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Article: Boasso seeks new outlets after selling his Chalmette-based business 'baby'
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- New Orleans CityBusiness
- Article date:
- March 17, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright 2008 New Orleans CityBusiness. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Walter Boasso had a busy 2007.
He ran for governor and sold his "baby," Boasso America Corp., an
intermodal container business he founded in 1985, to publicly traded
Quality Distribution Inc. based in Tampa, Fla.
Quality Distribution acquired Chalmette-based Boasso America Corp
Aug. 2, 2007, for about $60 million, subject to purchase price
adjustments. Through its subsidiary Quality Carriers Inc., Quality
Distribution provides bulk transportation and tank cleaning
operations. Although Boasso had considered a joint venture with
Quality for operations in New Jersey and Savannah, Ga., he
eventually decided it needed more resources to grow.
"It's my baby. I nurtured it and grew it up but I ...
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