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Marine Company USJ-IMECO Acquires Robichaux Automation

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 21st, 2014

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Marine Company USJ-IMECO Acquires Robichaux Automation

Robichaux' 21,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility near New Orleans. Photo: Robichaux

The private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company on Monday said its portfolio company USJ-IMECO has acquired Robichaux Automation and Control Inc. (RAACI), which provides commotion systems for commercial and government ships. Louisiana-based RAACI provides proprietary ship control, alarm, monitoring, propulsion, switchboard and power management system as well as other marine technologies. “The addition of RAACI adds a highly complementary set of engineered electrical, control and automation solutions and capabilities to the USJ-IMECO platform which will ultimately allow us to…

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