Transactions

the assets of DTI Holdings LLC have been acquired by National Technical Systems Inc. MERTZ ASSOCIATES acted as advisor to DTI Holdings LLC in designing a marketing program, preparing offering materials, contacting potential purchasers, evaluating proposals and participating in negotiations.

• DTI HOLDINGS LLC, Rustburg, Virginia, provides its customers large-scale, high-technology underwater shock and vibration testing services for mission-critical equipment employed in a variety of applications including propulsion and auxiliary equipment, navigation, communications and weapons guidance. Customers include the U.S. Navy and other U.S. and foreign government agencies, as well as a number of prime contractors and commercial organizations. In addition to testing services, DTI also offers its customers a full line of shock isolators.
   
• NATIONAL TECHNICAL SYSTEMS INC., Calabasas, California, (Nasdaq: NTSC) (NTS) is a business-to-business services company providing integrated testing, certification, quality registration, systems evaluation and engineering solutions to organizations in the aerospace, defense, information technology (IT) and high technology markets. The acquisition of DTI is part of NTS’s strategy to increase revenues and profits by offering new and existing customers and expanded and well-differentiated range of engineering services and testing resources.