| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Genre | Diving equipment |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founder | Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Émile Gagnan |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Barings LLC |
| Divisions | Aqua Lung America |
| Website | www |
Aqualung Group (formerly Aqua Lung International, and prior to that La Spirotechnique)[1] is a manufacturer of self-contained breathing apparatus and other diving equipment. It produced the Aqua-Lung line of regulators, including the CG45 (1945) and the Mistral (1955). From its founding in 1946 until 2016, the company was a division of Air Liquide. The company was sold to Montagu Private Equity in 2016,[2][3] and subsequently acquired by Barings LLC in 2023.[4]
- ^ "Industrial index card of Aqua Lung/La Spirotechnique at Achats.defense.gouv.fr, the French Minister of Defence commercial branch website (in French)". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ "Aqua Lung Sold to Private Equity Firm". X-Ray Mag.
- ^ "Aqua Lung sold - End of an era with Aire Liquide". Scuba Gadget.
- ^ "Barings completes acquisition of Aqualung group". Dive Magazine.