Hexagon Composites ASA is the largest manufacturer of composite gas cylinders worldwide, with production facilities in Europe and the US and a global distribution and service network. It has over 50 years of experience manufacturing composite cylinders safely since 1963 and type 4 cylinders in serial production since 1993. The company is publicly traded on the Oslo stock exchange and has shown solid profitable growth, with expected corporate sales to reach over $140 million in 2011.