As of today, and for the foreseeable future, our factories in the Czech Republic, UK and China operate under full load whilst ensuring employee health and monitoring guidance from local government and authorities. Our external supply chain is somewhat affected, but we work on alternatives to ensure the delivery of our products.  

As a leading provider of Medical Gas Equipment, GCE is experiencing a very high demand for our products during this pandemic and are doing our utmost to provide our products to the healthcare systems around the world.

GCE are enabling remote working for many of our employees and enforcing social distancing for those employees who continue working within our manufacturing and distribution centres to minimize the virus risk and to be able to support you as a customer. 

Our global team is available to respond to emergency matters, should they require certified medical gas devices or alternatives from the industrial or speciality gas sector to help save lives. You will find our contact form on the website, please fill it in and we will direct it to the right resource and come back to you. 

In these days we appreciate your business more than ever and are striving to fulfil our obligations. 

Stay safe & healthy.

Christophe de Fitte and the GCE Group team

During this Thanksgiving time (November 28 & 29) our GCE Healthcare offices will be closed.

Thank you and have a wonderful holiday!
GCE Healthcare team

World COPD Day is organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) in collaboration with health care professionals and COPD patient groups throughout the world. Its aim is to raise awareness about the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and improve COPD care throughout the world.

Each year GOLD chooses a theme and coordinates preparation and distribution of World COPD Day materials and resources. World COPD Day activities are organized in each country by health care professionals, educators, and members of the public who want to help reduce the burden of COPD.

The first World COPD Day was held in 2002. Each year organizers in more than 50 countries worldwide have carried out activities, making the day one of the world’s most important COPD awareness and education events.

1. All product distribution will transition to the ESAB distribution centre located in Denton, TX. This state of the art facility will be the main distribution hub for all GCE Healthcare products, including Zen-O and Zen-O lite POCs as well as parts and accessories.

2. Quality Biomedical will become an authorized service location for GCE Zen-O and Zen-O POCs. The company specializes in respiratory equipment, servicing stationary and portable oxygen concentrators and offers close service support across the country. Quality Biomedical’s online service portal allows customers to self-serve requests for RMAs to streamline the process and reduce service downtime.

The transition allows for greater flexibility and improved service level as GCE Healthcare USA is leveraging the combined strength of ESAB and Quality Biomedical.

Read more here.

“In recognition of outstanding overall readership of this advertisement as compared to all other advertisements”.

We’re very happy to spread the good news that our Zen-O POC range featuring RRT can deliver increasing volumes of oxygen right when the user needs it and wish to thank all our readers.

Our visitors came from several countries such as India, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and many more during these 4 days. We found the event a huge success resulting from the high quality of the enquiries received and look forward to start new business relationships in order to support the regional growth by providing our high quality medical products to hospitals, clinics and patients.

If you have any questions regarding the exhibition, our company or products please do not hesitate to contact us.

Mehdi Delage
Regional Sales Manager - Middle East

When the bottle is opened, this natural, dissolved CO₂ creates an effervescent “fizz” as it breaks free from solution in the drink wherever a bubble nucleation site exists, giving these drinks their distinct refreshing appeal and contributing to their mouthfeel.

In modern times, brewers and winemakers began to enhance the gasification process by adding supplementary CO₂ to modify the level of carbonation in drinks to change the taste, look and feel of the drinks, as well as preserving the beer.

GCE now offer a range of re-useable, interchangeable gas cylinder diptubes to suit all cylinder sizes. These devices ensure that during cylinder filling, the High Pressure Nitrogen is jetted right into the body of the liquid CO₂ resting at the bottom of the cylinder during the filling processThis vapourises and agitates the CO₂, rapidly mixing the gases together.

Have you ever wondered why eggs remain fresh longer unrefrigerated than you might expect from any other similar dairy foods? Cream, for example, would quickly turn sour, smelly and green if not kept in a fridge. 

Eggs are blessed with a semi-permeable membrane under their shells, which helps to keep environmental contaminants out.

So why are beverage gas cylinders like chickens?

