USJ-IMECO Holding Company Acquires Robichaux Automation and Control, Inc.
Blank Rome represented USJ-IMECO Holding Company and its affiliates, a leading independent provider of turnkey marine joiner, distributed and electro-mechanical systems and solutions for government and commercial customers involved in new ship construction and vessel maintenance, repair and overhaul, and a portfolio company of J.F. Lehman & Company, in its acquisition of Robichaux Automation and Control, Inc. (“RAACI”). RAACI designs, assembles and integrates electrical, control and automation systems for commercial and government vessels. RAACI’s core systems and product offerings include a range of proprietary ship control, alarm, monitoring, propulsion, switchboard and power management systems as well as other advanced marine technologies. RAACI is headquartered just outside New Orleans, Louisiana. The transaction closed on April 16, 2014.