Acquisitions

Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative (IWDC) member Lampton Welding Supply (LWS) has announced it has added Wilbanks Welding Supply to its family of companies.

Hudson Technologies, Inc. is to acquire Airgas-Refrigerants, Inc. (ARI), a subsidiary of Airgas, Inc., citing “stronger distribution capabilities” and a “broader customer network”.

Gas detection expert Industrial Scientific has signed a definitive agreement to join the Fortive family of industrial technology companies as a member of its field solutions platform.

A-Gas has acquired the Dutch reclamation business BTC and will be investing several million euros in the operation to strengthen its offering to customers across Europe.

Air Liquide has completed the sale of Air Liquide Welding, its subsidiary specialised in the manufacture of welding and cutting technologies, to Lincoln Electric France SAS, a subsidiary of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

From humble roots in New York over seven decades ago, Tech Air maintained a modest yet important existence in the regional industrial gas and welding distributor business for much of its history.

AWISCO has acquired Nyrock Machine & Tool Corp in a deal that combines two New York-based companies.

Transport and logistics service provider HOYER Group has expanded its intermediate bulk container (IBC) business by purchasing certain crucial assets of a major tank container rental company.

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG has completed a major acquisition of Nor-Cal Products Inc. in a move that will create the leading supplier of vacuum components in the US.

International chemicals distribution portfolio company 2M Holdings Ltd has expanded its presence in Germany by acquiring domestic dry ice producer CE-02 Trockenesis GmbH.