MIAMI and CAMARILLO, Calif., Oct. 2, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HEICO Corporation (NYSE:HEI.A) (NYSE:HEI) today announced that its Electronic Technologies Group completed its planned acquisition of Lucix Corporation.
Lucix was founded in 1999 by the late Roy Baldarrama and his wife Joan Baldarrama, who has had a continuing presence with the company. Its products include converters, receivers, transmitters, amplifiers, frequency sources and related sub-systems that address all major satellite frequencies including UHF, L, S, C, Ku, Ka, and Q bands. The majority of its revenue is derived from commercial satellite payload hardware and its products can be found on more than 40 orbiting Geosynchronous Orbit ("GEO") satellites.
Headquartered in Camarillo, CA, Lucix employs approximately 140 people. Lucix will continue to be run by its CEO, Dr. Mark Shahriary, and HEICO stated that it does not expect material employee turnover to result from the acquisition.
In addition to Dr. Shahriary's and management's ownership, Lucix's other owners are primarily three venture capital and growth funds: Palisades Ventures, Saints Capital and Shepherd Ventures. Moelis & Company acted as exclusive financial advisor to Lucix.
HEICO Corporation is engaged primarily in certain niche segments of the aviation, defense, space, medical, telecommunications and electronics industries through its Hollywood, FL-based Flight Support Group and its Miami, FL-based Electronic Technologies Group. HEICO's customers include a majority of the world's airlines and overhaul shops as well as numerous defense and space contractors and military agencies worldwide in addition to medical, telecommunications and electronics equipment manufacturers. For more information about HEICO, please visit our web site at http://www.heico.com.
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