AEA SBPE Acquires Rees Scientific

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 SBPE Acquires Chemtron RiverBend

March 3, 2023

Industrial Services

AEA Investors’ Small Business Private Equity (AEA SBPE) has closed the acquisition of Chemtron RiverBend (CRB), a St. Charles, Missouri–based full-service provider of industrial water and wastewater treatment products and laboratory services. The deal includes significant rollover by management and employees; AEA cited CRB’s differentiated position in a large, fragmented market and substantial organic and M&A growth potential as drivers for the investment.

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 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 Investors Acquires Verdesian Life Sciences

February 26, 2021

Agriculture

Funds managed by AEA Investors have acquired Verdesian Life Sciences from Paine Schwartz Partners. Verdesian, a Cary, North Carolina-based developer of biological, nutritional, fertilizer enhancers, seed treatment and inoculant technologies with more than 240 employees, will partner with AEA to scale organically and through strategic acquisitions and expand geographically.

AEA SBPE Acquires RED Global Limited

October 6, 2022

Staffing & HR

AEA Investors’ Small Business Private Equity team has closed the acquisition of RED Global Limited, a London-based specialist IT staffing firm focused on the SAP ecosystem. The deal includes rollover investment from RED’s senior leadership team and positions AEA to expand its footprint in the IT staffing market through RED’s global SAP talent network and blue-chip client relationships.