Operating Company Industrial Services

American Equipment

South Salt Lake, Utah, United States

The uptime solutions company providing overhead crane and hoist solutions, including inspection, preventive maintenance, repairs, parts, engineering, fabrication, installation, and related field services.

Focus Areas
Overhead crane and hoist equipment distribution, Overhead crane & hoist MRO/field services, Engineering and fabrication

Tracked deals

9

9 tracked deals across 2022-2026.

Recent pace

1

1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

9 addon

American Equipment Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for American Equipment. 6 2022 2 2023 ~1 est. 1 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    American Equipment Solutions
    Target
    BC Wire Rope & Rigging
    Seller
    Barry Heavican, Bill Clark
    Type
    Addon

    American Equipment Solutions (AES), a portfolio company of Rotunda Capital Partners, acquired BC Wire Rope & Rigging, a wire rope, sling, hoist and rigging equipment supplier headquartered in Anaheim, California. The acquisition adds six Western U.S. branches and expands AES’s rigging, sling fabrication and load-testing capabilities, complementing its overhead crane and hoist services.

  • Buyer
    Patriot Capital, American Equipment Solutions, Rotunda Capital Partners
    Type
    Addon

    Patriot Capital provided subordinated debt and an equity co-investment to support an add-on acquisition by American Equipment Solutions, a portfolio company of Rotunda Capital Partners. American Equipment Solutions, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a leading independent provider of overhead crane and hoist, weighing and measurement solutions with a nationwide footprint of more than 60 locations and over 8,000 customers.

  • Buyer
    American Equipment Holdings, Rotunda Capital Partners
    Target
    Shannahan Crane & Hoist
    Seller
    Bill Shannahan
    Type
    Addon

    American Equipment Holdings, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Shannahan Crane & Hoist, a St. Louis-based provider of engineered overhead crane systems and MRO field services. The transaction is the 14th add-on for American Equipment since partnering with Rotunda in May 2021 and expands the platform's Midwest capabilities and national field-service footprint.

  • Buyer
    American Equipment Holdings, Rotunda Capital Partners
    Target
    Systems Specialties Incorporated
    Seller
    Randy Simpson
    Type
    Addon

    American Equipment Holdings, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Systems Specialties Incorporated, a Six Mile, South Carolina-based provider of engineered overhead crane systems and MRO field services. The deal is the 13th add-on to the American Equipment platform and expands its national footprint across the Eastern United States.

  • Buyer
    American Equipment Holdings, Rotunda Capital Partners
    Target
    Industrial Hoist & Crane
    Seller
    Donna Teeples
    Type
    Addon

    American Equipment Holdings, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Industrial Hoist & Crane, a Rock Springs, Wyoming-based provider of overhead crane maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) field services. The deal — the 12th add-on for American Equipment since partnering with Rotunda in May 2021 — expands American Equipment's geographic coverage and service capabilities across the Intermountain West; Industrial Hoist will be rebranded as American Equipment.

  • Buyer
    American Equipment Holdings, Rotunda Capital Partners
    Target
    Patriot Crane & Hoist
    Seller
    Gregg Salyer
    Type
    Addon

    American Equipment Holdings, a portfolio company of Rotunda Capital Partners, has acquired Patriot Crane & Hoist, a Suwanee, Georgia-based provider of overhead crane maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) field services. The deal expands American Equipment's Eastern U.S. footprint by folding Patriot into its Eastern Crane & Hoist division; Patriot will be managed by owner Gregg Salyer and operate as a division of American Equipment.

  • Buyer
    American Equipment Holdings, Rotunda Capital Partners
    Target
    ASR Crane (Arlington Sales & Rental), Quality Crane Service
    Seller
    Arlington Sales & Rental (ASR Crane) — owner Duke Nigro, Quality Crane Service — founder/owner David Stakel
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Addon

    American Equipment Holdings, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, acquired the overhead crane service businesses of Arlington Sales & Rental (ASR Crane) and Quality Crane Service to expand its MRO field services footprint in the Southwest (Arizona/Nevada) and Southeast U.S. respectively. ASR Crane will be rebranded as American Equipment while Quality Crane Service will operate within the Eastern Crane & Hoist division; the deals mark the seventh and eighth add-ons completed by American Equipment since partnering with Rotunda in May 2021.

  • Buyer
    American Equipment Holdings, Rotunda Capital Partners
    Target
    Facilities Engineering, FP Fabrication
    Seller
    Cindy Floriani, Vincent Baroldi
    Type
    Addon

    American Equipment Holdings, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Facilities Engineering, a 50+-year provider of overhead crane systems and MRO field services headquartered in Anaheim, California. The transaction (which also included FP Fabrication, a former Demag facility) expands American Equipment's MRO field services footprint and new equipment/fabrication capabilities across the Western and Southwestern United States.

  • Buyer
    American Equipment Holdings, Rotunda Capital Partners
    Target
    Eastern Crane and Hoist
    Type
    Addon

    American Equipment Holdings, a Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Eastern Crane and Hoist, a Fountain Inn, South Carolina-based provider of overhead crane systems and MRO field services. The deal expands American Equipment's geographic footprint into the Southeast, retains Eastern Crane's leadership team, and strengthens the combined group's service, parts, engineering and fabrication capabilities as part of a broader add-on growth strategy.

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