Trivitron acquires US-based X-ray shielding material maker Kennedy Company

Chennai-based medical devices maker Trivitron Healthcare, has acquired Scottsboro, AL (USA)-based The Kennedy Company, a manufacturer of radiation protection X-ray shielding material and acoustic barrier products. The acquisition will allow Trivitron to get a 7 acres campus with 25,000 square feet of production space in Scottsboro, Alabama to be used as a manufacturing hub for its operations. The Kennedy Company founded by physicist David Kennedy in 1976, who worked on developing innovative acoustic barriers for NASA.