AEA Investors (Small Business Fund) Acquires Allied Power Group

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 SBPE (AEA Investors) Acquires Crane Engineering Sales

August 31, 2023

Industrial Services

AEA Investors’ Small Business Private Equity (AEA SBPE) team closed the acquisition of Crane Engineering Sales, a Kimberly, Wisconsin-based provider of flow control and fluid handling distribution, services and engineered skid systems. The transaction includes significant reinvestment from Crane’s management and employees and positions AEA to grow the business organically and via acquisitions in the industrial distribution 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.

AEA Investors' Small Business Fund Forms Meritus Gas Partners via Acquisitions of Gas Innovations and Atlas Welding Supply

December 31, 2020

Industrial Services

AEA Investors' Small Business Fund (AEA SBF) formed Meritus Gas Partners by acquiring Willingham Welding Solutions (d/b/a Gas Innovations) and Atlas Welding Supply Co. The transaction recapitalizes the two independent industrial/medical gas and welding-supplies distributors to create a national platform of distributors serving industrial, medical and specialty gas end-markets across North America.

AEA SBF Acquires CLS Management Services, Inc.

June 29, 2020

Infrastructure

AEA Investors' Small Business Fund (AEA SBF) has closed the acquisition of CLS Management Services, Inc., a national provider of land management and right-of-way services for utilities, public infrastructure and energy customers. The deal gives AEA a platform with a national footprint, proprietary project management technology and comprehensive land management capabilities to support infrastructure project lifecycle needs.

Asterion, EDF Invest and Swiss Life Asset Managers Acquire Energy Assets Group

June 25, 2020

Energy

A consortium of Asterion Industrial Partners, EDF Invest and Swiss Life Asset Managers has completed the acquisition of Energy Assets Group (EAG) from Alinda Capital Partners and Hermes Infrastructure. Headquartered in Livingston, Scotland, EAG is a leading provider of multi-utility metering services, meter asset management and last-mile utility connections in the UK; the investors plan to support its continued growth and expansion into adjacent sectors such as IGT/IDNO, fibre and EV charging infrastructure.