Universal Cryo Gas, LLC, (www.uigi.com) a supplier of on-site produced nitrogen, oxygen and argon, said in early October that its recently installed North Carolina nitrogen generation plant was in commercial production.

The plant supplies pipelined nitrogen gas to a specialty chemicals manufacturing complex from a cryogenic nitrogen generator which was supplied, installed and commissioned by Universal Industrial Gases, Inc. (UIG), an affiliated company based in Easton, Pa.

Universal Cryo Gas, LLC was formed in 2005 to supply nitrogen, oxygen and argon to industrial gas users from plants that are located at the customer's site and owned and operated by Universal Cryo Gas. The company says its onsite gas customers realize significant cost savings from onsite plants versus buying bulk liquid products and vaporizing them when needed.

Universal Industrial Gases, Inc. was founded in 1992, and supplies air separation plants and equipment, plus related engineering, construction, operation and maintenance services, to customers throughout the world.