Lambent Technologies Corp

Petroferm is a surfactant technology company concentrating on high-performance ingredients, formulations and services for industrial and consumer products. The largest division, Lambent Technologies, manufactures a variety of materials, including alkoxylates, esters and numerous custom synthesized molecules. Lambent products are sold as ingredients primarily to formulators in the Lubricant, Personal Care, Food Processing, Polymer/Colorant and Household, Industrial and Institutional industries. The Cleaning Products division develops, manufactures and supplies industrial cleaning agents for precision parts manufacturing while the Fuels Products group formulates, manufactures and supplies combustion enhancement products and applications engineering for industrial boilers on a global basis. In October 2008, Petroferm Inc. was aquired byH.I.G. Chemicals Holdings, Corp., a subsidiary of H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C. (“H.I.G.”) About H.I.G. Capital (“H.I.G.”) H.I.G. Capital is a leading global private equity investment firm with more than $7.5 billion of equity capital under management. Based in Miami, and with offices in Atlanta, Boston, and San Francisco in the U.S., as well as affiliate offices in London, Hamburg and Paris in Europe, H.I.G. specializes in providing capital to small and medium-sized companies with attractive growth potential. H.I.G. invests in management-led buyouts and recapitalizations of profitable and well managed manufacturing or service businesses. H.I.G. also has extensive experience with financial restructurings and operational turnarounds. Since its founding, H.I.G. invested in and managed more than 200 companies worldwide. The firm's current portfolio includes companies with combined revenues in excess of $7 billion. For more information, please refer to the H.I.G. website at www.higcapital.com.  [ Click for details ]