09.01.16
LORD Corporation has agreed to divest its Aeroglaze® and Chemglaze® product lines and license LORD® UltraConductive lightning strike protection (LSP) products for worldwide sales to Groupe SOCOMORE S.A.
“We continually assess our product portfolio to ensure it is aligned with our strategy,” said Ed Auslander, president and CEO, LORD Corporation. “This divestment and licensing agreement allows us to focus on growing our core businesses and adjacent spaces.”
LORD will continue to manufacture all products for SOCOMORE through a toll manufacturing agreement. The acquisition, expected to close by the end of September, will not impact any LORD employees. Aerospace coating customers will benefit from the consolidated expertise of both companies in this strategic agreement.
“The agreement with LORD Corporation is an important milestone in SOCOMORE’s international growth strategy and we are enthusiastic about this partnership with one of the industry leaders that reinforces our Aerospace product portfolio with a high value added coating technology,” commented Frederic Lescure, CEO of SOCOMORE. Headquartered in Vannes, France, SOCOMORE is a worldwide solutions provider in critical surface preparation, processing and protection in commercial aviation, defense, energy and industrial markets.
LORD will divest the Aeroglaze and Chemglaze product lines to SOCOMORE through its Texas-based subsidiary, Dysol, Inc. SOCOMORE has a long history of doing business in North America, manufacturing and supplying major OEMs and MROs with its proprietary products, including critical cleaning solvents (Diestone and Dysol), Dynamold liquid shims, MagChem products for aircraft engines and an extensive line of surface preparation products.
“We continually assess our product portfolio to ensure it is aligned with our strategy,” said Ed Auslander, president and CEO, LORD Corporation. “This divestment and licensing agreement allows us to focus on growing our core businesses and adjacent spaces.”
LORD will continue to manufacture all products for SOCOMORE through a toll manufacturing agreement. The acquisition, expected to close by the end of September, will not impact any LORD employees. Aerospace coating customers will benefit from the consolidated expertise of both companies in this strategic agreement.
“The agreement with LORD Corporation is an important milestone in SOCOMORE’s international growth strategy and we are enthusiastic about this partnership with one of the industry leaders that reinforces our Aerospace product portfolio with a high value added coating technology,” commented Frederic Lescure, CEO of SOCOMORE. Headquartered in Vannes, France, SOCOMORE is a worldwide solutions provider in critical surface preparation, processing and protection in commercial aviation, defense, energy and industrial markets.
LORD will divest the Aeroglaze and Chemglaze product lines to SOCOMORE through its Texas-based subsidiary, Dysol, Inc. SOCOMORE has a long history of doing business in North America, manufacturing and supplying major OEMs and MROs with its proprietary products, including critical cleaning solvents (Diestone and Dysol), Dynamold liquid shims, MagChem products for aircraft engines and an extensive line of surface preparation products.