Applied Composites on Tuesday said it has acquired another composite manufacturer, San Diego Composites (SDC), in a deal that expands its manufacturing capacity and enables it to provide customers with more integrated solutions.

Orion spacecraft launch abort system fillet produced by San Diego Composites. Photo: San Diego Composites
Orion spacecraft launch abort system fillet produced by San Diego Composites. Photo: San Diego Composites

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SDC produces large composite structures and has more than 60 employees.

“The addition of SDC to our composites platform adds significant engineering talent and unique capabilities in the design and production of large composite structures,” Bill Boisture, chairman of Applied Composites and operating partner of AE Industrial Partners, said in a statement. “Applied Composites has the scale, capacity, and capabilities to provide our customers an integrated solution from design and engineering through tooling manufacturing, component production, and complex assembly.”

AE Industrial is a private equity firm. The deal is the third acquisition in the last four months by Applied Composites, which previously was called AC&A Holdings.

SDC has a 70,000 square foot facility in San Diego. The company is on programs such as NASA’s Orion spacecraft, missile systems for Raytheon [RTN], propulsion systems, and structures for commercial aircraft and military helicopters.

AEI’s financial adviser on the deal was Berkeley Research Group.