The Riverside Company / Abracon Acquire AEL Crystals Ltd (Add-on)
March 9, 2021
The Riverside Company has invested in AEL Crystals Ltd as an add-on to its Abracon platform. AEL, a long-established UK supplier of quartz-based frequency control components and RF products based in Salfords/Earlswood, will bolster Abracon’s EMEA presence while Riverside plans to expand AEL’s geographic footprint, product innovation, and sales and engineering capabilities.
- Buyers
- The Riverside Company, Abracon
- Targets
- AEL Crystals Ltd
- Platforms
- Abracon
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Surrey, United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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