Lubrication Engineers Acquires RSC Bio Solutions

Lubrication Engineers Acquires SWEPCO

July 10, 2025

Manufacturing

Lubrication Engineers (LE) has acquired Southwestern Petroleum Lubricants (SWEPCO) from an affiliate of DalFort Capital Partners. SWEPCO, founded in 1933, manufactures specialty greases and lubricating oils for industrial and food-grade applications; the deal expands LE's in‑house calcium sulfonate grease manufacturing capabilities and global distribution footprint. LE is a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Partners.

Lubrication Engineers (Aurora Capital) Acquires SWEPCO from Key Polymer (DalFort)

July 11, 2025

Manufacturing

Lubrication Engineers, a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Partners, has acquired SWEPCO (Southwestern Petroleum Lubricants) from Key Polymer Holdings, an affiliate of DalFort Capital Partners. The transaction is an add-on acquisition intended to expand LE’s specialty grease and lubricants portfolio, including food-grade and industrial formulations; financial terms were not disclosed.

FBC Chemical Corporation Acquires TR Chem Solutions, LLC

October 31, 2025

Manufacturing

FBC Chemical Corporation has acquired specialty chemical manufacturer TR Chem Solutions, LLC in a transaction that closed on October 31, 2025. The acquisition expands FBC's product portfolio and supplier network, adding TR Chem's silicone fluids, specialty additives, industrial emulsions and food‑grade lubricants to FBC's distribution and toll‑blending capabilities.

May River Capital Acquires RLE Technologies

November 30, 2023

Industrial Services

May River Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has acquired RLE Technologies, a Fort Collins, Colorado provider of facility environment monitoring, fluid leak detection, and airflow management products. The acquisition—structured as a platform investment—will keep RLE's management team in place and positions May River to grow RLE's presence in data center and critical facilities monitoring.

GEF Capital Partners Acquires Lifecycle Renewables

June 30, 2022

Energy

GEF Capital Partners, a Washington, D.C.-based sustainability-focused private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Lifecycle Renewables, a Massachusetts-based producer of renewable heating oil (LR100). The investment will support increased production of LR100 and expansion of Lifecycle Renewables' geographic reach beyond the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to meet growing demand from institutional customers.

LSC Environmental Products Acquires Benzaco Scientific, Inc.

July 31, 2024

Manufacturing

Ancor Capital Partners portfolio company LSC Environmental Products, LLC has acquired Benzaco Scientific, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based manufacturer of natural odor-control compounds and delivery systems. The deal expands LSC's solutions portfolio in the solid waste, oil & gas and remediation markets, brings Benzaco's team into LSC's organization, and retains Benzaco's product lines, including the Odor-Armor family; terms were not disclosed.