AEA Investors Acquires WorldWide Electric Corporation
October 4, 2022
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.
- Buyers
- AEA Investors (AEA SBPE)
- Targets
- WWE Holdings, LLC (WorldWide Electric Corporation)
- Sellers
- Graycliff Partners LP
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- New York, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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