Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires General Machinery Company, Inc.

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE) Acquires Air Automation Engineering

August 2, 2024

Industrial Services

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE), a Frontenac-backed industrial automation platform, has acquired Air Automation Engineering (AAE), a Fridley, Minnesota-based distributor and service provider of automation products and tooling. The add-on expands MCE’s automation capabilities, product offerings and served geographies across the Upper Midwest while AAE will continue to operate under its existing leadership.

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE) Acquires Piedmont Electric Motor Repair, Inc.

January 18, 2024

Industrial Services

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE), a Frontenac-backed industrial services platform, has acquired Piedmont Electric Motor Repair, Inc., a family-owned electric motor and crane repair provider based in Asheboro, North Carolina. The acquisition expands MCE's maintenance, repair and fabrication capabilities and will allow Piedmont to continue operating under its name with existing leadership.

Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires Applied Industrial Controls and Engineered Systems Group

November 2, 2023

Industrial Services

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE), a Frontenac‑backed industrial distributor and service platform, acquired Buford, Georgia‑based Applied Industrial Controls, Inc. (AIC) and Engineered Systems Group, LLC (ESG). The add‑on acquisitions expand MCE’s automation, controls distribution, and systems integration capabilities and provide entry into southeastern U.S. industrial and water/wastewater end markets.

Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires Power & Pumps, Inc. and Industrial Control Services, Inc.

June 6, 2023

Industrial Services

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE) has completed the acquisitions of Power & Pumps, Inc., a Jacksonville-based distributor of pumps and power-transmission products, and Industrial Control Services, Inc., a Zeeland-based value-added automation distributor. The deals expand MCE's geographic footprint, broaden its automation and fluid-processing product and service offerings, and represent add-on acquisitions to the MCE platform backed by Frontenac.

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE) Acquires RSA, Inc. and Global Controls, Inc.

December 31, 2021

Industrial Services

MCE (Motion & Control Enterprises) has acquired RSA, Inc. and Global Controls, Inc., a St. Charles, Illinois-based distributor of robotics, motion control, vision systems and a systems integrator serving industrial end-users and OEMs across the upper Midwest. The deal is MCE’s fourth acquisition and acts as an add-on to expand its motion control and automation product and systems-integration capabilities, supported by Frontenac, the Chicago-based private equity firm referenced in the announcement.

Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires Instrument Associates, Inc.

August 31, 2021

Industrial Services

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE), a Frontenac‑backed industrial distributor based in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, has acquired Instrument Associates, Inc., a full‑service instrumentation distributor based in Alsip, Illinois. Instrument Associates will continue operating under its name with its 22 employees; MCE said the acquisition broadens its fluid power, flow control and instrumentation capabilities to better serve industrial customers in Illinois and Indiana.