GE Aerospace Acquires Northstar Aerospace from Wynnchurch Capital
June 26, 2025
Wynnchurch Capital has sold Northstar Aerospace, a Bedford Park, Illinois-based manufacturer of flight-critical and non-flight-critical aircraft parts, to GE Aerospace. Northstar produces complex components such as gears, housings, assemblies and shafts for helicopter transmission systems; Vedder Price provided legal counsel to Wynnchurch and Lincoln International and Moelis & Company served as financial advisors.
- Buyers
- GE Aerospace
- Targets
- Northstar Aerospace
- Sellers
- Wynnchurch Capital
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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