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UTC Divested Forney to The Washington Post Company

Case at a glance

TARGET
Forney Corporation
INDUSTRIES
Aerospace and Defense, Industrial Machinery
TRANSACTION TYPE
Corporate Divestiture
GEOGRAPHY
Texas, USA

SITUATION

Seale & Associates was retained by UTC to advise on the sale of its subsidiary company, Forney Corporation, as part of the parent company’s long-term portfolio transformation to focus on its core of aerospace and building systems and products, while moving away from non-core industries and service-focused businesses.

OUTCOME

The process resulted in a successful sale to Graham Holdings (formerly The Washington Post Company), an Arlington, Virginia based diversified investment holding firm whose principal operations include educational services, television broadcasting, cable systems and online, print and local TV news.