Aquilex Corporation / First Reserve (Atlanta, Georgia)
Holding company providing services to the power generation industry.
Sold to Harvest Partners, LLC (New York, New York).
Aquilex Corporation / Harvest Partners (Atlanta, Georgia)
A leading provider of missioncritical and routine maintenance, repair, and industrial cleaning services to the oil refining, fossil and nuclear power generation, petrochemical and waste-to-energy industries.
Sold to Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Ontario Canada).
Astrocosmos Metallurgical, Inc. / Primus Venture Partners and PNC Equity Management Corp (Wooster, Ohio)
Leading manufacturer of corrosion-resistant equipment.
Sold to Carbone Lorraine North American Corp., a subsidiary of Groupe Carbone Lorraine (Paris, France).
Atlantic Industrial / Sterling Partners (Columbia, Maryland)
One of the largest North American providers of specialized scaffolding insulation, and complementary in-plant services.
Sold to Brock Group (Houston, Texas).
Blaschak Coal Corp. (Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania)
A leading miner, preparer, and marketer of high-quality anthracite coal.
Sold to Milestone Partners (St. Davids, Pennsylvania).
Brock Holdings, Inc. (Beaumont, Texas)
One of the largest providers of industrial maintenance services in the country and the nation's leading multi-craft maintenance contractor.
Sold to Lindsay Goldberg & Bessemer (New York, New York).
C&W Fabricators Inc. / Meriwether Capital Corporation (Gardner, Massachusetts)
Leading manufacturer of custom-fabricated gas turbine inlet and exhaust silencing systems for gas turbine generators.
Sold to First Reserve Corporation (Greenwich, Connecticut).
Cannon Technologies, Inc. / GFI Energy Ventures LLC (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Leading provider of energy management solutions that optimize energy delivery for and significantly improve capacity challenges faced by utilities due to increasing customer service requirements and rising energy costs.
Sold to Cooper Power Systems, Inc., a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (Houston, Texas).
Carolane Propane Gas, Inc. (Lexington, North Carolina)
Propane distributor.
Sold to Heritage Propane (Tulsa, Oklahoma).
Charter Brokerage / Summit Park Partners (Norwalk, Connecticut)
One of the premier non-asset-based third-party logistics providers to the North American petroleum industry.
Sold to Arsenal Capital Partners (New York, New York).
Chromalox, Inc. / CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania )
A leading global provider of commercial and industrial electric heating products and solutions.
Sold to Sentinel Capital Partners (New York, New York).
Compressco, Inc. (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Manufactures a proprietary production enhancement solution that dramatically increases the daily production and total recoverable reserves of marginal and low-volume natural gas wells.
Sold to Tetra Technologies, Inc. (The Woodlands, Texas).
Delta Rigging & Tools / Prospect Partners, LLC (Lake Jackson, Texas)
North America's largest one-stop provider of lifting products and services in the lifting equipment and rigging industry.
Sold to Austin Ventures (Austin, Texas).
East Coast Oil Corporation (Richmond, Virginia)
47-site convenience store chain with locations in North Carolina and Virginia.
Sold to The Pantry (Sanford, North Carolina) and Delek Energy Group (Netanya, Israel).
Energy Solutions International, Inc./ Inverness Graham Investments (Houston, Texas )
A leading global supplier of pipeline management software.
Sold to GFI Energy Group of Oaktree Capital Management (Los Angeles, California).
Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Leader in demand response and energy infrastructure management services for commercial, institutional, and industrial customers, enables customers to reduce energy costs, comply with increasingly demanding environmental regulations, take advantage of alternative power initiatives, increase operational security, and improve reliability.
Sold to Comverge, Inc. (Peabody, Massachusetts).
Farm & Home Oil Company (Telford, Pennsylvania)
One of the leading independent fuel distributors in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Sold to Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Houston, Texas).
Fasloc, Inc. / Sentinel Capital Partners (Martinsburg, West Virginia)
Manufacturer of polyester resin cartridges that permanently secure roof support bolts used in mines to create stable and secure roofs.
Sold to DSI USA (Glendale, Arizona), an affiliate of German-based DYWIDAG-Systems International (Aschheim, Germany).
Franklin Energy Services, LLC /Brass Ring Capital (Port Washington, Wisconsin )
One of the largest energy efficiency program management companies in the U.S. The company designs and implements customized programs for utilities to promote the efficient consumption of electricity and natural gas.
Sold to Cortec Group (New York, New York).
