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Exelis, issue d&rsquo;une scission du g\u00e9ant am\u00e9ricain ITT en tant que soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ind\u00e9pendante en 2011, a su r\u00e9pondre non seulement aux attentes des actionnaires en mati\u00e8re de valorisation, mais \u00e9galement au souhait de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe dirigeante de s&rsquo;associer \u00e0 un partenaire industriel solide et engag\u00e9 pour l&rsquo;avenir.<\/p><p><strong>Kevin Wheelhouse, Managing Director d&rsquo;Applied Kilovolts<\/strong>, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 : <em>\u00ab L&rsquo;engagement d&rsquo;Exelis dans cette transaction et l&rsquo;ad\u00e9quation strat\u00e9gique avec notre activit\u00e9 permettront \u00e0 Applied Kilovolts de poursuivre sa croissance et d&rsquo;impulser des avanc\u00e9es technologiques dans l&rsquo;alimentation haute tension. Nous avons beaucoup appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 travailler avec l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de Livingstone, qui a mis en place un processus structur\u00e9 et rigoureux afin d&rsquo;identifier et d&rsquo;approcher les acqu\u00e9reurs disposant des meilleures raisons strat\u00e9giques pour racheter notre entreprise. Ils n&rsquo;ont pas m\u00e9nag\u00e9 leurs efforts pour obtenir les meilleures conditions possibles pour les actionnaires. \u00bb<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Ron Gordon, General Manager de la division Power Solutions d&rsquo;Exelis<\/strong>, a ajout\u00e9 : <em>\u00ab L&rsquo;acquisition d&rsquo;Applied Kilovolts renforce notre capacit\u00e9 technique, notre pr\u00e9sence mondiale et notre base de clients. Nous sommes convaincus que cette entreprise et ses collaborateurs s&rsquo;int\u00e8grent parfaitement \u00e0 l&rsquo;organisation d&rsquo;Exelis et viendront compl\u00e9ter notre position actuelle de chef de file technologique et de fournisseur du march\u00e9 de l&rsquo;instrumentation analytique commerciale. \u00bb<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Graham Carberry, Director chez Livingstone Partners<\/strong>, qui a dirig\u00e9 l&rsquo;op\u00e9ration, a comment\u00e9 : <em>\u00ab Nous avons \u00e9t\u00e9 ravis de travailler avec Kevin et l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe d&rsquo;Applied Kilovolts. Ils ont b\u00e2ti au fil des ans une entreprise technologique de classe mondiale, et nous sommes convaincus que cette dynamique va se poursuivre et s&rsquo;acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer sous le giron d&rsquo;Exelis. 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