Ascent Lifting Acquires CERTEX USA

Ascent Lifting (Shorehill Capital) Acquires Brevard Rigging Supply

October 6, 2025

Industrial Services

Ascent Lifting, a Shorehill Capital portfolio company, acquired Cocoa, Florida-based Brevard Rigging Supply LLC on October 6, 2025. The add-on expands Ascent Lifting's presence in Florida and enhances its capabilities in lifting and rigging distribution and fabrication, with Brevard serving end markets including space exploration; terms were not disclosed.

Ascent Lifting Acquires Charleston's Rigging & Marine Hardware

February 3, 2025

Industrial Services

Ascent Lifting, a portfolio company of Shorehill Capital, completed the acquisition of Charleston's Rigging & Marine Hardware (CRMH) on February 3, 2025. The add-on expands Ascent's footprint into South Carolina with two full-service branches (North Charleston and Columbia) and adds fabrication, load-testing and crane-service capabilities.

Summit Casing Equipment Acquires Scepter Supply

October 6, 2023

Oil & Gas

Summit Casing Equipment, a Fort Worth-based manufacturer of cementation products for the oil and gas industry, has acquired Scepter Supply, LLC, a Cheyenne-headquartered distributor of casing accessories and centralizers. The acquisition expands Summit's product offering and customer base in the U.S. land-based well construction market and brings Scepter's high-impact composite centralizer and distribution footprint into Summit's manufacturing and service network.

Ascent Lifting Acquires Cargo Control USA

March 6, 2023

Industrial Services

Ascent Lifting, a Shorehill Capital-backed distributor and fabricator of lifting and rigging products, completed the acquisition of Cargo Control USA on March 1, 2023. The add-on deal expands Ascent Lifting's product offering, production and warehouse capacity and extends its geographic reach into Sanford, North Carolina.

ACS Group Acquires The Ascent Services Group

December 1, 2019

Staffing & HR

ACS Group (formerly American Cybersystems) acquired The Ascent Services Group, a national IT and life sciences consulting and staffing firm, in a transaction that closed in December 2019. The acquisition — from Ascent's financial sponsor Sycamore Hill Capital Partners — expands ACS Group's geographic footprint and strengthens its IT and life-sciences staffing capabilities as ACS pushes toward the $1 billion revenue milestone.

H.I.G. Capital Acquires CXtec and TERACAI

August 29, 2016

IT Services

H.I.G. Capital (through an affiliate) has acquired CABLExpress Corporation d/b/a CXtec and TERACAI Corporation, both headquartered in Syracuse, New York. The acquisitions combine CXtec’s refurbished networking hardware, data center cabling manufacturing and aftermarket maintenance capabilities with TERACAI’s systems-integration and IT infrastructure services to accelerate product and service expansion and growth.