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Ragasco delivers LPG cylinders with environmental and humanitarian benefits
- Published 13 December 2022; updated 23 March 2026; estimated reading time 3 minutes. Listed as available globally under Energy.
- Ragasco manufactures lightweight LPG cylinders from fibreglass-reinforced composite with an internal plastic liner. The page says they are easier to carry, improve user ergonomics, lower transport costs and emissions, resist rust, and have a demonstrated life exceeding 20 years. It claims the composite can shield gas from heat in a fire, preventing the boiling-liquid expanding-vapour explosion (BLEVE) associated with steel cylinders.
- The cylinders work with conventional LPG and Bio-LPG. Ragasco has three Environmental Product Declarations, including one for the Linktra Smart Cylinder. Its automated Norwegian production plant is described as ISO 50001 certified for energy efficiency; the company is ISO 14001 certified for environmental and waste management.
- The page frames LPG as a cleaner cooking transition fuel for people without clean-cooking access, stating about one-third of the global population lacks it. It says LPG emits less CO₂ than coal, heating oil or petrol and very little black carbon/particulates, while contrasting this with household reliance on biomass, kerosene and inefficient stoves. These are claims/context cited by the article.
- Ragasco says it has sold 25 million cylinders since 2000 and has customers in nearly 100 countries. It estimates its cylinders are 1% of a global stock of 2 billion cylinders and says it leads the composite-cylinder market. The linked market forecast states a gas-cylinder market estimate of USD 1 billion by 2031 on the page.
- Source discrepancy: the linked forecast headline says USD 11 billion by 2031, while the article body states USD 1 billion. Preserved here as the page’s stated figure with its conflicting headline noted.
- Linked to SDGs 3 (Good health and well-being), 7 (Affordable and clean energy), 12 (Responsible consumption and production) and 17 (Partnerships for the goals), including partnerships intended to extend cleaner cooking access.
- Contact: Maria-José Pacheco, Head of Marketing and Communications, maria.pacheco@hexagonragasco.com. Company: RAGASCO AS, Building 306, Raufoss Industrial Park, 2831 Raufoss, Norway; ragasco.com. A phone-number reveal control is present.