Our Story
1960
1962
Petroleo Mecânica Alfa is founded by Sacor and Schwelm Eisenwerk Muller Gmbh.
1965
Assembly of petrol-dispensing pumps.
1966
Started LPG Cylinder manufacturing.
1976
First export to Middle East.
1983
Stopped assembly of Petrol-Dispensing Pumps and concentrate all efforts in LPG cylinders.
1989
Relevant investment in automatic deep drawing press; Cutting/Blanking line and forging equipment.
1990
COMANOR acquires ALFA, creating the COMANOR-ALFA group.
1994
Certification as ISO 9001:1994 Company.
Concentration of all doadmin lines in Guimarães.
New finishing line and new furnace.
Concentration of all doadmin lines in Guimarães.
New finishing line and new furnace.
1996
New returnable cylinder line.
1997
AMTROL, Inc acquires COMANOR-ALFA.
1998
Started doadmin of non-refillable cylinders.
1999
Launched the Full Jacket cylinders.
2000
Launched the RABBIT cylinder.
2003
ISO 9001:2000 registered.
2005
New composite cylinder doadmin line. Launched the COMET composite metal cylinder.
2006
Launched the NGS and SOFT GRIP.
2008
Launched the XLITE cylinder.
2009
ISO 9001:2008 registered.
2011
2 million COMET shipped.
2013
Launched the GENIE cylinder.
2014
3 million XLITE shipped.
2016
Launched the COMET HP Carbon Fiber Cylinder.
2017
Worthington Industries acquires Amtrol-Alfa.
2018
Launched the FOURTIS – Type IV cylinder.
2021
New website launched.