The answer is quite simple. Chickens through their natural respiration process, carbonate their eggs with CO₂ before laying them, ensuring longevity even in the warmest of conditions, in a nest underneath a chicken, for example.

So a chicken is like a beverage gas cylinder as it delivers the perfect gas mixture into a comestible product to ensure the product remains fresh longer, looking, feeling and tasting exactly as it should. 

Today, the brewing industry comprises several multinational companies and a multitude of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional and national breweries. 

You can see using of tubes during the exact mixing of CO2 in the animation. 

The team will be located in Hall 7 on stand H38 and will be showcasing:

• Zen-O™ Portable Oxygen Concentrator (POC) – Delivers up to 2LPM in pulse and continuous mode.
• Zen-O lite™ Lightweight Portable Oxygen Concentrator (POC) – Delivers up to 1050ml. The quietest POC in its class.
• Clarity online platform - helps home oxygen providers offer better care to patients.
• Slide Pressure Watch - Used in medical gas pipeline systems to monitor the correct distribution pressure on department/section/room level.
• Bed Head Unit - For patient rooms. Equipped with medical gas outlets, electrical or media sockets, nurse call systems etc. 
• New Suction Range - Clears retained or excessive lower respiratory tract secretions for patients.
• A variety of regulators, valves and flowmeters and other equipment used in administration of medical gas therapy.

Our experienced team will be pleased to talk you through our products and their features and how we can support you in delivering care to your patients.

For more information about the exhibition, including how to get free tickets, visit www.arabhealthonline.com.

To raise awareness of this debilitating condition, the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) is marking the 21st November 2018 as World COPD Day with the theme ‘Never too Early, Never too late’.

This type of progressive lung disease is characterised by increasing breathlessness, leading to a growing demand for Portable Oxygen Concentrators (POC).  Designed to improve quality of life for COPD patients, GCE Healthcare has increased the investment in research and development to help patients remain active and independent. 

Our product innovations include the Zen-O™ and Zen-O lite™ portable oxygen concentrators, which allow patients the freedom to move both inside and outside their home. They also offer best in class technology to detect shallow breaths and deliver a constant bolus of oxygen in response to different activity levels and breath rate.

With GCE Healthcare’s latest product Clarity, we’re harnessing advances in telehealth technology to allow providers and clinicians to review POCs’ usage history to make sure they are using the right system and are adhering to their oxygen therapy.

To find out more about how we are helping those with COPD live life to the full, pick up a copy of the December issue of Gasworld.

Wishing you and your family a Thanksgiving filled with joy, happiness, and memories to last a lifetime. Today and every day we are very blessed and thankful for your trust, loyalty, and business.

During this Thanksgiving time (November 22 & 23) our GCE Healthcare offices will be closed.

Thank you and have a wonderful holiday!
GCE Healthcare team

Read the complete Press Release here

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Malmö, Sweden, 3^rd July 2018 – GCE Group has launched a new research and testing facility at Chotěboř, Czech Republic, to raise the standard for safety and performance across the gas industry.

Gas control equipment is investing in cutting-edge technology to challenge existing standards and expand knowledge of the behaviour and lifetime effects of a diverse range of materials involved in the use of pressurised oxygen.

GCE is particularly focused on testing the ability of components to withstand adiabatic compression, a much-misunderstood phenomenon that can pose a serious fire hazard if overlooked. The research comes at a critical time for the gas control industry, following a growing number of globally reported Oxygen gas incidents that underline the need for greater awareness of the complex-and dangerous-properties of pressurised oxygen.

In Europe and US, there are two main competing standards, from the International Standardization Organisation (ISO) and ASTM International (American Society for Testing and Materials). GCE asserts that ASTM, favoured by the US, is the more rigorous standard and should be adopted as the global minimum. The European Union currently only requires compliance with the ISO standard.

However, according to Gareth Pemberton, GCE Group Director of Innovation:

“Neither standard reflects the real-world demands placed on gas control equipment. We’re committed to ensuring safe operation when reality deviates from conversative laboratory conditions.”

