AE Industrial Partners Acquires American Pacific Corporation

AE Industrial Partners Acquires Calca Solutions

March 4, 2024

Manufacturing

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has completed the acquisition of Calca Solutions, a Lake Charles, Louisiana-based manufacturer of hydrazine used in space propulsion, defense, pharmaceutical, and water-treatment applications. AEI will establish Calca as a new platform in its mission-critical products strategy to expand domestic capacity and support national security, aerospace, biotech, and clean-energy markets.

NewMarket Corporation Acquires AMPAC Intermediate Holdings (American Pacific) for $700M

January 16, 2024

Manufacturing

NewMarket Corporation (NYSE: NEU) completed the acquisition of AMPAC Intermediate Holdings, LLC, the parent of American Pacific Corporation (AMPAC), for approximately $700 million in cash. AMPAC, based in Cedar City, Utah, is a specialty manufacturer of critical performance additives for solid rocket motors and Halotron fire‑suppression agents and has roughly 150 employees; the seller was affiliates of private equity firm AE Industrial Partners.

AE Industrial Partners Acquires PCI

October 26, 2020

Cybersecurity

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has acquired PCI, a Columbia, Maryland–based provider of cybersecurity, computer network operations (CNO), cloud engineering, systems engineering, enterprise IT, and data analytics for the U.S. intelligence and defense communities. The deal — terms not disclosed — represents AEI's ninth platform investment in Fund II and is intended to accelerate PCI's growth and reach into defense, intelligence, and national security markets.

AE Industrial Partners Acquires Adcole Maryland Aerospace

March 2, 2020

Aerospace & Defense

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has acquired Adcole Maryland Aerospace (AMA), a Marlborough, Massachusetts–based designer and manufacturer of mission-critical spacecraft components and small satellites, from Adcole Corporation/Artemis Capital Partners. The acquisition establishes AEI's space technology platform and aims to position AMA to capture growing demand from U.S. government and commercial space markets.

AE Industrial Partners Acquires UAV Factory

January 28, 2021

Aerospace & Defense

AE Industrial Partners (AEI) has acquired UAV Factory, a Riga, Latvia–based designer and manufacturer of small fixed‑wing tactical UAVs and ISR payloads, to form a standalone unmanned technology platform. Terms were not disclosed; UAV Factory — which also has a location in Bend, Oregon — has delivered more than 300 aircraft to customers in 55+ countries and will continue under existing leadership, with co‑founder Konstantin Popiks remaining in a senior role.

American Industrial Partners Makes Strategic Investment in Austin Powder

July 1, 2024

Manufacturing

American Industrial Partners (AIP) has made a strategic growth investment in Austin Powder to support the company's expansion, innovation and global growth plans while partnering with Austin’s existing long-term ownership group and management team. Financial terms were not disclosed; the investment will provide AIP’s financial and operational resources to accelerate geographic expansion and capability development across Austin Powder’s explosives manufacturing and blasting services business.