer.
Yes.
Nippon Sanso Matheson customers have access to Nippon Sanso Matheson engineering support and services prior to startup of gas services, and throughout the life of the partnership. Our teams range from electrical, mechanical, metallurgical and process engineers to help solve customers’ problems and needs, including the design of control systems. We specialize in simple and complex gas solutions, including food freezing solutions, an area where we custom design and in-house build food freezers, vacuum jacketed piping to delivery liquid cryogens, NFPA 86C, NADCAP, metallurgy and other heat-treating requirements, combustion applications including the ability to use computational fluid dynamics, dissolved oxygen systems for aquaculture, custom and pre-engineered robotic welding solutions, additive manufacturing expertise, gas purification and other engineered solutions. We have a specialty gas equipment group that designs and builds specialty gas and ultra-high purity gas delivery systems in house.
Yes! Nippon Sanso Matheson is a great place for women to work, and we have an employee resource group called WAM!, or Women at Matheson. The employee resource group is volunteer led but supported by the organization, and open to men and women. It organizes activities such as mentoring, and opportunities to learn more about different aspects of the company and different career path options.
