Trivitron Healthcare, a global medical technology company, has acquired 100% shareholding of The Kennedy Company, a leading manufacturer of radiation protection X-ray shielding material and acoustic barrier products in the US.

Post integration, the new entity would become a part of Trivitron Healthcare Americas, operating as Kennedy Vinyl for the existing X-ray shielding and acoustic noise control business and Kennedy Radiology for radiation protection products manufactured in the USA. The operations would be led by Sesh Sarathy, who spearheaded Trivitron Group's M&A efforts in North America, as president, sales and business development, and Sarah Kennedy Precise, who’s been a part of the Kennedy team for over two decades, as president, operations.

The Kennedy Company was founded in 1976, by David R. Kennedy, a physicist educated at the University of London. While he was employed on the Saturn Rocket Project at the Space Technology Centre in Huntsville, Alabama, he worked on developing innovative acoustic barriers for NASA, which ultimately led to the founding of the Kennedy Company. Subsequently, the business was expanded to its current location in Scottsboro, Alabama which is a campus of 7 acres with over 25,000 square feet of production space.

The campus will soon house multiple manufacturing and R&D facilities focusing on Trivitron’s core segments – medical imaging, in vitro diagnostics, intensive care and cardiology equipment & consumables. This campus will act as the manufacturing hub for the United States of America operations of the Trivitron Group.

With this acquisition, Trivitron will now have a manufacturing and R&D presence in India, USA, Finland, Turkey, China and Austria. It will make the company one of the very few fully vertically integrated radiation protection manufacturers in the world, with in-house capabilities for core material research and manufacturing, using cutting edge material science and our radiation protection apparels & accessories manufacturing facilities with the most advanced manufacturing equipment, and products complying to ASTM and IEC standards, said Dr GSK Velu, chairman & managing director, Trivitron Healthcare.