Aqua Lung/La Spirotechnique
< Aqua Lung
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Genre | Diving equipment |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Founder | Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Émile Gagnan |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Barings LLC |
| Divisions | Aqualung America |
| Website | aqualung-group |
Aqualung Group (formerly Aqua Lung International, and prior to that La Spirotechnique) 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, and subsequently acquired by Barings LLC in 2023.