GCE has invested in the latest technology in its pursuit of performance. A high-speed video camera with high contrast ratios and high frame rates enables the manufacturer to record external ignition propagation with extreme precision. This will be joined by an Auto-Ignition Test bench later this year, which will deepen understanding of ignition mechanisms and kindling chains of various materials and lubricants.

“At GCE we believe the gas industry should take responsibility for pioneering new testing techniques to ensure all systems are capable of withstanding higher levels of adiabatic compression,” says Gareth Pemberton. “At our new facility, we are subjecting a wider range of equipment to a heightened level of testing, applying more heat, more shocks, more oxygen and more contaminants.”

He added: 

“Working together with the industry and our clients, we hope to establish higher standards for gas control equipment and ensure safer working environments around the world.”

Check out the new facility here: http://www.gcegroup.com/en/oxygen-rtfacility.

PRESS RELEASE PDF

Malmö, Sweden, 22^th May 2018 – GCE Group, the global manufacturer of professional Gas Control Equipment, has welcomed and introduced many respected brands under its umbrella over the years.

Now, the group is combining its diverse product portfolio into just three brands: GCE, GCE Druva and the newly launched GCE Healthcare.

GCE remains the Group brand, home to all products and all sub-brands. GCE Valves and GCE Cutting & Welding Technologies, including all associated products, will come under the GCE brand.

GCE will continue to develop its specialist products for clinicians and healthcare professionals under the GCE Healthcare brand, while all GCE Central Gas Systems will now be sold under the new GCE Druva brand.

Tony Peers, Executive Vice President Marketing, GCE Group, said:

“We have been setting the standard and performance in the gas control equipment industry for generations and with our significant investment in R&D, our diverse portfolio is always growing and improving.This is the latest step in our continued evolution - but some things never change. All three brands exemplify our commitment to safety, innovation, integrity and putting the customer first.” 

GCE was formed in 1987, with its headquarters in Europe and a growing global presence, including two new Healthcare facilities in the UK and the USA. GCE provides products and technical solutions for a large variety of applications, from simple pressure regulators and blowpipes for cutting and welding to sophisticated gas supply systems for medical and electronics industry applications.

GCE has released a video charting the manufacturer’s rich brand heritage, available here:

PRESS RELEASE PDF

OUR STORY

The combined event continues to be the primary gathering for leading metal manufacturers in Mexico and will bring together 575 exhibitors and cover more than 140,000 square feet of show floor.

Over 13,000 attendees from Mexico and South America will converge on the Centro Citibanamex to find solutions, network, learn and experience first-hand the latest innovations in the metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing industries.

For more information CLICK HERE.

GCE Healthcare today announced the launch of a secure online platform that will enable home oxygen providers to remotely monitor GCE’s Zen-O™ portable oxygen concentrator (POC).

Clarity uses smart, secure and connected technology to place a wealth of information at the providers’ fingertips 24/7, from an online device, wherever they are. The information ranges from flow to oxygen purity, device location and battery life. Providers can also give their patients and their families access to the platform, giving patients an extra support network.

The platform uses the GSM and GPS in the POC unit to transmit data. This reliable system means home oxygen providers are not dependent on the patient having a smartphone or Bluetooth enabled phone. 

With Clarity, providers can offer enhanced customer service at reduced operating costs. Using Clarity from a desktop or mobile device, they can easily check how well the Zen-O™ portable oxygen concentrator (POC) is working and get advanced pre-emptive notice of any issues promptly.

Donald Oleforo, GCE’s Group Product Manager, Homecare, said: “With Clarity, home oxygen providers can see how their Zen-O™ devices are performing, giving them visibility of their POC fleet and the ability to act if need be. It helps predict maintenance and proactive patient visits. This will help providers reduce their operating costs by planning their time and resources. They can then deliver improved service levels to patients and even better levels of care.”

Clarity also gives users, and their loved ones, reassurance and confidence because they can see how their connected Zen-O device is performing.

In developing the platform, GCE was conscious of the need for enhanced internet security and deployed best in class security protocols to transmit and store data. Any data between the connected Zen-O™ and the Clarity platform is also encrypted. 

