ILMO Acquisition Expands Footprint of Services

ILMO Products Company (St. Louis, MO) announced that it has acquired Smitty?s Welding Supply Company to broaden its delivery of medical, industrial, beverage, and laboratory gases, as well as gas and welding equipment, in the metro St. Louis area. This acquisition expands ILMO?s current St. Louis footprint and total service area, while improving the options consumers have in choosing their gas, gas equipment, and welding supply providers.

ILMO Products Company, a fourth generation, family-owned distributor and specialty gas laboratory since 1913, will blend their St. Louis branch with Smitty?s Soulard facility and operations, just a block away from the Anheuser-Busch facility. Consistent with ILMO?s service philosophy, ILMO will continue to support and enhance Smitty?s product lines and distribution capabilities for all customers while allowing them to take advantage of the broader ILMO portfolio. All of Smitty?s employees will be integrated into ILMO and help the company touch every customer with an ILMO introduction.

For medical facilities, laboratories, and various process industries, this acquisition will introduce ILMO as a new gas supplier option for bulk and portable medical oxygen, ultra-high-purity gases for analysis and instrumentation, lasers, calibration and air quality monitoring mixtures. Further, ILMO Specialty Gases? ISO 17025-accredited gas laboratory can deliver on-demand gases and mixtures to these same markets, while its CO2 division will continue serving those who use beverage carbonation and beer gas.

For metal fabricators, contractors and all industries and individuals involved in welding, the blending of ILMO and Smitty?s will offer current customers an expanded product line, new delivery areas, access to ILMO?s certified welding inspectors and trainers, and reliable, industry-experienced professionals to handle customer service locally.

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