Liquigas Malta Limited is a joint venture company between Multigas Limited, a Maltese company in the business of industrial gases, and Liquigas Spa, the largest supplier of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Italy, in which SHV Energy (a privately held Dutch company that is the largest supplier of LPG in the world) has a shareholding. Liquigas Malta was established in October 2008 following the privatisation of the government-owned Gas Division of Enemalta Corporation. Today the company is largest supplier of LPG in Malta, in LPG-filled cylinders, bulk LPG (for hotels, industry, and large domestic use), as well as Auto Liquigas since May 2012, introducing autogas in Malta as cheaper, cleaner and safer alternative to unleaded petrol.