W Electric Intermediate Holdings Acquires Mace Security International

Westinghouse Acquires Midwest Equipment Sales with Financing from WhiteHorse Capital

October 10, 2024

Consumer Products

Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, LLC has acquired Midwest Equipment Sales, LLC. WhiteHorse Capital provided a new first-lien credit facility to support the acquisition, refinance existing debt, and pay related transaction expenses; Westinghouse says the deal will help restore its manufacturing and product-innovation capabilities and leverage MWE's retail relationships.

CAI Capital Partners Invests in Midwestern Electric

October 31, 2021

Electrical Services

Vancouver-based private equity firm CAI Capital Partners has partnered with Midwestern Electric, a specialty electrical infrastructure services provider headquartered in East Chicago, Indiana. Management (including Ryan Rentschler, Ryan Lepper and Lenore Obajtek) retained meaningful equity and will continue to lead the business as CAI provides capital (with debt financing from CIBC) to support platform growth and expansion of MWE's municipal and commercial electrical services.

AEA Investors Acquires WorldWide Electric Corporation

October 4, 2022

Industrial Services

AEA Investors' Small Business Private Equity team has closed the acquisition of WWE Holdings, LLC (WorldWide Electric Corporation) from Graycliff Partners LP, with rollover investment from management and employees. Headquartered in Rochester, New York, WorldWide Electric is a distributor and manufacturer of electric motors, gear reducers and motor controls; AEA plans to invest behind the company's differentiated, value-added industrial distribution model.

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.

MasTec Acquires Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives (IEA)

July 25, 2022

Energy

MasTec has agreed to acquire Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. (IEA) in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion, with IEA shareholders receiving $14.00 per share. The deal expands MasTec's clean energy and infrastructure capabilities—adding nearly 6,000 IEA employees, union-based clean energy power generation services, and broadened renewable project and heavy-civil expertise—and is expected to close in late Q4 2022 subject to customary approvals.

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.