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Company name | Calor Gas Ltd. |
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Company logo | |
Company type | Private |
Foundation | 1935 |
Location city | Warwick |
Location country | England |
Industry | Gas |
Products | LPG |
Parent | SHV Gas Group |
Subsid | Autogas joint owned with Shell |
Homepage | www.calor.co.uk |
Calor Gas is a brand of bottled butane and propane which is available in Britain and Ireland. It comes in cylinders, which have a special gas regulator.
Calor was formed in 1935. Calor is the UK's leading supplier of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). It is currently servicing around 4 million homes and businesses, supplying LPG to power gas appliances from central heating and hot water, to cookers, fires and barbecues. The company predominantly supplies LPG to homes in rural areas where there is no mains gas supply. In the United Kingdom, Calor is part of the SHV Gas Group, a private Dutch company. Calor originally dealt only with cooking and heating appliances, but now covers a whole range of products ranging from barbecues to golf buggies.
Calor provides LPG for three main areas: home, business, and automotive fuels.
In 1988 the privately owned Dutch company, SHV became a significant shareholder, acquiring 40% of Calor Group's equity.
For leisure use such as caravanning and barbecuing, Calor retail butane, propane and Patio Gas (an alternative brand name for propane) cylinders, all of which come in a number of sizes. A new Calor Lite cylinder, produced from lightweight steel, released in 2008, was targeted at the caravan market.
For business customers, Calor also provides LPG.
Calor is a member of the Business in the Community 'PerCent Club' investing more than 1% of its pre-tax profit in community projects.
The first Calor UK Village of the Year 2008 was announced on 2 December 2008 as the Isle of Barra in the Western Isles of Scotland.
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