Salaera

What Salaera does

Salaera is a Halma plc subsidiary that develops breath, gas delivery, conditioning, and analysis technologies for medical, life science, environmental, and industrial markets. Formed in April 2026 through the unification of Perma Pure and Maxtec, the company integrates additional acquired brands including Bird MicroBlenders, Clayborn thermal-control technologies, and Baldwin conditioning systems. Its portfolio is centered on proprietary Nafion™ tubing technology — licensed from Chemours — which uses a first-order kinetic reaction to selectively remove water vapor from gas streams without altering target analytes such as CO2, O2, H2S, NOx, SOx, hydrocarbons, and VOCs, achieving dew points as low as -40°C and removing up to 90% of moisture from breath samples in milliseconds.

The company sells a broad product portfolio spanning medical oxygen analyzers and monitors (MaxO₂ ME, MaxO₂+A, MaxO₂+AE, Handi+), medical oxygen blenders (MaxBlend 2, MaxBlend Lite), Nafion-based gas dryers and humidifiers (ME Dryers, Monotube MD, Polytube PD, HD Series), and accessories such as the patented SmartStack patient care stand. Manufacturing operates under FDA 510(k) clearance, ISO 13485, ISO 9001, CE Mark, and RoHS/REACH compliance. The company reports supporting 4M+ patients annually through its technology.

Salaera operates three go-to-market channels: OEM embedded partnerships (core) supplying proprietary components to medical device OEMs, industrial analyzer manufacturers, and environmental monitoring integrators with customization, private label, and co-design services; enterprise direct sales to hospitals and healthcare facilities; and direct-to-consumer e-commerce via shop.maxtec.com for standard products and aftermarket consumables. Revenue is generated through hardware sales, OEM customization and private label manufacturing services, and aftermarket sensor and accessory sales. CEO Kathy Ouellette leads the company following her prior role as CEO of Perma Pure.

Name

Salaera

Legal name

Salaera LLC

Website

https://salaera.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Salaera is a Halma plc subsidiary that develops breath, gas delivery, conditioning, and analysis technologies for medical, life science, environmental, and industrial markets. It sells proprietary Nafion™ tubing dryers, oxygen sensors, and medical gas blenders primarily through OEM partnerships and direct enterprise sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical and Industrial Gas Conditioning & Analysis Equipment

NAICS

Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (3334), Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing (333415)

SIC

Air-Cond & Warm Air Heatg Equip & Comm & Indl Refrig Equip (3585), Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery (3580)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Drying & Evaporation Equipment (Dryers, Evaporators, Crystallizers) (IMAHAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Ventilation, Ducting & Air Distribution Equipment (IMAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Gas conditioning technology
• Breath analysis systems
• Medical oxygen sensors
• Sample conditioning equipment
• Nafion gas dryers

Headquarters

HQ city

Lakewood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hardware/OEM Component Sales: Sale of proprietary gas conditioning components including Nafion™ tubing dryers, oxygen sensors, analyzers, blenders, and sample conditioning systems to OEM manufacturers and healthcare facilities. Revenue is generated through both standard product catalog and custom-engineered solutions.
2. OEM Customization & Private Label Manufacturing: Contract manufacturing and customization services for OEM partners including design support, prototyping, regulatory compliance assistance, and private label packaging. Services span discovery, design, validation, manufacturing, and ongoing support phases.
3. Aftermarket Accessories & Consumables: Sale of replacement sensors, accessories, parts, and consumables through e-commerce storefront (shop.maxtec.com) supporting installed base of medical and industrial gas analysis equipment.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Salaera develops, manufactures, and supplies breath and gas delivery, conditioning, and analysis technologies for medical, life science, environmental, and industrial markets. Its core products include proprietary Nafion™ tubing-based gas dryers and humidifiers, medical oxygen analyzers and monitors, and oxygen blenders sold to medical device OEMs, hospitals, industrial analyzer manufacturers, and environmental monitoring system integrators. The company also offers OEM customization, private-label manufacturing, and aftermarket consumables.

Product overview

Salaera is a global technology platform created by unifying Perma Pure and Maxtec under Halma company, offering breath and gas technologies across medical, life science, environmental, and industrial sectors. The portfolio includes proprietary Nafion™ tubing technology for selective moisture transfer, medical oxygen analyzers and monitors (MaxO₂ ME, MaxO₂+A, MaxO₂+AE, Handi+), medical oxygen blenders (MaxBlend™ 2, MaxBlend™ 2 +p, MaxBlend™ Lite), gas dryers and humidifiers (ME Dryers, Monotube Dryer MD Series, Polytube Dryer PD Series, HD Series, DM Series, FC Humidifiers, MH Humidifiers), and medical accessories (SmartStack stands, Eyemax 2 phototherapy masks). The company integrates brands including Bird MicroBlenders, Clayborn thermal-control technologies, and Baldwin conditioning systems, offering both custom-engineered OEM solutions and ready-to-ship products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 4M+ patients supported annually by Salaera technology
• +5 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Halma plccoreOthersSalaera is a Halma company, part of a global group of life-saving technology companies. Halma is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: HLMA). The parent company structure enables Salaera to accelerate innovation across breath and gas technology applications for respiratory care, diagnostics, life sciences, air-quality monitoring, and industrial gas analysis.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Vaisala: Finnish measurement company specializing in humidity, dew point, and gas concentration sensors. Overlaps with Salaera's industrial humidity/gas drying technology and competes in environmental monitoring applications.
• Drägerwerk: German medical/safety technology group with a major anesthesia, ventilation, and patient-monitoring portfolio. Overlaps with Salaera's medical oxygen blenders, gas conditioning, and neonatal/respiratory care offerings, particularly as an OEM customer and competitor.
• Fisher & Paykel Healthcare: NZ-listed respiratory care and humidification company. Directly comparable: manufactures heated humidifiers, oxygen delivery systems, and respiratory consumables used in the same hospital/neonatal/ventilator applications as Salaera's MaxBlend and ME dryers.
• Vyaire Medical: US-based pure-play respiratory care company. Directly comparable in oxygen blenders, flow meters, and consumables used in hospital and home-care respiratory applications.
• Servomex (Spectris): UK-based gas analyzer manufacturer owned by Spectris. Directly comparable in industrial/emissions gas analysis where Salaera's Nafion™ dryers are integrated as sample conditioning components.
• Hamilton Medical: Swiss ventilator and respiratory care manufacturer. Comparable as both a potential OEM buyer of Salaera's oxygen sensors/dryers and a competitor in the integrated respiratory care device market.

Broad incumbents

• Philips Respironics: Large medical device OEM serving hospital and home respiratory care. Comparable as both a potential OEM partner embedding Salaera components and a broad competitor across oxygen therapy, ventilation, and patient monitoring.
• HORIBA: Global Japanese instrument company with strong emissions monitoring and gas analysis franchises. Comparable in environmental/CEMS gas analyzer markets where Salaera's MD/PD dryers protect downstream analyzers.
• Ametek: Diversified US industrial instrument maker with a substantial gas analysis and process instrumentation division. Overlaps with Salaera's industrial/environmental gas conditioning and analyzer-adjacent offerings, but operates at much greater scale across many segments.

Emerging players

• MKS Instruments: US precision instrumentation company with gas analysis and process monitoring capabilities following recent portfolio moves. Partially comparable in industrial gas analysis applications where Salaera's sample conditioning products are used.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SalaeraOfficial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/salaera

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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