AEA Investors Acquires WorldWide Electric Corporation

Brookside Mezzanine Partners Invests in Worldwide Electric Corporation LLC

April 22, 2020

Industrial Services

Brookside Mezzanine Partners provided subordinated debt and a minority equity co-investment to Worldwide Electric Corporation LLC (WWE), a portfolio company of Graycliff Partners, to support WWE’s growth strategy. WWE, founded in 1998 and headquartered near Rochester/Fairport, New York, is a developer, importer and value‑added distributor of industrial electric motors, motor controls and gear reducers.

WorldWide Electric Corporation Acquires Louis Allis

March 6, 2020

Manufacturing

WorldWide Electric Corporation has acquired Louis Allis, a specialty electric motor manufacturer based outside Birmingham, Alabama, in a transaction led by advisor Business Acquisition & Merger Associates (BAMA). The deal adds Louis Allis's high-horsepower specialty motor manufacturing and large-format service capabilities to WorldWide's platform (a portfolio company of Graycliff Partners), expanding the combined company's turnkey industrial motor offering.

WorldWide Electric (Graycliff) Acquires Georator Corporation and Athlon Generator

August 19, 2021

Manufacturing

Graycliff Partners' portfolio company WorldWide Electric has completed the acquisition of Georator Corporation and its subsidiary Athlon Generator. The deal expands WorldWide Electric's product offering to include rotary and solid-state frequency converters and generators, strengthening its capabilities for industrial, aerospace and government customers as an add-on to the platform.

AEA Investors (Small Business Fund) Acquires Allied Power Group

June 17, 2019

Industrial Services

AEA Investors’ Small Business Fund (AEA SBF) has closed the acquisition of Allied Power Group, a Houston-based independent provider of aftermarket maintenance and repair solutions for heavy-frame industrial gas turbines serving the electric utility industry. AEA expects to support APG's growth initiatives, broaden its served turbine technologies and fuel types, and expand its customer base and service offerings.

HKW Acquires Electric Equipment & Engineering Co.

July 3, 2025

Manufacturing

HKW, a middle-market private equity firm, has acquired Electric Equipment & Engineering Co. (EEE), a Denver-based designer and manufacturer of electrical power distribution products serving data centers, telecommunications, broadband and utilities. The company was owned by the third-generation Morroni family prior to the transaction; financial terms were not disclosed and financing was provided by Barings and Siguler Guff.

WWE Acquires Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide

April 19, 2025

Media & Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has acquired Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), one of Mexico’s leading lucha libre promotions, in a strategic move announced April 19, 2025. The deal expands WWE’s presence in the Mexican and broader Latin American markets and will be showcased by a cross-promotional event, NXT x AAA: Worlds Collide, on June 7, 2025 in Los Angeles.