GCE has plans to roll out additional features that will give clinicians the ability to remotely gather clinical patient data and also enable its smaller Zen-O lite™ portable oxygen concentrator on the Clarity platform.

For more information visit www.gcehealthcare.com/clarity.

Notes for editors:

As part of GCE Group, a world leader in gas control equipment, GCE Healthcare develops and manufactures a range of high-quality, safe and reliable medical gas solutions. It helps healthcare professionals and providers worldwide to meet the needs of patients and to achieve high standards of care. Equipment is designed, manufactured and delivered to the highest standards and complies with applicable quality and regulatory standards.

For more information visit www.gcegroup.com

Thank you!

GCE HEALTHCARE

GCE Healthcare is proud to be exhibiting at Medtrade Fall 2017 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA on Tuesday October 24^th and Wednesday October 25^th. 

Please come to Booth # 1362 to see the Zen-O & Zen-O lite POC’s. 

We are also excited to provide booth attendees a sneak peek at the new data management system called Clarity that is coming soon to market!

Medtrade is the largest Home Medical Equipment Expo and Conference in the US. Connecting the HME industry for over 38 years, Medtrade features a large expo floor filled with the leading home medical equipment manufacturers and their HME/home health products.

Thousands of durable medical equipment companies and providers come to Medtrade to find everything from the basics to the latest innovations in mobility, respiratory, sleep, rehab, and aids to daily living.  Medtrade brings the home medical equipment community together under one roof, providing attendees and exhibitors with opportunities to build successful business relationships. Hundreds of HME manufacturers and thousands of HME providers join us each year for the largest annual sourcing opportunity for durable medical equipment and find the HME products to satisfy today’s growing demand in an ever-changing environment.

For more information about the conference, be sure to check the Show schedule.

HIGH DURABILITY 
   – Brass components

SIMPLE INSTALLATION

FAST CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION

AIR–800 
   – With parking position and ventilation 
      in parking position

DESIGNED FOR MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT 
    – Small size and Easy to clean

FULFILL EU MEDICAL STANDARDS AND ARE COLOUR CODED

MAINTENANCE VALVE WITH FILTER 
    – Easy to change fast

INSTALLATION VERSIONS 
    – Recessed, Exposed and Bed head

CUSTOMIZED INSTALLATION FOR BED HEAD UNITS

FIND OUT MORE TECHNICAL DETAILS HERE OR CONTACT US.

The education conference begins on February 27th and the exhibition continues from February 28th to March 1st, 2017.

Medtrade Spring focuses on education and panel sessions to provide Best Practices in many elements of home healthcare in the United States.

Come and visit GCE at booth 962 to see the new Zen-O™ and Zen-O lite™ range of portable oxygen concentrators.

For more information please contact us:  

E-mail: salesUSA@gcegroup.com
Tel.: 1-888-659-2102

www.medtrade.com

EASE II is GCE's newest demand valve used by patients for the administration of gas therapy. EASE II
has variants that can be used to administer oxygen therapy, and nitrous oxide and oxygen mixture for
pain relief.

The EASE II can be used to deliver analgesic gas for pain relief to individuals giving blood samples or donating
blood.The EASE II is easy to use and not obstructive while a patient or individual is undergoing a medical 
procedure and receiving the analgesic gas to make them feel comfortable and less anxious.

EASY AND COMFORTABLE TRANSPORT

EASE II may be easily and conveniently transported with the new multitasking field service bag with
interchangeable labels.

The bag can be used for more purposes. The positioning of the internal bag is captured by magnetic parts.

For more information about EASE II please click here.

The Zen-O Lite™ is one of the lightest portable oxygen therapy devices on the market and gives respiratory patients more freedom to move about.

GCE Healthcare is pleased to announce the launch of the Zen-O Lite™ lightweight portable oxygen concentrator (POC) – its second portable oxygen concentrator launched this year to increase mobility for patients that require supplemental oxygen therapy.

Compact and ultra-portable, Zen-O Lite™ is designed to reduce the limitations that respiratory disorders put on mobility. It helps patients with disorders such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, to stay independent and active.

