3M, St. Paul, MN, has agreed to acquire Ligacon AG, a Switzerland-based manufacturer and supplier of filtration systems and filter elements for the pharmaceutical, biotech and general industrial markets.
 
The acquisition of Ligacon will support 3M CUNO Filtration’s core business and expansion into key markets such as the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
 
3M CUNO Filtration manufactures and markets filtration solutions for separating, clarifying and purifying fluids and gases. 3M CUNO products serve the food and beverage, residential, leisure, industrial, healthcare and food service markets.
 
Ligacon employs 20 people at its headquarters in Tagelswangen, Switzerland.
 
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