BDO Capital Advisors Announces the Sale of Truetech to Luxfer
Boston, MA - July 31, 2014 - BDO Capital Advisors, LLC is pleased to announce that Truetech, Inc. and Innotech Products, Ltd. (collectively “Truetech” or the “Company”) have been acquired by Luxfer Holdings PLC (NYSE:LXFR) (“Luxfer”). As the exclusive financial advisor to Truetech, BDO Capital prepared a confidential offering memorandum, identified and contacted a targeted group of potential buyers and assisted management in structuring and negotiating the transaction.
Truetech and Innotech produce magnesium-based heating pads for self-heating meals used by the U.S. military and emergency relief agencies; an extensive line of self-heating meals, beverages and soups used by military and civilian end-users; chemical agent detection and decontamination kits; and seawater desalinization kits. Truetech operates a manufacturing and warehousing facility on a company-owned site in Riverhead, New York, and Innotech operates a leased product manufacturing, assembly and distribution facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. Joel Hockett, President and CEO of Truetech and Director of Innotech, said: “It was time for these businesses to become part of a global enterprise, and I look forward to seeing them develop within Luxfer Group.”
Luxfer is a global materials technology company specializing in the design and manufacture of high-performance materials, components and gas-containment devices for environmental, healthcare, protection and specialty end-markets. Luxfer customers include both end-users of its products and manufacturers that incorporate Luxfer products into finished goods. Luxfer will combine the businesses of Truetech and Innotech within Luxfer Magtech Inc. (LMI), a new wholly owned subsidiary of Luxfer Group. LMI will operate as part of Luxfer Group’s Elektron Division.
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