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Tieman Tankers

Founded in 1953, Tieman Tankers is an Australian family-owned business known as a market leader in the manufacturing of bulk road tankers.

Why They Came To Us

  • The business was suffering heavy losses, resulting in tight cash flow and an inability to attract fresh capital into a distressed balance sheet.
  • The secured creditor had elected to engage an Investigative Accountant to perform a review on its behalf.

What We Did

  • Developed a business model and turnaround plan that would return Tieman to its manufacturing core, ‘right-sizing’ overheads, and giving confidence to its key strategic partners.
  • Procured the support of key stakeholders, both locally and overseas.
  • Negotiated commercial arrangements with a number of strategic stakeholders, including both secured and unsecured financiers, and key suppliers.
  • Protected the family from suffering further losses as a result of the business’s demise.

What We Delivered

  • Saving a 62-year-old family business.
  • Retained 90 manufacturing jobs.
  • Delivering a better financial return to creditors than if the company were wound up in insolvency.
  • A viable go-forward tanker manufacturing business with a significantly simplified business; single site, single operation.

Why They Came To Us

What We Did

What We Delivered

  • The business was suffering heavy losses, resulting in tight cash flow and an inability to attract fresh capital into a distressed balance sheet.
  • The secured creditor had elected to engage an Investigative Accountant to perform a review on its behalf.
  • Developed a business model and turnaround plan that would return Tieman to its manufacturing core, ‘right-sizing’ overheads, and giving confidence to its key strategic partners.
  • Procured the support of key stakeholders, both locally and overseas.
  • Negotiated commercial arrangements with a number of strategic stakeholders, including both secured and unsecured financiers, and key suppliers.
  • Protected the family from suffering further losses as a result of the business’s demise.
  • Saving a 62-year-old family business.
  • Retained 90 manufacturing jobs.
  • Delivering a better financial return to creditors than if the company were wound up in insolvency.
  • A viable go-forward tanker manufacturing business with a significantly simplified business; single site, single operation.

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