Gases and gas mixtures for medical and therapeutic purposes, gaseous medicines, gases for anaesthetic and pain-relieving purposes for human beings and animals, gases and gas mixtures for healing purposes, for improving the mental state and for wellbeing; Aerosols and aerosol components for human use; Disinfectants; Fabrics for destroying harmful organisms, vermin and insects, fungicides, herbicides, in particular gaseous media or media used with gas for protecting crops or stored foodstuffs.

Machines and apparatus for gas separation; Apparatus for gas concentration; Pumps, liquefied gas pumps, compressor units, pressure generating apparatus; Vacuum pumps, vacuum or low-pressure generating apparatus; Electric welding and cutting apparatus, autogenous welding and cutting apparatus, the aforesaid for manual use, burners, burner heads and nozzles, and electrodes and transformers therefor; Machines and machine tools operating using compressed or process gas, and fittings in connection therewith, namely machines for the metal, electronics, chemical, food and plastics industries, for the manufacturing and automotive industries, and parts therefor, in particular gas-related construction parts and components; Machines for processing, crushing and separating metal parts, plastic parts and rubber parts; accessories for gas technological machines and machine components (included in class 7) , in particular gas regulating, shut-off, pressure reducing, pressure monitoring devices or valves and combinations thereof for industrial purposes; Expansion machines; Condensers (in particular for air), regenerators (in particular for solvents); Mechanical generators of energy on the basis of excess pressure or waste heat; Mechanical apparatus for the liquefaction and separation of air, mechanical apparatus/machines for the production, liquefaction, separation, purification and re-gasification of industrial and natural gases; Electric arc or laser-based welding and cutting machines, and parts therefor, in particular gas-related components; Welding and cutting electrodes, nozzles and other consumables for welding and cutting; Mechanical apparatus for exhaust gas purification, waste separation and waste treatment, included in class 7, gas scrubbers, waste separation installations, gas injectors, regeneration installations for energy and materials, composting apparatus, fermentation installations; Dispensing installations for beverages.

Breathing apparatus, life-saving apparatus and life-saving kits comprising life-saving apparatus with accessories; Measuring apparatus and pressure regulators for gas cylinders, in particular including for respiratory gas cylinders; Valve and regulating heads for gas cylinders; Safety and protective equipment for the workplace, in particular protective clothing, protective helmets, protective masks, solderers' helmets, protective and safety goggles, clothing for protection against accidents, irradiation and fire, protective gloves; Apparatus and instruments for gas detection and for tracing gases in installations or spaces; Apparatus for remotely reading measurement values; Apparatus for logging and evaluating measurement values; Fire retarding and extinguishing apparatus; Equipment and apparatus for the checking (supervision) and regulation of gas and liquid gas quantities, mainly comprising control consoles, display instruments, flow meters, flow switches, sensors and, where necessary, alarm sounders, in particular for industrial applications.

Medical apparatus for administering medical gases, in particular gases containing oxygen or medicines in gas form; Medical measuring and monitoring apparatus, medical apparatus and equipment and medical accessories for the application of gases, in particular oxygen, in the private sector; Oxygen concentrators, Oxygen concentrators; oxygen masks and Nasal prongs; Pulse meters; oxymeter; Lung testers, Humidifiers; Valves and fittings suitable for medical gases, being components for gas supply apparatus for medical apparatus or medical gas applications, in particular in hospitals; Gas withdrawal stations for hospitals and similar institutions.

Apparatus for heating, steam and gas generating, refrigerating, ventilating, and fumigating; gas supply, gas procurement, and gas preparation equipment and gas supply installations; gas purifieers, gas generators and apparatus for the manufacturing of process gas/gases; apparatus for liquefaction and/or separation of gases and gas mixtures, in particular air and hydrocarbon gases by thermodynamic measures and/or cooling; gas withdrawal devices, gas regulating apparatus and safety apparatus for preparing an available gas stock for use, mainly consisting of a combination of measuring, switching and adjustment components; Regulating and safety accessories for gas apparatus and gas pipes, in particular shut-off valves, non-return valves, security valves of all kinds; burners and Burner systems; industrial furnaces and heating chambers; Thermal reactors for gas conversions; refrigerating and freezing apparatus, in particular for for use in industry, freezing tunnel for the food industry; deep-cold keeping and cryogenic technology apparatus, cryostats, liquefiers for technological or scientific gases; gas separators, gas scrubbers, Adsorbers and adsorber installations, membrane gas separators; Distillation apparatus and columns, gas condensers; heat exchangers, fluid/gas heaters and coolers; Filters, Sieves for gases and liquids; Wastewater purification apparatus and fish water treatment installations, water treatment and processing apparatus; Fittings, taps, withdrawal valves and pressure reducers suitable for gas, in particular specially adapted shut-off and withdrawal closing extraction valves of metal for special gas containers; Taps, valves and fittings of metal combined as a functional unit for producing controlled gas flows or gas pressures; Cutter heads and cutter nozzles for cutting burners, gas distributors and injectors for distributing or injecting gases into media and in volumes of any kind; Regulating and controlling apparatus for the distribution and procurement of gases or liquid gases for use; Flap Stop valves for process gas flows and process gas flow distributors; Heat, steam and gas generating apparatus, refrigerating and freezing equipment, and thermochemical reactors.

