BUSINESS INSIGHTS
TriMas | December 14, 2021
TriMas announced that it has recently signed agreements to acquire Omega Plastics to be added to TriMas Packaging, and TFI Aerospace to be added to TriMas Aerospace.
Omega, located in Clinton Township, Michigan, specializes in manufacturing custom components and devices for drug delivery, diagnostic and orthopedic medical applications, as well as components for industrial applications. Omega leverages its advanced in-house tool making capabilities, ISO13485-certified injection molding facility and ISO Class 8 clean room to provide its customers a faster product development cycle, from prototype development, testing and validation, to short and medium run production and assembly. Omega is an approved vendor to several leading medical device companies, with a long track record of unparalleled service and quality. Omega currently operates as a private, family-owned company, and is expected to generate approximately $18 million in revenue in fiscal year 2021.
“We are excited to announce the agreement between TriMas and Omega. We look forward to expanding Omega’s production capacity to benefit its customers’ longer-term needs, while also leveraging Omega’s advanced tool making capabilities to add rapid prototyping to enhance TriMas Packaging’s speed-to-market advantage on innovation and new product designs. The addition of Omega further expands our Pharmaceutical & Nutraceutical product offerings into additional medical applications, which we believe is an attractive market for long-term growth.”
Thomas Amato, President and Chief Executive Officer of TriMas
Located near Toronto, Canada, TFI is a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty fasteners used in a variety of applications, predominantly for the aerospace end market. TFI currently operates as a private, family-owned company, and is expected to generate approximately $6 million in revenue in fiscal year 2021.
“In addition to expanding TriMas Packaging through the acquisition of Omega, we are also pleased to announce the acquisition of TFI,” Amato continued. “This acquisition will further expand TriMas Aerospace’s fastener product lines with the addition of complimentary niche products that have an exciting growth trajectory resulting from TFI’s new program wins and the overall aerospace market recovery. We anticipate TFI’s customers will benefit from the added innovation and manufacturing depth offered by TriMas Aerospace, while TriMas Aerospace’s customers will enjoy additional product offerings.”
Amato continued, “We continue to execute on our core strategy of augmenting our growth through bolt-on acquisitions by leveraging our strong cash generation. After closing these two acquisitions, we expect our net leverage ratio to remain below 2.0x, providing ample capacity to execute on additional bolt-on acquisitions while also returning capital to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks.”
TriMas expects to close on Omega by the end of the year, and closed on TFI simultaneously with signing.
“We look forward to welcoming both Omega and TFI to the TriMas family of businesses,” concluded Amato.
About TriMas
TriMas is a global manufacturer and provider of products for customers primarily in the consumer products, aerospace and industrial markets, with approximately 3,300 dedicated employees in 11 countries. We provide customers with a wide range of innovative and quality product solutions through our market-leading businesses. Our TriMas family of businesses has strong brand names in the markets served, and operates under a common set of values and strategic priorities under the TriMas Business Model. TriMas is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “TRS,” and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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AI models for bioreactor analytics are ready for use within the application or can be configured by customers within the GxP cloud-based application. “It is clear that biotech and pharmaceutical companies need an accessible, industry-specific tool that accelerates their path to value. Customers seek a seamless way to analyze complex data sets in real-time and to predict with accuracy the yield from bioreactor units that span multiple sites and global regions,” said Pep Gubau, CTO, Aizon. “Biotech and pharmaceutical companies can now more easily leverage the power of AI/ML in a GxP environment with an end-to-end lifecycle governance of data, models, and applications in order to understand and optimize bioreactor processes in commercial manufacturing.”
Aizon’s CEO, John Vitalie adds, ”Our focus is to empower customers to innovate and rapidly achieve their targeted outcomes without the overhead burden of tracking changes, revalidation, and on-going development to maintain compliance. By building the process knowledge framework, compliance, and scalability into the application, customers benefit significantly from the streamlined industrialization of their digital solutions. We see that this is key for pharma and biotech to realize the vision of smart manufacturing and accelerate their progress toward realizing the promise of the adaptive plant.”
About Aizon
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