UIG and UCG have supply solutions for companies in steelmaking, metals manufacturing, metals fabrication, refining, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electronics, food and beverage processing, rubber, plastics, glass, energy exploration and production, pulp and paper, and many other types of industries and applications where the user requires nitrogen and/or oxygen at high enough rates that on-site gas production is more economically attractive than vaporization of bulk liquid products.  In addition to supplying air separation plants to end users, UIG supplies air separation equipment and merchant liquid production plants to other industrial gas companies.

UIG and UCG primarily focus on "middle market" customers and applications which require approximately 30 to 500 tons per day of nitrogen and/ or oxygen.  At the lower end of this production range, customers can typically save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year versus continuing to purchase costly and volatile-priced liquid nitrogen or oxygen. Industrial gases users with demand in the hundreds of tons per day range will find that UIG and UCG are able to offer supply solutions which are more attractively priced, and which contain more customer-friendly commercial terms than are available from alternative onsite gas producer/ suppliers.  

The UIG and UCG home office is located in the north-east United States, in eastern Pennsylvania.  We are a little more than a one hour drive away from both New York City and Philadelphia.  UCG regional representatives serve customers and potential customers in various markets in the US.  UIG has representatives in several other countries.  Contact us at our home office and we will respond as quickly as possible. 

Mergers, acquisitions and restructuring of major industrial gases company operations have resulted in considerable consolidation of the industry. Many of the large industrial gas companies have made, and are continuing to make, significant cutbacks in engineering, construction, field service and customer service staff. 

Faced with rising prices and declining service levels, many industrial gases users have become increasingly interested in exploring alternative supply arrangements.     

UIG and UCG offer industrial gas supply alternatives

We want to earn your business by working with you to define and offer on-site industrial gases production and supply arrangements that meet your needs in a cost-effective and reliable manner.   

We want to keep your business by providing responsive, customer-friendly service. 

We offer two approaches to on-site gas production: 

1. UIG sells plants to produce nitrogen and/ or oxygen to companies which would like to produce the product they need in a plant they own, with their own operations personnel. 

2. UCG supplies nitrogen and/ or oxygen in a utility-like fashion to companies which do not want to own or operate an on-site production system.  UCG installs the plant, and then operates and maintains it throughout the agreed supply period. Initial product supply periods are typically 7 to 15 years.

With UIG and UCG, you have multiple choices.  We will work with you to analyze the pros and cons of potential choices, so that you will can choose the supply arrangements which are optimal for your company's current and expected future needs. 

  One Option: Plant Purchase by End-User:          

Many industrial gases users can reduce their sourcing costs significantly by purchasing a UIG gas production unit and integrating it with their current operations and maintenance functions instead of relying on one of the major industrial gas companies to produce gases for them or using vaporized bulk liquid products as their sole source of required industrial gases. UIG supplies equipment to produce oxygen, nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide (CO2) as gas and/or liquid.  We supply new and used gas and liquid plants, storage tanks, vaporizers and other plant components.

UIG offers a growing variety of new plants - cryogenic and non-cryogenic; all designed to provide cost effective, reliable, operationally flexible production options to "middle volume" gas customers. 

UIG provides engineering, construction and commissioning support services as needed to plant purchasers. UIG typically assists with a number of critical construction and commissioning activities, and provides technical training and support for the plant owner's operations and maintenance personnel through startup of the plant. UIG-supplied plants can be provided with any degree of pre-startup support, up to full  "turnkey" installations (complete installation by UIG). UIG also provides post-startup customer plant support services - ongoing support to plant operations and maintenance - as needed to supplement owner-operator in-house resources.

UIG not only designs and supplies new plants, in many cases it is able to offer clients refurbished and upgraded used industrial gases production plant options. These plants are fully-engineered combinations of new and reconditioned components which will provide excellent (and guaranteed) performance. In many cases they not only provide cost savings versus all-new plants, but can be delivered and installed more quickly than an all-new plant.  

  Another Option: Supply of On-site-produced Gases to your Facility: 

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Universal Cryo Gas (UCG) will operate and maintain a production plant at your site which produces and delivers gaseous nitrogen or oxygen.  UCG onsite gas supply arrangements provide users with cost savings and long-term price stability. Onsite supply contracts typically have initial supply periods between seven and fifteen years in length.

Typical  initial year savings for UCG customers who have been vaporizing bulk liquid products, are  20% to 40%, which, in dollar term, is usually hundreds of thousands of dollars a year - and those savings will grow over time .  If you currently purchase more than a trailer load of liquid nitrogen or oxygen every day (about 16 million SCF per month), you should investigate UCG onsite gas supply. You may be amazed at how much money can be saved.

We will meet your needs with the very best industrial gases supply solution 

UIG is staffed with highly experienced professionals dedicated to understanding your needs and preferences and meeting them. UIG will offer a gas and/or liquid production system that will reliably and cost effectively supply the products you need; now and into the future. 

Whether you prefer to purchase industrial gases as utility-like pipeline-delivered gas products from UCG, or purchase and operate your own UIG-supplied gas production system, our goal is to meet your needs. 

UIG supplies plants, equipment and services in most parts of the world 

We have executed projects in many countries, including the United States, Spain, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Poland, Peru, Albania, Ukraine, Turkey, India, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and Ireland. 

We know that successful projects require viable commercial arrangements 

We will work with you to define mutually beneficial product pricing and equipment purchase arrangements.  UIG will consider, in addition to straight equipment sale or gas supply contracts, equity investments, joint ventures, equipment leases and partial payment through sale of a portion of the plant production to others.  UIG can help arrange short term and longer term financing and payment arrangements, including Letters of Credit and U.S. Export-Import Bank guaranteed loans for qualified overseas buyers.  

• UIG and UCG are relatively small companies 

• We have fewer overheads and less inertia than our larger competitors

• We can make decisions and execute projects quickly

• We can save you money   

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