Zen-O Lite™ weighs in at 2.5kg (5.5lbs) and delivers oxygen on demand at an output of 1050ml per minute. For patients who need more oxygen, there’s the Zen-O™, which was launched in January 2016. It has a higher output of 2litres of oxygen per minute and is also portable at 4.66kg (10lbs). 

Mike Galvin, Managing Director of GCE Healthcare, said: "The Zen-O Lite™ extends our homecare product range to provide more choice and freedom for patients with respiratory disorders. Zen-O Lite™ is one of the lightest portable oxygen devices on the market and will help patients who are more active to continue to be mobile and do the activities they love."

Both Zen-O Lite™ and Zen-O™ are simple to operate and come with a battery, DC and AC power cords, and a carry bag, a pull cart (Zen-O only) plus a three-year device warranty. They are also easy to maintain, with sieve modules that are easily replaced in the field, avoiding the need to return the device to a service centre, which in turn reduces the cost of ownership for home oxygen providers. 

"Zen-O Lite™ and Zen-O™ represent a major investment in high-quality innovative products by our parent company, GCE Group, in GCE Healthcare’s homecare business," added Mike Galvin. "The devices are devised by our dedicated engineering team at our Innovation Centre in St Helens, UK and designed and manufactured in the UK to relevant, international standards. As part of GCE Group’s global supply chain, we’re also able to deliver our range, parts and accessories, efficiently and promptly."

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The Suction jars and bags are available in 1 and 2 litre sizes, they have been manufactured to high standards,  
and designed for for easy use. These suction jars and bags can be supplied with a variety of accessories to 
enable users to handle and dispose bio-medical waste safely.

 If you have any questions regarding the products please do not hesitate to contact us.

Our team will be on hand to show and demonstrate our range of products including the Zen-O portable oxygen concentrator, oxygen conservers, medical regulators and more.

For more information about the show, be sure to check out the ERS Congress website: http://erscongress.org/

Effective immediately, the GCE Portable Oxygen Concentrators under the Zen-O™ brand will be marketed to US and Canadian customers. During the coming months the entire GCE Healthcare portfolio including Oxygen Conserving Devices, Oxygen Regulators and High Purity Gas Control products will also be introduced.

The Zen-O™ Portable Oxygen Concentrator provides up to 2LPM of continu-ous flow oxygen as well as 6 Pulse Flow settings to ensure appropriate clinical levels of oxygen for ambulatory patients. The Zen-O™ also features field replaceable sieve beds for lower total cost of operation for the home oxygen provider. The Zen-O™ is a small, 10lb device that can be carried in a shoulder bag or in a wheeled cart.

In 2014 GCE began collaboration with Oxus America and acquired the exclusive rights to manufacture and market the Zen-O™ portable oxygen concentrator. Oxus America and GCE Group have collaborated on the final design and development of the Zen-O™ portfolio. Oxus America continues to produce the Zen-O™ product portfolio in the USA as a manufacturing and engineering contractor. GCE Group also manufactures the Zen-O™ product line in the GCE UK facility.

Mike Galvin, Managing Director for the Global GCE Healthcare Business Area said "During the last three years GCE Group has been evaluating the North American healthcare market and we are excited about the opportunity to enter the market with an exceptional product range that includes the Zen-O POC". Jim Clement has joined GCE Healthcare as General Manager for the North American business following an extensive career with DeVilbiss Healthcare.

About GCE Group

GCE Group, also known as Gas Control Equipment is a leading manufacturer of equipment used in medical, industrial and specialty gas industries. With almost 100 years of experience, the product portfolio has now grown to include high purity medical gas equipment, portable oxygen concentrators and oxygen conserving devices for homecare. GCE Group was formed as the result of merging the gas equipment activities of two of the world's largem industrial companies AGA and ESAB, (BOC). Following the establishment of GCE Group and subsequent acquisitions, we now have a Global manufacturing and supply chain network with 20 subsidiaries around the world. GCE Group maintains major R&D and manufacturing facilities in the UK, Czech Republic, Germany and China employing over 1,000 people globally.

To learn more about GCE Group, go to: www.gcegroup.com

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