(i) Formed in the year 1996, Premier Cryogenics is the largest manufacturer of industrial gases in the N.E. Region. The company produces industrial gases such as Liquid Nitrogen, Liquid Oxygen, Industrial and Medical Oxygen, Industrial and high purity Nitrogen gas, Dissolve Acetylene, Dry Compressed Air, etc. (ii) The company also deals in specialty gases such as Helium, Hydrogen, Freon, Calibration gases. Gas mixtures, ultra-high purity gases, etc. (iii) It also deals in all types of spares and components required by the gas industry, viz., valves, cylinders, regulators, liquid containers, etc. (iv) Premier Cryogenics is a professionally managed company. It is listed with the Calcutta Stock Exchanges as public limited company. Reputed institutions like NEDFI(North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd.) & AIDC( Assam Air Products Private Limited) are among the shareholders of the company. (v) At present, the company’s main focus is in the NE region and the nearby states. However, the Company proposes to venture into new and diversified areas and expand its business pan India in the years to com Application of Industrial Gases The products of the company are used by Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Oil exploration companies (ONGC & OIL), O Refineries (IOCL, NRL, BRPL), leading Hospitals, Railways, Major construction giants, Reputed ce manufacturers, etc. Manufacturing Plant The company has two manufacturing plants; 1. One is located at Guwahati in the North-East part of India. The state of the art plant at Guwahati has been in operation since 1996. 2. A second plant at Samaguri which is operational since 2018. With this new plant, the total installed capacity for Oxygen and Nitrogen gases, which contributes more than 50% in revenue of the company has become more than double its existing production capacity. With the new plant, the Company could meet the needs of a variety of industrial gas consumers mainly from the core sector oil industries, Research laboratories, Railways, Food processing, Infrastructure, and Health care sectors. A subsidiary of the Premier Cryogenics The company has one subsidiary named PCL Power Private Limited. It has started in the year 2018. The objective of forming a subsidiary is to venture into the business of generating power by procuring Natural gas from the OIL sector companies and utilize the same for captive or group captive consumption.