As IC Biomedical nears its third year of operation, it is looking for new strategic partners in the gas distribution market. With a new medical-grade certified manufacturing facility, a full line of Taylor-Wharton legacy vessel designs and industry-best lead times, the company is intent on becoming the world’s leading manufacturer of cold chain storage and transport technology.
IC Biomedical’s history traces back to Union Carbide Corp., which was instrumental in developing and commercializing cryogenic storage systems. In the mid/late 1950s, in conjunction with American Breeders Service (now ABS Global), Union Carbide developed the first liquid nitrogen (LN2) tanks designed for the storage and transport of frozen bull semen. These tanks helped kick-start the cattle breeding industry as we know it today, and Union Carbide worked with the animal husbandry industry to provide storage solutions that helped improve herd quality and beef and dairy production both domestically and internationally.
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Union Carbide continued to grow and develop its cryogenic equipment product line worldwide, expanding into healthcare, biomedical research and development and a host of other applications, with a product line that included large LN2 freezers, bulk storage tanks and portable liquefied gas cylinders. In 1985, Union Carbide Corp. sold its global cryogenic equipment division to Taylor-Wharton, a division of Harsco Corp. Taylor-Wharton had a long history of quality manufacturing dating back to 1742, and the business became an integral part of Harsco’s Taylor-Wharton Gas Equipment Division that included high-pressure cylinders for industrial, medical and scientific gases, cylinder valves, propane cylinders and lightweight composite cylinders for use in SCBA equipment and alternative fuel storage. In mid-1987, Taylor-Wharton consolidated its US cryogenic manufacturing in Theodore, Alabama. Taylor-Wharton continued production of its CryoScience by Taylor-Wharton® product line until December 2015, when the product line and the Theodore, Alabama manufacturing facility were purchased by Worthington Industries. Worthington Industries exited the cryogenic equipment market In November 2020, and the CryoScience by Taylor-Wharton product line was purchased by IC Biomedical LLC.
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