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potential opportunities that have arisen out
of company events in recent months. Trin-
ity just recently completed a leveraged re-
capitalization with Lone Star Investment
Advisors LLC, a Dallas-based private equity
firm whose specialties involve leveraged ac-
quisitions and recapitalizations of businesses
deemed as “strategically viable ... with strong
potential for growth.” Lone Star has tradi-
tionally invested in a wide variety of indus-
try sectors which including manufacturing/
industrial, distribution, business services
and energy. Upon closing the deal, Johnston
said Trinity was especially eager “to pursue
new avenues of growth while preserving the
pillars of our success: value, service, and in-
tegrity." To qualify that statement, Johnston
says the company’s capitalization will lead
to new opportunities for the company, and
at present, he and other decision-makers are
constructing something of a “wish list” that
would lead to the prioritization of strategies
to go from great to greater. As for what com-
prises his wish list, Johnston only acknowl-
edges, “When a kid sits on Santa’s lap, he
doesn’t just look at him with a blank stare.”
Beyond that, Johnston is holding his cards
close to the chest.
Mike Lobsiger, VP Operations Todd Sheppard, VP Quality & Engineering