Acquisitions

Technology investment firm Battery Ventures has grown its portfolio of process-measurement and analysis companies after acquiring Analytical Industries Inc. (AII).

Gas analysist specialist Systech Illinois has been acquired by Boston-based test and measurement manufacturer Industrial Physics, Inc and merged with one of its other subsidiary companies.

Weldcoa Inc. and Cryostar USA have completed the transfer of Absolute Zero Cryogenics (AZ) to Cryostar USA.

Sumitomo Cryogenics of America Inc. (SCAI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (SHI), has acquired a leading-edge vacuum measurement instrumentation manufacturer.

Speculation whether Air Products will be successful in taking over China’s Yingde Gases Group has been brought to an end with the official disclosure that the company will not be pursuing the acquisition.

The dawn of another week, and the dawn of potentially another high-profile tranche of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) matters across industry.

Welding product manufacturer Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Air Liquide’s welding business.

Asia-based private equity firm PAG has waded into the battle to acquire Yingde Gases.

While suspense grows over the long-anticipated mega merger between Praxair and Linde, speculation is surfacing of another significant deal that could also be part of an overall tectonic shift when it comes to industrial gas...

Nel ASA has acquired Proton Energy Systems Inc. (Proton OnSite) in a $70m deal that creates the world’s largest electrolyser company.