Acquisitions

MATHESON continues its programme of strategic expansion with the acquisition of 3-D Welding & Industrial Supply Inc. (3-D Welding) in Central Texas.

Air Products Chairman, President and CEO Seifi Ghasemi was among the speakers at this week’s Citi Basic Materials Conference in New York.

Worthington Industries, Inc. has announced that its Cryogenics business in the Pressure Cylinders segment is to purchase the assets of the global CryoScience business of Taylor-Wharton, including a manufacturing facility in Theodore, Alabama.

MAN Diesel & Turbo Sverige AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, has acquired the marine fuel gas supply system (FGSS) business from Sweden-based Cryo AB.

The earth shook in the global gases business last week, with the news that Air Liquide had agreed the $13.4bn acquisition of fellow Tier One company Airgas, Inc., signalling a potentially seismic shift in the...

Following the news that Air Liquide has made an offer of $143 per share, valuing Airgas at $13.4bn, gasworld Business Intelligence investigates as to whether this will result in a successful acquisition. 

Air Liquide has reached an agreement to acquire Airgas in a game-changing combination that strengthens Air Liquide’s global leadership position, offers new opportunities to Airgas’ customers and delivers significant value to shareholders.

Reports suggest that Linde Gaz Romania S.R.L. has moved to acquire BUSE Gaz SRL and its subsidiaries, with the deal currently in the hands of local competition authorities.

Versum Materials has been selected as the new company name for the Materials Technologies business of Air Products. Air Products announced plans in September for a tax-free spin-off of this business to US shareholders on...

Memphis-based nexAir has announced the acquisition of the assets and operations of National Balloon & Banner, trading as HICO of Jackson, a 28 year-old helium distributor in Jackson, Mississippi.