{{Short description|French, family-owned manufacturering company}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Organizations|date=September 2025}} {{Primary sources|date=September 2025}} {{COI|date=August 2025}} {{Orphan|date=December 2025}} }} {{Infobox company | name = F-DGSi | logo = | type = Private | industry = Laboratory equipment | founded = 2006 | founder = Fabienne Palgé | hq_location = Les Ulis (Near Paris), France | products = Hydrogen generators, Nitrogen generators, Zero air generators, Liquid nitrogen generators | services = Installation, training, rental, qualification, maintenance (F-DGSi Care) | website = [https://www.f-dgs.com/ www.f-dgs.com] }}
'''F-DGSi''' is a French, family-owned manufacturer founded in 2006 and headquartered near Paris. The company designs and produces a wide range of high-purity gas and liquid generators—such as hydrogen, nitrogen, and liquid nitrogen systems—for laboratory and industrial applications. thumb|F-DGSi - Headquarter
== History == F-DGSi was created by its current CEO Fabienne Palgé in 2006 in Les Ulis, France.<ref>{{cite web |title=F-DGSi - About Us |url=https://www.f-dgs.com/the-company/ |website=F-DGSi - About Us |access-date=27 August 2025}}</ref>
* 2006 - Creation of F-DGSi * 2010 - Alliance range launched generators with remote connections and a compact size * 2011 - F-DGSi expands in India and the United Arab Emirates * 2012 - Nitrogen generators are added to The Alliance range - revealed at the PITTCON event (Florida). * 2014 - IGSM (Innovative Gas System Manufacturing) division is created * 2015 - Distributor agreements signed in South Africa, Russia, the United States and Japan * 2017 - F-DGSi launches its range of liquid nitrogen generator, the CRYOGEN * 2018 - F-DGSi Inc opened in Boston, United States * 2019 - The COSMOS and CALYPSO ranges are revealed to replace the Alliance ranges. Revealed during the Forum Labo show in Paris * 2023 - F-DGSi India Pvt. Ltd. opened in India
== Products == The company manufactures a variety of on-site gas generation systems aimed at replacing high-pressure cylinders: * '''Hydrogen generators (COSMOS series)''', producing hydrogen with purities up to 99.99999% for GC/GC-MS applications.<ref>{{cite web |title=COSMOS Hydrogen Generators |url=https://www.scientificss.co.uk/product/f-dgsi-cosmos-hydrogen-generators/ |website=Scientific Support Services |access-date=27 August 2025}}</ref> * '''Nitrogen generators''', for LC-MS, GC×GC, and sample evaporation, using membrane and PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) technologies. * '''Zero air generators''', supplying purified air for analytical detectors such as FID, often as part of modular COSMOS stacks.<ref>{{cite web |title=FDGSi COSMOS Catalogue |url=https://www.davidsonanalytical.co.uk/assets/pdf/fdgsi/FDGSI-COSMOS-CATALOG-ENG-PLANCHE-BD.pdf |website=Davidson Analytical |access-date=27 August 2025}}</ref> * '''Liquid nitrogen generators (CRYOGEN series)''', producing 10–80 L/day of cryogenic liquid nitrogen on-site using PSA separation and liquefaction technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liquid nitrogen generators (CRYOGEN series) |url=https://www.f-dgs.com/cryogen-generators/ |website=CRYOGEN GENERATORS |access-date=27 August 2025}}</ref>
== Manufacturing and quality == All research, design, and manufacturing are carried out at the company's Paris-area facility. Products are developed to ISO-compliant standards, with reliability and safety as priorities. The company also provides proactive remote monitoring and long-term service contracts through its "F-DGSi Care" program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gas Generators |url=https://md-scientific.dk/en/vare-kategori/instruments/gas-generators/ |website=MD Scientific |access-date=27 August 2025}}</ref>
== Applications == F-DGSi generators are used in laboratories and industries for techniques such as gas chromatography (GC), liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS), inductively coupled plasma (ICP), total organic carbon (TOC) analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), rheology, and particle sizing.
== Awards == * The G3+ rating by the Bank of France, a certificate awarded as a safe company with international customers (2014) * Grant issued by the French government with a €250,000 prize to promote and develop F-DGSi's product innovation internationally (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bénéficiaires de l'appel à projets PM'up 2008 - 2017 |url=https://data.iledefrance.fr/explore/dataset/beneficiaires-de-lappel-a-projets-pmup-2008-2014/information/ |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=data.iledefrance.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref> * The Export and Innovation prize awarded by the Ile de France Regional Council for an exceptional international performance (2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actes administratifs de la Région Île-de-France - Fiche détail — Open data Île-de-France |url=https://data.iledefrance.fr/pages/publication-des-actes-fiche-detail/?q=%27CP16-596%27 |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=data.iledefrance.fr}}</ref>
== See also == * Gas generator * Nitrogen generator * Hydrogen production * Pressure swing adsorption * Liquid nitrogen
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== External links == * [https://www.f-dgs.com/ Official website]
Category:Laboratory equipment manufacturers Category:Manufacturing companies of France Category:French brands Category:Manufacturing companies established in 2006 Category:2006 establishments in France