Genscape, Inc. / GFI Energy Ventures LLC (Louisville, Kentucky)
A privately held company that provides critical, real-time energy generation and transmission information utilizing proprietary technology to generate data about power plant usage and supply availability.
Sold to DMG Information (Stamford, Connecticut), a division of Daily Mail and General Trust plc (United Kingdom).
Gimpel Corporation (Langhorne, Pennsylvania)
Leading manufacturer of precision-machined, specialty valves for small and medium-sized steam turbines.
Sold to Tyco International, Inc. (Exeter, New Hampshire).
Global Energy Decisions, L.L.C. / Quadrangle Group LLC (Boulder, Colorado)
Provides energy organizations with solutions based on a common framework of software applications, energy markets data, maps, and advisory services to enable energy professionals to forecast electricity pricing and demand, conduct resource planning, perform strategic studies and competitor analysis, manage risk, trade energy and schedule delivery, and optimize generation performance.
Sold to Ventyx, Inc. (Atlanta, Georgia), a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners (San Francisco, California).
Hake Group, Inc. (Eddystone, Pennsylvania)
A leading provider of industrial contracting services for the power generation, petroleum, chemical, and manufacturing industries in the mid-Atlantic.
Sold to Matrix Service Co. (Tulsa, Oklahoma).
HMT Inc. / Nassau Point Investors (Tomball, Texas)
Leading provider of products and services for the maintenance, repair, and inspection of aboveground storage tanks for the petroleum and petrochemical industries.
Sold to Berkshire Partners (Boston, Massachusetts).
Hudson Products Holdings, Inc. / The Sterling Group (Sugar Land, Texas)
Designer and manufacturer of air-cooled heat exchanger equipment to serve the oil, gas, and petrochemical processing industries.
Sold to Riverstone Holdings, LLC (New York, New York).
HydroChem Holding, Inc. / The Sterling Group (Deer Park, Texas)
Provider of industrial cleaning services to a wide range of process industries that require recurring maintenance to improve or sustain operating efficiencies and extend the useful lives of their equipment and facilities.
Sold to Oaktree Capital Management LLC (Los Angeles, California).
HydroChem Industrial Services / Oaktree Capital Management (Deer Park, Texas)
Provider of industrial cleaning services to a wide range of process industries that require recurring maintenance to improve or sustain operating efficiencies and extend the useful lives of their equipment and facilities.
Sold to Aquilex Corporation, (Atlanta, Georgia).
Kearney Company, Inc. / The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation (Tucker, Georgia)
Manufacturer of electrical power distribution equipment.
Sold to Cooper Industries, Inc. (Houston, Texas).
LineSoft Corporation / GFI Energy Ventures LLC (Spokane, Washington)
A provider of software solutions and engineering services to support the design, construction, and maintenance of transmission and distribution ("T&D") assets for the electric and gas industry.
Sold to Itron, Inc. (Spokane, Washington).
Marathon Power Technologies Company / Metapoint Partners (Waco, Texas)
Leading manufacturer of nickel-cadmium batteries for the aerospace industry.
Sold to TransDigm, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio), a portfolio company of Kelso & Co. (New York, New York).
Microporous Products, L.P. / Private Investor Group (Piney Flats, Tennessee)
Leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of highly specialized rubber and polyethylene membrane-based products used to separate and insulate the positive and negative plates in lead-acid batteries.
Sold to Industrial Growth Partners (San Francisco, California).
Microporous Products, L.P. / Strategic Investments & Holdings, Inc. (Piney Flats, Tennessee)
Leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of highly specialized rubber and polyethylene membrane-based products used to separate and insulate the positive and negative plates in lead-acid batteries.
Sold to a private investor group.
NORESCO / GFI Energy Ventures LLC (Westborough, Massachusetts)
One of the largest U.S. energy service companies specializing in the development, design, construction, financing, and operation of energy and environmental efficiency projects, performance contracting, and central energy plants. Its clients include various departments of the U.S. government, public housing agencies, school districts, universities, state and local governments, and industrial and commercial businesses.
Sold to Carrier Corporation (Farmington, Connecticut).
Ohmstede Ltd. / Tanglewood Investments, Inc. (Beaumont, Texas)
The leading provider of aftermarket services, replacement parts, and fabrication for engineered shell and tube heat exchangers in North America.
Sold to First Reserve Corporation (Greenwich, Connecticut) and Management.
Ohmstede, Inc. / First Reserve Corporation (Beaumont, Texas)
Leading provider of aftermarket services, replacement parts, and fabrication for engineered shell and tube heat exchangers in North America.
