Airgas Signs Agreement As National Distributor For Taylor-Wharton's RDF Products For Life Sciences
While Airgas has long distributed Taylor-Wharton equipment, the new three-year agreement calls for Airgas, the nation's largest distributor of industrial, specialty and medical gases, to jointly market the Taylor-Wharton RDF line to the life sciences industry.
"Taylor-Wharton's product line, especially its liquid nitrogen freezers for long-term sample storage, is an important element to our full offering to life sciences companies, which includes cryogens and dry ice, industrial and specialty gases, personal safety equipment for the lab and related specialty gas equipment," said Tom Thoman, vice president - gases, for Airgas, Inc. "The combination of our reliable liquid cryogens and Taylor-Wharton's reliable equipment will help reduce the headaches and hassles of long-term sample storage for our life sciences customers."
"We are excited to partner with a market leader. Airgas, with its national scale, will help distribute our Cryo-Science Technology products to the leading biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and life sciences companies throughout the U.S., both directly and through its relationships with purchasing groups," said Scott Boyd, vice president of Sales & Marketing for Harsco GasServ.
Boyd noted that liquid nitrogen freezers have several advantages over mechanical freezers for long-term storage, including a more compact unit, less maintenance, and better long-term temperature control. The Taylor-Wharton product line includes dewars for storing and dispensing liquid cryogens, as well as LAB Series freezers with Auto-Tend Control Systems that maintain liquid nitrogen levels automatically.