On the morning of July 12, Zhen-produced private carrier rocket - Zhuque No. 2 Yuan-2 carrier rocket was successfully launched, which is the world's first liquid oxygen methane carrier rocket. The liquid oxygen and space-grade krypton-xenon gas produced by Hangoxygen provide power support.

Tide news reporter learned from Hang Oxygen Group that some of the company's gas products are used in blue arrow space. For example, xenon, a rare gas, plays a very important role in the space field, carrying the heavy task of adjusting the position of the satellite in space and changing the orbit.

The rare gases produced by Hang Oxygen is a well-known brand in China's gas industry, and it has built the world's largest krypton gas and xenon refining center. On May 1, 2021, the Hangxite gas technical team successfully filled the first bottle of 0.2 cubic meters of qualified "aerospace grade" xenon product. The purity requirements for such products are very high, reaching more than 99.9999%. With the development of aerospace, the use of aerospace xenon, aerospace krypton propulsion spacecraft will be more and more, by 2024, the global market demand can reach hundreds of billions of yuan.

Since the 1950s, Hangoxygen has worked with space systems to research related liquid oxygen and nitrogen equipment, provide power for spacecraft, and also provide oxygen support for astronauts' "business trips".

Entering the gas industry for 20 years, Hangzhou Oxygen continues to self-increase the "sense of crisis", from the production of a single oxygen, to cover dozens of traditional industrial gases, and actively explore the electronic special gas, high-purity gas, rare gas, as well as the civilian market and other "new blue ocean" fields, truly realize the colorful application scene, the production state of the myriad.

Where does Hang Oxygen's sense of crisis come from?

In fact, Hangoxygen Group, as a listed company indirectly controlled by state-owned capital, has taken full advantage of the leading role and amplification effect of state-owned capital in recent years, and gradually transformed from a single equipment manufacturing to a professional service-oriented manufacturing, becoming the pioneer and leader of China's gas industry.

Data show that in 2022, the Hangzhou oxygen gas business achieved operating income of 8.08 billion yuan, an increase of 21.04%. Gases accounted for more than 60% of revenue, and the growth rate was much higher than that of the equipment business.

Change the sense of distress from Hang Oxygen people. "Air separation equipment is our important foundation, but the industry ceiling effect is more obvious." Because the gas is supported by heavy industry with high energy consumption, it is difficult to have a large increase in demand under the background of 'double carbon'." Zheng Wei, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of Hang Oxygen Group, said that based on such considerations, the company starts from the long-term goal, takes the gas industry as the traction of development, "Do fine and excellent equipment, make bigger and stronger gas." "At a time of low gross margins and tough times in equipment manufacturing, the gas business has grown steadily, acting as a hedge against cyclical fluctuations in the equipment business."

The development of Hangzhou Oxygen in the past 20 years is exactly in line with the "88 strategy" from the proposed to the practice of deep cultivation in the 20 years. As the first gas company of Hangzhou Oxygen - Hangzhou Jiande Oxygen Gas Co., LTD., the gas industry began to flourish.

In the past 20 years, Hang Oxygen has invested and built 57 gas companies across the country, and the "sweet potato tuber" continues to grow and the "sweet potato vine" continues to extend. At the same time, Hangzhou oxygen is also appearing frequently in the international market, and its products are currently distributed in more than 40 countries and regions around the world.

Recently, Hang Oxygen Group Co., Ltd. made a historic breakthrough, and a Ningbo resource technology company, a total investment of 297 million yuan, for Indonesia Obi Island stainless steel smelting supporting gas supply, to achieve the first industrial gas project to sea.

"We used to sell equipment, now we sell gas, and in the future gas and related services will account for more and more of the revenue." Zheng Wei said that the company from running to leading, currently in the production of gas equipment has entered the industry innovation "no man's land", "but Hang oxygen people always uphold the sense of crisis, open consciousness and consciousness of the first, take the initiative to embrace new changes."

In more than a thousand domestic gas companies, Hangzhou oxygen gas supply scale is in the first echelon. The development experience of international gas companies shows that merger and acquisition is an effective way for gas industry to rapidly grow bigger and stronger.

"The future market concentration further increase is the trend of The Times," Zheng Wei introduced, "Hang oxygen will actively plan to improve the standard of world-class improvement, leading the development of China's gas industry."

Domestic leading, but also to fill the domestic gaps. Ultra-high purity gas is an indispensable basic material for medical health. At present, China is completely dependent on imports. Hangzhou Oxygen uses low temperature rectification technology to develop a series of products to fill the domestic gap. "The international gas giant French Air Liquide group, the medical gas segment accounts for about a quarter of revenue. Pension, medical and health care is becoming more and more important in China, which is also our future development space and new blue ocean."

"We will continue to enrich the product matrix, develop civilian gas application scenarios, and closely connect gas with ordinary people's lives." Hangzhou oxygen gas retail center responsible person Zhang Meng introduced that Hangzhou oxygen gas products have been widely used in medical, food cryogenic quick-freezing, aquaculture, environmental protection and other aspects, in the stable expansion of bulk gas business at the same time, Hangzhou oxygen set up gas research institute, layout of future gas, expand gas application field.

The study of gases may seem mysterious, but it is a widespread part of our lives. For example, a ton of liquid nitrogen has more than 20 million drops, a bottle of milk packaging only needs a few drops of liquid nitrogen, under the action of liquid nitrogen gasification, the packaging is strong, convenient transportation, but also to prevent oxidation, the maximum extent of the retention of nutrients. Deng You, a post-90s researcher at Hang Oxygen Gas Research Institute, said, "The preservation of seasonal fruits such as bayberry and durian, which are common today, almost all have the effect of gas. There are frozen dumplings, puffed food, etc., also need to use a lot of nitrogen.

Every little bit makes a little difference. A few drops of liquid gas became big business. "It may seem like a small percentage, but it's actually a big one." Deng You said that their research on the application of gases is trying to make different gases play a myriad of effects from the dining table to space.