Is Aqualung still in business?
Aqualung Group was sold by Air Liquide to Montagu Private Equity by the end of 2016. It was acquired by Barings LLC in December 2023. After U. S. Divers Company was renamed Aqualung America, the name U. S. Divers was retained as a trademark for Aqua Lung’s line of snorkelling equipment. In a significant shift for the global scuba diving landscape, HEAD Group—the company behind Mares and SSI—has officially acquired Aqualung Group, one of the most iconic names in diving history.The Aqualung Group – owner of Aqualung, Apeks and Aquasphere – has announced it is in takeover talks with HEAD Group – the owner of Mares – just over a year after the company was acquired by Barings.
What country is Aqualung from?
The Aqua-Lung was invented in France during the winter of 1942–1943 by two Frenchmen: engineer Émile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau, who was a Naval Lieutenant (French: lieutenant de vaisseau). It allowed Cousteau and Gagnan to film and explore underwater more easily. The Sea Around Us: The Life and Legacy of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. In remembrance of Jacques-Yves Cousteau The man who invented diving and scuba devices.Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan together invented the modern demand regulator used in underwater diving. Their invention allowed for the equipment known as the Aqualung, or self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), enabling safer and deeper dives.