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Heico Acquisitions Inc.
 PROFILE
Investment firm Heico Acquisitions specializes in buying distressed companies and turning them around. The firm owns interests in some 30 companies, many of them manufacturers founder Michael Heisley acquired in the Rust Belt during the 1980s. Companies Heico has helped out of bankruptcy include Nutri/System, Davis Wire, and Pettibone, a heavy industrial equipment maker that also holds ownership in other Heico purchases. Other holdings include metal buildings maker Robertson Ceco; convenience foods distributor Tom's Foods; and Worldport Communications, an Internet services provider for mid-market European companies in Europe. Heisley, who founded Heico in 1979, owns the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Employees: 15

 KEY PEOPLE
• Michael E. Heisley
    CEO

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70 W. Madison St., Ste. 5600
Chicago, IL 60602
US
Phone: 312-419-8220
Fax: 312-419-9417

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