The Clorox Co. has announced it has acquired Aplicare and HealthLink, providers of infection control products for the healthcare industry, according to a Clorox news release.
Aplicare specializes in developing and manufacturing different forms of products for helping prevent skin infection from needles or surgery. HealthLink bundles a wide assortment of products — including AloeGuard antimicrobial hand soap — for use by providers.
The acquisitions expand the healthcare portfolio of Clorox's Away From Home business.
"One element of our strategy is making targeted, strategic acquisitions to drive faster growth," said Clorox Chairman and CEO Don Knauss, in the release. "Aplicare and HealthLink build on the success of our 2010 Caltech acquisition, which has strengthened our leadership in bleach-based hard-surface disinfection in hospitals. These transactions reinforce the company's commitment to meet the unique needs of the health care industry, where the use of infection control products is growing rapidly in response to increased attention on helping prevent health care-associated infections."
The transactions closed in December.
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