Home healthcare: Air Liquide strengthens its presence in Europe with two acquisitions in Switzerland

Air Liquide continues to develop its home healthcare activity in Europe with the acquisition of Sleep & Health SA and Megamed AG, two historic players in this sector and based in Switzerland. Air Liquide, Europe’s leader in home healthcare, strengthens its position in a growing market within a mature healthcare system.

Founded in 2003, Sleep & Health SA is a nationwide player that offers home healthcare services for patients who suffer from sleep apnea. As for Megamed AG, the company has been present in the Swiss market for nearly 50 years, specializing in ventilation and support for patients who suffer from respiratory failure. Air Liquide will build on the quality of existing teams to pursue the development of these business activities.

Present in Switzerland for many years via its subsidiary Carbagas, Air Liquide supplies the medical gas needs of both hospitals and patients at home. These two acquisitions thus reinforce and diversify its home healthcare offering and enable Air Liquide to directly serve more than 3,000 new patients. In addition, Air Liquide will benefit from the complementarity of Sleep & Health SA’s presence in French-speaking Switzerland and in German-speaking Switzerland for Megamed AG, as well as from the well-established relationships these companies have with physicians, hospitals, and private insurers.

Thus Air Liquide continues its dynamic expansion of the home healthcare business across Europe by strengthening its positions or entering new markets and developing support for new diseases.

François Jackow, member of the Air Liquide Group’s Executive Committee, supervising Healthcare activities, stated: “We are happy to welcome the teams from Sleep & Health SA and from Megamed AG to the Air Liquide Group. Their expertise and their knowledge of the Swiss market, combined with the expertise of Air Liquide, will allow us to better address the needs of patients and healthcare professionals alike. With these acquisitions, Air Liquide is pursuing the development of its home healthcare business in the Swiss market, which shows high potential. These acquisitions, which strengthen our positioning in a growing European market, are consistent with our development strategy in the Health activity.”