Sold to EMCOR Group, Inc. (Norwalk, Connecticut).
Power Measurement, Inc. / GFI Energy Ventures LLC (Victoria, British Columbia)
Leading provider of enterprise energy management systems for energy suppliers and large energy consumers worldwide.
Sold to Schneider Electric (Rueil-Malmaison, France).
Power Solutions / Danaher Corporation (Richmond, Virginia)
Offers a broad range of products and services designed to ensure a high-quality, reliable flow of power to commercial and industrial customers for mission critical applications such as datacenters.
Sold to strategic buyer Thomas & Betts Corporation (Memphis, Tennessee).
Production Control Services, Inc. / The Riverside Company (Fort Lupton, Colorado)
Leading designer, manufacturer, and servicer of plunger lift systems optimizing production of natural gas wells.
Sold to Fidelity Capital Investors (Boston, Massachusetts).
Professional Directional Enterprises, Inc. / Harren Equity Partners (Conroe, Texas)
Leading independent provider of directional and horizontal drilling services to oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) companies.
Sold to Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC (New York, New York).
RathGibson, Inc. / Liberty Partners (Janesville, Wisconsin and North Branch, New Jersey)
Leading manufacturer of highly engineered, high-performance stainless steel and specialty alloy tubular products with operations in Janesville, Wisconsin, and North Branch, New Jersey.
Sold to Castle Harlan Partners IV, L.P. (New York, New York).
Retail Heating Oil and Propane Distribution Business (Sunoco Retail Heat) of Sunoco, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
A leading manufacturer and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products.
Sold to strategic buyer Superior Plus Corp. (Alberta, Canada)
Roberts & Schaefer Company, a subsidiary of Elgin National Industries (Chicago, Illinois)
A global leader in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for bulk material handling and processing systems.
Sold to KBR, Inc. (Houston, Texas).
SAE Towers Holdings, LLC / ACON Investments, LLC (Houston, Texas)
A leading manufacturer of transmission lattice towers, steel poles and related hardware serving the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Latin America.
Sold to international strategic buyer KEC International Limited (Mumbai, India).
Summit Energy (Louisville, Kentucky)
Largest independent global provider of outsourced energy procurement, advisory, and management services.
Sold to Weston Presidio (Boston, Massachusetts).
The Cortland Companies / Cortec Group (Cortland, New York)
Global designer, manufacturer, and distributor of custom-engineered electro-mechanical cables and umbilicals, high-performance synthetic ropes, and value-added steel cable and assemblies.
Sold to strategic buyer Actuant Corporation (Butler, Wisconsin).
United States Infrastructure
Corporation (USIC) / Kohlberg & Company, L.L.C. (Carmel, Indiana)
A leading provider of outsourced sub-surface utility locating services in the U.S. The company provides
locating services across 20 states on behalf of over 400 telecom, electric, gas, cable and water utilities, including all major national and regional utilities throughout the Midwest, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest.
Sold to OMERS Private Equity (Toronto, Canada).
U.S. Liquids of Louisiana / Kohlberg & Company, L.L.C. (Carmel, Indiana)
A leading independent provider of oil and gas exploration and production ("E&P") waste treatment and disposal services in its operating regions.
Sold to R360 Environmental Solutions (R3 Treatment Inc., d/b/a R360 Environmental Solutions), a Paine & Partners LLC and Tinicum Capital Partners entity. Energy Special Situations Funds and Blue Sage Capital also part of the investor group.
Utility Service Company, Inc. / Three Cities Research, Inc. (Perry, Georgia)
A national leader in providing water tank maintenance services to municipal and private water utilities throughout 35 states.
Sold to SUEZ Environment North America (Houston, Texas).
Virginia Explosives & Drilling Company, Inc. / Harren Equity Partners (Grundy, Virginia)
The leader in outsourced drilling and blasting services to the coal mining industry in the Central Appalachia region.
Sold to Lime Rock Partners (Westport, Connecticut) and Cadent Energy Partners (Rye Brook, New York).
Wyre Wynd, a division of Southwire Company (Jewett City, Connecticut)
Manufacturer of bare and tinned copper wire used in power conduction.
Sold to Negev Wire (Petah Tikva, Israel).
Yuba Heat Transfer / Connell Limited Partnership (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
A leader in the engineering, design, and manufacture of heat
transfer solutions.
Sold to SPX Subsidiary (Charlotte, North Carolina).
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