BDO Capital Advisors Announces the Sale of J-Mac Tool to Forum Energy Technologies

Boston, MA - February 3, 2015 - BDO Capital Advisors, LLC is pleased to announce that J-Mac Tool, Inc. (“J-Mac”) has been acquired by Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FET) (“Forum”). As the exclusive financial advisor to J-Mac, BDO Capital assisted the shareholders in structuring and negotiating the transaction.

J-Mac, founded in 1986 and located in Fort Worth, Texas, manufactures high quality hydraulic fracturing pumps, power ends, fluid ends, and other pump accessories. J-Mac also provides repair and refurbishment services for power ends and fluid ends at its main Fort Worth facility and at service centers located in the Eagle Ford and Permian basins. The former owners of J-Mac have retained the frac trailer integration and controls business. Forum is a global oilfield products company, serving the subsea, drilling, completion, production and infrastructure sectors of the oil and natural gas industry. Forum’s products include highly engineered capital equipment as well as products that are consumed in the drilling, well construction, production and transportation of oil and natural gas. With over 3,700 employees, Forum is headquartered in Houston, TX with manufacturing and distribution facilities strategically located around the globe.

Cris Gaut, Forum’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Forum’s strong financial position allows us to make opportunistic acquisitions in this market. The acquisition of J-Mac will increase the range of products in our Flow Equipment product line and expand our offering of critical equipment, consumable products and aftermarket services provided to the pressure pumping market. We will now be able to provide our customers the full suite of pumps, replacement power and fluid ends, manifolds, valves and treating iron. We see opportunity to expand the market for J-Mac’s products by utilizing our existing sales and distribution network. We welcome the employees of J-Mac to the Forum family.”
 

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