AEA SBF Recapitalizes Monroe Engineering

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 Investors and NB Private Equity Partners Acquire Monroe Engineering Group

January 7, 2022

Manufacturing

ShoreView has sold Monroe Engineering Group, a Rochester Hills, Michigan-based supplier of custom and standard hardware for OEMs, to a consortium led by AEA Investors with participation from NB Private Equity Partners. ShoreView originally partnered with Monroe in 2017 to fund an aggressive add-on and organic growth strategy; the new private equity owners will continue to support the company’s platform growth and add-on strategy.

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.

AEA Investors Acquires BMS Enterprises

September 30, 2019

Environmental Services

AEA Investors' Middle Market Private Equity team has closed the acquisition of BMS Enterprises, a Fort Worth-based provider of fire, water and reconstruction restoration services. AEA will back BMS — which operates 17 U.S. branches and a national catastrophe team and employs roughly 850 people — to support continued organic growth and expansion of its restoration and reconstruction capabilities.

AEA Investors (Small Business Fund) Acquires Allied Power Group

June 17, 2019

Industrial Services

AEA Investors’ Small Business Fund (AEA SBF) has closed the acquisition of Allied Power Group, a Houston-based independent provider of aftermarket maintenance and repair solutions for heavy-frame industrial gas turbines serving the electric utility industry. AEA expects to support APG's growth initiatives, broaden its served turbine technologies and fuel types, and expand its customer base and service offerings.

AEA SBF Acquires American Expediting

May 31, 2019

Transportation

AEA Investors' Small Business Fund (AEA SBF) has completed the acquisition of American Expediting, a U.S.-based same-day ground courier and expedited logistics provider. The company, headquartered in Folcroft, Pennsylvania, serves time-critical shipments—particularly in the life sciences vertical—and operates more than 40 locations with over 300 employees and a network of independent contract drivers.