AEA SBPE (AEA Investors) Acquires Crane Engineering Sales

AEA SBPE Acquires Chemtron RiverBend

March 3, 2023

Industrial Services

AEA Investors’ Small Business Private Equity (AEA SBPE) has closed the acquisition of Chemtron RiverBend (CRB), a St. Charles, Missouri–based full-service provider of industrial water and wastewater treatment products and laboratory services. The deal includes significant rollover by management and employees; AEA cited CRB’s differentiated position in a large, fragmented market and substantial organic and M&A growth potential as drivers for the investment.

AEA SBPE Acquires Rees Scientific

November 4, 2022

Medical Devices

AEA Investors' Small Business Private Equity (AEA SBPE) has closed the acquisition of Rees Scientific, Inc., with rollover investment from the company's employees. Rees Scientific, headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey, provides automated environmental monitoring systems and a differentiated service network serving biopharma, biotech, hospitals, blood banks, academic and CRO customers.

AEA Investors SBPE Acquires P&B Intermodal

September 17, 2024

Transportation

AEA Investors' Small Business Private Equity team has closed the acquisition of P&B Intermodal, with significant reinvestment from the company's management team. P&B is a New Jersey–founded national provider of maintenance and repair services to intermodal operators, and AEA said it will leverage its network and resources to support the company's organic growth in the transportation & logistics market.

AEA SBF Recapitalizes Monroe Engineering

December 21, 2021

Manufacturing

AEA Investors' Small Business Fund (AEA SBF) recapitalized Monroe Engineering Holdings, LLC alongside management and employee investors. The investment provides liquidity to existing stakeholders and positions Monroe to continue serving OEM customers across aerospace, medical, renewable energy and other industrial end markets.

Crane Engineering Acquires Geiger Pump & Equipment Company

March 18, 2024

Industrial Services

Crane Engineering, a family-owned fluid processing distributor based in Kimberly, Wisconsin, has acquired Geiger Pump & Equipment Company, a Mid-Atlantic distributor and service provider of fluid process equipment with locations in Baltimore, Maryland and Aston, Pennsylvania. The deal expands Crane Engineering's geographic footprint into the Mid-Atlantic and New England and will keep Geiger's president, Chris Brown, in leadership of Geiger operations and in a corporate role with Crane.

Bertram Capital Acquires Flow Control Group from AEA SBF

January 29, 2019

Industrial Services

Bertram Capital partnered with Flow Control Group's executive management team, with participation from A&M Capital Opportunities, to acquire Flow Control Group from AEA Investors' Small Business Fund. The investment establishes Flow Control Group as a new platform for Bertram to pursue a buy-and-build strategy across the North American flow control and fluid handling distribution market.