Chart Industries, the US LNG and industrial gases equipment-maker, has completed the acquisition of Fronti Fabrications Inc., a specialist in engineering, machining and welding for the cryogenic and gas sectors.
“With over 20 years of experience in liquefaction, heat exchangers and cold boxes, Fronti adds a known team to expand Chart’s cold-box manufacturing capacity and capability, including work currently underway on Chart hydrogen and helium liquefiers,” said Chart.
Chart noted that Fronti, which was purchased for $20 million, also supplies newbuild pressure vessels and performs repairs with certification to the code of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Chart, based in Atlanta, Georgia said the acquisition would benefit the company’s growing order base in the “Big LNG” and the small-scale sector in the US and elsewhere.
“Given our continued demand for ‘Big LNG’, small-scale LNG and hydrogen-helium liquefaction, having more than one United States cold-box fabrication facility (in addition to our New Iberia, Louisiana location) adds agility and capacity to further improve our delivery,” said Chart.
The company added that the acquisition of Fronti, based in Pennsylvania, prepares the ground for the anticipated increase in LNG and gas equipment demand in the coming years.
