Dave Butler, CEO of Universal Pipe, Inc (UPI), manufacturer of PVC pipes, had to decide whether to accept, and that the Japanese parent company that owned the UPI file for bankruptcy as part of a sale of UPI in a private equity firm, or an alternative solution . If the sale were to go ahead UPI probably be eliminated, and all employees will be laid off. Butler considers it immoral and thought about buying the company itself. It was risky, because the economy was not good, the company was performing poorly, until very recently, and is a large debt load. Very little time is left, and rumors of an impending bankruptcy flew. The case describes the industry, its key material PVC and PVC resin producers, competition regime in the pipe industry and the checkered past of the company due to poor solutions to senior management. This forms the basis for the development of proposals for the current owners.; Formulating the acquisition strategy and related expectations of future results of operations, if the current Director General to go ahead and win with a risky purchase "Hide
by Arieh Ullmann Source: North American Case Research Association (NACRA) 14 pages. Publication Date: December 1, 2011. Prod. #: NA0164-PDF-ENG
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