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A-Gas (HFC Refrigerant & Clean Agent Recycling)
Banbury, Oxfordshire (UK HQ); Rhonda, South Wales (primary UK operations); operations in US, Australia, and New Zealand. A-Gas is a specialist in the recovery, reclamation, and resale of refrigerant and fire suppression gases. In summer 2023, A-Gas partnered with Chemours to market recycled HFC-227ea as **FM-200R** — a UL-listed, FM-approved product for the OEM fire suppression market, specifically timed as a response to the AIM Act's 30% HFC production cut in 2024. FM-200R allows fire suppression system manufacturers to use recycled HFC-227ea as a drop-in for virgin FM-200 in refillable cylinders. A-Gas is not a chemical manufacturer — it collects, purifies, and resells recovered gas. As virgin HFC-227ea prices spiked 500%+, the A-Gas recycled supply became economically competitive. A-Gas US operations in Ohio.
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Concentration2023
A-Gas (UK-based refrigerant recycler) launched FM-200R — UL-listed, FM-approved recycled HFC-227ea — in partnership with Chemours in summer 2023, explicitly timed to get ahead of the AIM Act's 30% HFC production cut in 2024. This makes A-Gas the first company to commercialize recycled clean fire agent at a scale relevant to OEM fire suppression system manufacturers. The circular economy logic: fire suppression systems are periodically discharged and decommissioned; that gas is collected, purified back to specification, and resold. A British gas recycling company now supplies a portion of the HFC-227ea used in American data center fire protection — from recycled gas originally produced by Chemours or Chinese manufacturers.
A-Gas ↗Did you know2023
A-Gas occupies a structural position in two regulated gas markets simultaneously: HVAC refrigerant reclamation (where AIM Act HFC production cuts created scarcity and price spikes) and fire suppression clean agent recycling (where FM-200R fills supply gaps from the same AIM Act HFC-227ea production restrictions). The AIM Act 2024 30% HFC production cut affected both refrigerant supply for air conditioning AND clean agent supply for data center fire protection. A-Gas benefits from this dual supply constraint because its reclaimed gas business provides the alternative supply in both markets simultaneously. An Oxfordshire gas recycler became a critical infrastructure supplier to US data center operators -- not by designing a new product, but by being the company that collected and cleaned the gas that everyone else discarded.
A-Gas ↗Origin2023
A-Gas was founded in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England in 1993 -- the year the Montreal Protocol's HFC provisions were being finalized, creating the first commercial opportunity for refrigerant reclamation as CFC phase-out made recovered CFC gases valuable. A-Gas built its business model on the premise that recovered fluorocarbon gases, purified back to specification, can substitute for virgin production in most applications -- a circular economy argument applied to industrial gases before the term was invented. The company expanded from UK refrigerant reclamation into Australia (2002), New Zealand, and the US (Ohio operations), following the pattern of refrigerant recovery infrastructure into markets where phase-down regulations created scarcity premiums for recovered gas. The 2023 FM-200R launch -- partnered with Chemours, UL-listed, FM-approved recycled HFC-227ea for fire suppression -- represents A-Gas applying its 30-year refrigerant recovery expertise to the fire suppression market, which had not previously had a certified recycled clean agent product at commercial scale.
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