Air Liquide Purchases Lab Equipment Supplier

Air Liquide Healthcare provides medical gases, hygiene products and medical equipment and generated 2008 revenues of €1,700 million ($2,500 million = €0.68 = $1).

Paris and Houston, TX 5/28/09—Air Liquide’s Healthcare business has acquired Pacific Science, a provider of cryobiology equipment and services to biobanks, effective May 1. Based in Torrance, California, with 15 employees, Pacific Science distributes incubators, freezers and biological safety cabinets. Air Liquide Healthcare stated that the acquisition would provide a channel for the US sales of its cryobiology solutions, which include freezing and storage capacity, global process monitoring and cell tracking.

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