Retailing in sales outlets and department stores in the fields of household, garden and recreational crafts, DIY articles and requisites, and retailing relating to medical equipment and apparatus and medical aids for the home sector, in particular for the respiratory sector, and services in connection therewith, excluding exchange services, delivery and rental services; Retailing, sale and sales promotion of goods and services through mail order catalogues or through electronic offers via the internet in the fields of household, garden and recreational crafts, DIY articles and requisites, and relating to medical equipment and apparatus and medical aids for the home sector; Retailing relating to industrial application gases, equipment for storing and dispensing industrial gases, welding and cutting equipment, heating equipment; Retailing relating to tools, crafted consumables and protective clothing; Procurement services for others, namely purchasing of goods and services for others in the fields of industrial gases and medical gases; Administrative management of the storage, warehousing and onward supply of industrial gases or medical gases; Computerised data processing for the administration of gases; Information regarding the stock levels and the traceability of cylinders containing industrial gases and medical gases, namely administrative tracking of gas cylinder deliveries and routes and the on-site use of gas cylinders.

Installation or assembly, repair and servicing of gas technology, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, medical and environmental technology installations and apparatus, gas supply installations for industry and health care, industrial refrigerating and freezing equipment, cryogenic apparatus and installations; Construction management for the construction of industrial and institutional large-scale apparatus and installations for chemistry and petrochemistry, the production industry, science, environmental technology and medical technology; Maintenance and repair of chemical reactors, gas separators, gas generators, apparatus for conveying gas, cryogenic apparatus, apparatus for processing and preserving foodstuffs, gas testing instruments; Installation and maintenance of welding and cutting equipment; Installation and maintenance of heat treatment units; Maintenance, servicing and repair of fuel cells and their components; Maintenance and servicing of gas networks and parts thereof for supplying gases in industry or medical gases in hospitals; Maintenance, supply and sterilisation of medical equipment and apparatus; Servicing, repair and installation of apparatus and instruments for measuring, calibration, checking, analysis and benchmarking purposes.

Services in connection with the sending, broadcasting, dissemination and transmission of image and sound information, data and measurement data via radio, electronic media or the internet; Remote transmission of data and measurement data; Transmission of control data for optimising the operation and administration of a gas supply; Transmission of data regarding the storage of gas in gas stores or regarding gas cylinder stocks; Emergency services for the arrangement of medical assistance.

Delivery, storage and transport of goods, equipment, working materials, raw materials, transport of gas via pipelines; Delivery of gas to companies, institutions, hospitals and private individuals, in particular including delivery of gas in gas containers or gas cylinders or in large quantities via tankers or gas pipes, including automated delivery and delivery without specific requirements; Transport services, namely transport of individuals and small loads, chauffeur services and courier services; Vehicle rental, in particular rental of automobiles and other vehicles for transportation of individuals by land; Rental of vehicle accessories, in particular luggage carriers, trailers; Supply and connection of gas stocks for immediate provision; Rental of machines and apparatus for transporting and handling solid, liquid and gaseous media; Rental of tanks, racks and containers for storing gases, gas cylinders and gas supply components, devices for heating and cooling gas, liquefied gas evaporators; Delivery and warehousing of cryogenic goods, rental of cryogenic containers.

Providing of training, instruction and tuition for specialist personnel or private individuals in the field of the application of medical gases; Providing of training, instruction and tuition for specialist personnel regarding the handling of cryogenic media and liquid gases; Providing of training, tuition and instruction for individuals in the fields of gas application, gas supply technology and gas safety technology; Welding courses and welding training courses, and courses regarding specific industrial gas application technologies and regarding the operation of gas, chemical and low-temperature installations; Publication of information and instructional materials in various areas of gas application, and publication of gas equipment catalogues; Providing of training, tuition and instruction for specialist personnel or private individuals regarding medical apparatus, in particular apparatus for administering medical gases and equipment in connection therewith.

