CLARCOR Announces Acquisition of Majority Ownership in Sinfa SA
05 März 2007 - 7:55PM
Business Wire
CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE: CLC) today announced that it has acquired an
80% ownership share in Sinfa SA, a manufacturer of automotive and
heavy-duty engine filters based in Casablanca, Morocco. The
remaining 20% ownership share will continue to be owned by the
Company�s current shareholders. Mr. Ali Moamah, Sinfa�s current
Chairman and President, and the Company�s former principal
shareholder, will continue to manage the Company. The acquisition
is expected to be accretive to CLARCOR in 2007 and will be included
in CLARCOR�s Engine/Mobile segment. The terms of the acquisition
were not disclosed. Norm Johnson, CLARCOR�s Chairman and CEO, said:
�Sinfa is an outstanding company which manufactures engine filters
of the highest quality in a modern and well-managed production
facility with ISO 9001, 16949 and 14001 certifications. We have had
a relationship with Sinfa as both a customer and a supplier for
many years. Our new partnership with the current owners of Sinfa
will provide CLARCOR with an extraordinary opportunity to expand
the manufacture of our Baldwin brand of filters for distribution to
our customers throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
We also expect to invest additional capital, alongside our partner,
to expand Sinfa�s current production capacity with a significantly
increased emphasis on heavy-duty engine filtration, both for liquid
and air filters.� CLARCOR is based in Franklin, Tennessee, and is a
diversified marketer and manufacturer of mobile, industrial and
environmental filtration products and consumer and industrial
packaging products sold in domestic and international markets.
Common shares of the Company are traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol CLC. Sinfa SA is a privately-owned
company based in Casablanca, Morocco. Further information can be
found at www.sinfa.ma.
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