MFRI to Acquire 100% Ownership of Bayou Perma-Pipe for $9 Million, Canada
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MFRI, Inc.‘s Perma-Pipe subsidiary has signed a purchase agreement with its joint venture partner Aegion Corporation to acquire 100 percent ownership of Bayou Perma-Pipe Canada (BPPC), a coating and insulation company in Alberta, Canada. Perma-Pipe has owned a 49 percent interest in BPPC since 2009, when the joint venture was formed with Aegion to serve the oil and gas industry in Western Canada.
“This is an important step for MFRI, enabling us to take advantage of an opportunity to adjust our business portfolio towards piping and position ourselves for increased activity in North America. Although conditions in the oil and gas industry are currently challenging and may remain so for some time, BPPC has generated significant revenue from anti-corrosion coating for the western Canadian oil sands markets and is a highly regarded and well established provider of those products. In addition, we believe the acquisition creates an excellent platform for us to expand our insulation business in promising markets such as mining and district heating and cooling and freeze protection for utilities in Northern Canada,” said MFRI CEO Bradley Mautner.
“This acquisition gives Perma-Pipe sole ownership of a first-rate coating plant that provides Fusion Bonded Epoxy, Three Layer Coat and other specialty coatings. Equally important, it represents an opportunity to diversify Perma-Pipe’s operations in North America and bring our best-in-class insulation offerings to that market. We also plan to use the Canadian plant to more competitively serve the district heating and cooling market in the Northwestern United States,” said Fati Elgendy, president of Perma-Pipe.
“We are pleased that BPPC’s President Randy Zilli together with his management team and employees will join Perma-Pipe. We look forward to continuing to work with this very experienced and accomplished organization to further grow Perma-Pipe,” added Elgendy.
The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016. The purchase price of approximately $9 million will be paid in cash at closing. At the closing BPPC will be renamed Perma-Pipe Canada.
About MFRI, Inc.
MFRI, Inc. manufactures pre-insulated specialty piping systems for oil and gas gathering, district heating and cooling as well as other applications. The company also manufactures custom-designed industrial filtration products to remove particulates from air and other gas streams. In total, MFRI has operations at 10 locations in six countries.
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