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Hudson acquires reclaimer Refrigerants Inc

USA: Hudson Technologies, one of the USA’s largest refrigerant reclaimers, has announced the $2.5m acquisition of Refrigerants Inc, an EPA-certified reclaimer and refrigerant distributor of Denver, Colorado. 

Founded in 1997, Refrigerants Inc offers a full range of refrigerant lifecycle management services including refrigerant buyback, sales and distribution, cylinder exchange, onsite recovery, and reclamation, among others.

In addition to Denver, the company also operates branches in Omaha, and Chicago.

Commenting on the acquisition, Hudson Technologies’ president and CEO Kenneth Gaglione said: “Refrigerants Inc has been a valued partner of Hudson’s for many years and brings in a large and longstanding customer base of contractors which will allow us to expand our access to field technicians who are recovering and returning aftermarket refrigerant and to grow our recovered refrigerant volume.”

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