The history of Luxfer Gas Cylinders begins with the founding of Luxfer Glass Prism Syndicate, Ltd., in 1898. The company was established to produce and sell an innovative architectural glass panel with integral prisms that allowed daylight to be refracted into interior spaces. The name Luxfer comes from the Latin words "lux," meaning light, and "ferre," meaning to carry.

In the 1950s, after several decades of diversifying its product line, the company developed the world's first mass-produced aluminum high-pressure gas cylinders. Initially used to carry the carbon dioxide required for commercial beverage dispensing, Luxfer cylinders have since proved valuable in a wide variety markets, including fire extinguishing, industrial gas, medical, automotive, scuba diving and life support.

Today Luxfer Gas Cylinders owns and operates six manufacturing facilities on three continents, producing some three million high-pressure gas cylinders annually for customers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas.

From the ocean's deepest caves to the heights of Mt. Everest, Luxfer cylinders are setting the standard worldwide.