DC Capital Partners, LLC Increases Engineering Capabilities with Completion of Integrated Mission Solutions, LLC and Michael Baker Corporation Merger
Alexandria, VA October 11th 2013. DC Capital Partners, LLC ("DC Capital") today announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Michael Baker Corporation through its affiliate Integrated Mission Solutions, LLC. Henceforth, the merged companies will be named Michael Baker International, LLC. Michael Baker International is a leading provider of high-end engineering, development, intelligence and technology solutions with over 5,000 employees globally, past performance in over 100 countries, and over $1.0 billion in annual revenue.
Thomas J. Campbell, the Chairman and controlling shareholder of Michael Baker International said, "The combination of Michael Baker Corporation and Integrated Mission Solutions creates a company with significant scale, extensive capabilities, and a broad market exposure. The combination will afford us the ability to provide our customers with a comprehensive continuum of architecture, engineering, intelligence, and technology capabilities anywhere in the world. As I look forward, I am very optimistic for our future at Michael Baker International. We have all the attributes for success - a clear vision and purpose for what we want to accomplish as a company over the next five years, a proven and experienced management team, a highly skilled workforce with significant subject matter expertise, a portfolio of highly differentiated and innovative capabilities, brands and franchises that represent our goal of excellence, a scalable platform with global reach and mobility that is positioned to grow domestically and internationally, and significant backlog and a robust new business pipeline."
Kurt C. Bergman, the Chief Executive Officer of Michael Baker International, added, "Not only will our customers benefit but so will our more than 5,000 employees. With the creation of Michael Baker International, we will have additional capabilities to fulfill our customers' requirements and at the same time have greater opportunities for advancement and growth for our employees. The larger, more dynamic company will remain headquartered in Moon Township, Pennsylvania and we look forward to continuing to work with the community to continue and build upon the Michael Baker legacy. Our management and employees are looking forward to the next chapter for Michael Baker."
About Michael Baker International, LLC
Michael Baker International, LLC ("Baker") is a leading provider of high-end engineering, development, intelligence and technology solutions with global reach and mobility. With more than 5,000 employees in offices across the United States and internationally, Baker is consistently ranked in the past 9 years by Engineering News-Record among the top 8% of the 500 largest United States design firms. Baker's Engineering and Development division provides technical and professional services throughout the full life cycle of infrastructure and managed asset projects both domestically and internationally, including planning, architectural and engineering design, construction services, asset management and asset renewal for a broad range of projects, including, but not limited to, highways, airports, bridges, rails and mass transit systems, government and commercial facilities, water and wastewater facilities, and oil and gas infrastructure, as well as secure classified spaces for the United States government. Baker's Technology and Intelligence division provides human intelligence operational support; analysis and training; management consulting and competitive intelligence; research, test, evaluation, and procurement of emerging technologies; software and application development; and enterprise solutions to meet our clients' most important mission objectives across the broad spectrum of counterterrorism, threat finance, cyber security and network operations and other priority missions. Learn more at www.mbakercorp.com.
About DC Capital Partners, LLC
DC Capital Partners, LLC is a private investment firm headquartered in Alexandria, VA focused on making control investments in middle market companies that provide differentiated and innovative services and solutions to the United States government. DC Capital's investment strategy emphasizes sectors that it believes offer the most compelling growth opportunities including, but not limited to, Infrastructure and Development, Intelligence, Security, Information Technology, and Operations and Maintenance. Learn more at www.dccapitalpartners.com.