Diversified manufacturer 3M, St. Paul, MN, has agreed to acquire Aearo Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN,  ; for $1.2 billion. Aearo is a supplier in the personal protection industry and manufactures and markets personal protection and energy absorbing products.
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Aearo is owned by funds advised by Permira, a global private equity firm, and company management.
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Aearo will significantly expand 3M’s occupational health and environmental safety platform by adding hearing protection as well as eyewear and fall protection product lines to 3M’s existing full-line of respiratory products.
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Aearo complements and significantly broadens our core safety and personal protection business, a space which is growing fast and of strategic importance to the …
3M Expands Its PPE Line With Purchase of Aearo
Diversified manufacturer 3M, St. Paul, MN, has agreed to acquire Aearo Technologies Inc., Indianapolis, IN,  ; for $1.2 billion. Aearo is a supplier in the personal protection industry and manufactures and markets personal protection and energy absorbing products.
  ;
Aearo is owned by funds advised by Permira, a global private equity firm, and company management.
  ;
Aearo will significantly expand 3M’s occupational health and environmental safety platform by adding hearing protection as well as eyewear and fall protection product lines to 3M’s existing full-line of respiratory products.
  ;
Aearo complements and significantly broadens our core safety and personal protection business, a space which is growing fast and of strategic importance to the …
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