Airgas—one of the nation’s largest dry ... shoes to those that make frozen waffles—have installed jets of dry ice pellets, right on the manufacturing line, to clean molds in real time.

Airgas Inc. closed on buying Pain Enterprises Inc., a dry ice maker in Indiana with 140 employees and $33 million in annual sales. The acquisition expands Airgas’ dry ice manufacturing capacity.

RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Airgas, Inc. (NYSE: ARG) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Pain Enterprises, Inc. (“Pain”), a producer and distributor of dry ice and carbon ...

The dry ice market growth likelihood is forecasted to encompass a path of progress at an impressive CAGR of 7.8%. It will ...