Air Liquide Sells Several U.S. Assets to Matheson to Make Way for Airgas Acquisition

SUGAR LAND--September 9, 2016--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France), a multinational company that supplies industrial gases and other services to a variety of industries, completed the sale of several large, U.S.-based assets to Matheson Tri-Gas Incorporated, a subsidiary of Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (Tokyo, Japan). The sale follows Air Liquide's recent acquisition of Airgas Incorporated (Radnor Township, Pennsylvania), which made Air Liquide the largest industrial-gas company in the world. Industrial Info is tracking $190.5 million in active projects involving Matheson.

Within this article: Details on the terms and results of the acquisition, as well as information on some of Matheson and Air Liquide's highest-valued projects.

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