NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 15, 2012) - Prospect Capital Corporation (
Located in Beaumont, Texas, Gulfco is a preferred provider of value-added forging solutions to energy and industrial end markets. Gulfco's specialized equipment and skilled professionals offer advanced ring rolling, open die forging, machining, heat treating, and testing for products formed into large format discs, shaped dies, seamless rolled rings, bushings, and blocks. The company's unique capabilities and track record providing forgings that meet customer design and delivery specifications have positioned Gulfco as a preferred supplier for blue-chip customers operating within highly demanding environments, including subsea production facilities, refineries, offshore oil and gas rigs, and mining.
"Gulfco is a leading quick-turn supplier of large format forgings to the expanding offshore oil and gas and industrial markets," said Robert Melman, a Vice President with Prospect Capital Management. "Prospect appreciates the opportunity to support the Altus acquisition of this growing company."
"Prospect's responsiveness and flexible capital solution helped to ensure a successful closing," said Dale Cheney, a Principal at Altus. "We look forward to working with Prospect, a reliable capital source, on future transactions."
Prospect has closed more than $1.5 billion of originations to date in the current 2012 calendar year, including approximately $750 million in the September 2012 quarter. Prospect's advanced investment pipeline aggregates more than $600 million of potential opportunities.
ABOUT PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION
Prospect Capital Corporation (www.prospectstreet.com) is a closed-end investment company that lends to and invests in private and microcap public businesses. Our investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments.
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