Summit Equity Group Acquires CAI Custom Alloys
August 9, 2022
Summit Equity Group, a Des Moines-based private investment firm, has acquired CAI Custom Alloys, Inc., a Belvidere, Illinois processor of high-performance superalloy scrap. The transaction — advised by Dresner Partners — will allow CAI to accelerate market penetration and expand its capabilities supplying nickel-, cobalt- and specialty-superalloy materials to aerospace and high-performance industrial customers; financial terms were not disclosed.
- Buyers
- Summit Equity Group
- Targets
- CAI Custom Alloys, Inc.
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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