On February 25, 2009, Les Industries Amisco Ltée completed its going-private transaction whereby Amisco amalgamated with a corporation controlled by Gestion Martin Poistras Inc., the principal shareholder of Amisco. The amalgamation resulted in the privatization of Amisco.
Amisco is a North American leader in the design and manufacture of composite painted tubular and steel sheet residential furniture.
The Special Committee of Amisco was advised in this transaction by Robert Paré and François Duchesneau of Fasken Martineau.