Situation

Providing finishing services on over half a billion dollars of metal and composite parts annually, Protective Coatings is the leading aerospace parts finishing house in the Pacific Northwest. The company was owned by the second generation who had been involved with the business since they were young adults. The owners had been approached by a variety of suitors over the years but when Precision Castparts Corp. (“PCC”) came calling the owners were particularly intrigued.

ZS Role

Zachary Scott was retained on an exclusive and confidential basis to represent the owners to consider their strategic alternatives, to provide perspectives on value and ultimately to negotiate a sale to PCC as well as to coordinate PCC’s due diligence effort.

Results

The Company was sold to PCC who, in addition to serving third party aerospace subcontractors, intends to use Protective Coatings to provide finishing services to its growing portfolio of aerospace parts manufacturing businesses.