Expertise/engineering in the field of chemistry and petrochemistry, process engineering and environmental technology, pharmacy and medical technology, and gas usage and application technology; Technical consultancy in all fields relating to gas application, gas treatment and gas generation, petrochemical/chemical and pharmaceutical process engineering, and refrigeration, liquefaction and cryotechnology (deep-freezing technology), and exhaust gas, water and waste engineering; Technical planning and construction, basic and detailed engineering (layout and design services) and function testing and conducting of trials in connection with gas technology, cryogenic, chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and environmental protection apparatus and installations, refrigerating and freezing equipment and cryogenic apparatus; Computer programming, for others, in connection with the aforesaid apparatus and installations and related technologies.

Medical and care services in the institutional and home sector; Services in the field of patient care and nursing care in the home sector, medical assistance or services provided by other specialist medical personnel or care staff, in particular support for the application of medical gases in the home, for performing treatments in the home sector, and care services, including involving consultancy, support and monitoring in connection therewith; Medical assistance or services provided by other specialist medical personnel, in particular services for the application of medical gases, in particular respiratory gases, or for performing treatments with medicines in gas form; Conducting of medical and respiratory assistance treatments and applications in the home sector; Conducting of medical and respiratory assistance treatments and applications in hospitals or facilities subordinate to hospitals; Medical equipment rental; Telemetric monitoring of patients.

Rental and lending of heat pumps and energy recovery apparatus (mainly consisting of recuperative furnaces, expansion machines, compressors, pumps, control mechanisms and pipes), rental and lending of welding and cutting burners, devices for injecting gas in any media for cooling and/or atmosphere creating, of plants/apparatus for treating waste water; information for personnel from other companies in all fields pertaining to protective gas welding, refrigeration and air-conditioning, heat pumps, energy recovery installations, waste water technology and operating waste water treatment plants; technical consultancy in the field of the adding of solid materials and gases to molten metals, technical consultancy for specialists from other companies in the field of protective gas welding, technical consultancy in the development of processes for the separation and liquefaction of gases, the splitting of hydrocarbons and the processing of the split products, for welding technology and applications relating to gases; technical consultancy for special waste water treatment processes; technical consultancy in the purification of gases for welding technology and applications relating to gases.

Training and education for personnel from other companies in all fields pertaining to the use of industrial gases, protective gas welding, process engineering, refrigeration and air-conditioning, heat pumps, energy recovery installations, waste water technology and operating waste water treatment plants; training, education of people of other companies, namely of refrigeration specialists, drivers of special-purpose vehicles and material handling vehicles and of salespersons; providing of training for training personnel from other companies.

Development/basic engineering and design of industrial plants, refrigeration plants, machine/manufacturing plants, heat pump installations, energy recovery apparatus (mainly consisting of recuperative furnaces, expansion machines, compressors, pumps, control mechanisms and pipes), ventilating and air-conditioning installations, cooled and noncooled equipment for retail establishments/shops, refrigerating and freezing cells, mobile drive systems (consisting of a primary energy source, mainly a combustion engine or an electric motor, and a energy converter, mainly a hydrostatic gear), materials handling vehicles/industrial trucks, installations for gas storage and gas supply for protective gas welding (mainly consisting of gas vessels, also for liquefied gases, evaporators, pressure gas bottles, pumps, armatures and pipes), welding and cutting burners, devices for injecting gas in any media for cooling and/or atmosphere creating, apparatus for refrigerating and/or storing objects at low temperatures using cold or liquefied gases and cold-crushing installations, plants/apparatus for purification of waste water as well as the controlling equipment thereof, devices for introducing oxygen into waste water, devices for protective gas welding and installations for adding solid materials or gas to molten metals; research and development works as well as services of an engineer in the aforesaid fields; preparing computer programs for others for commercial accounting and statistics, for process engineering operations, for engineer technical planning and for materials management; preparing of technical expertises and studies, in particular for protective gas welding and waste water problems; technical consultancy in the field of the use of injection lances and the construction of drive systems and control devices materials; testing for others; checking of machines for others, in particular testing of mobile drive systems and material handling vehicles/ industrial trucks; executing tests for others in the fields of welding, protective gas welding, metal annealing, cold crushing, deflashing of plastic mouldings, refrigeration and air-conditioning, heat application and energy recovery, purifying and treating of waste water, adding solid materials and gases to molten metals and in using injection lances; information for personnel from other companies in all fields pertaining to the use of industrial gases and process engineering.