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AC&A Acquires Aerospace Composites Manufacturer Encore

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, January 5th, 2018

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AC&A Acquires Aerospace Composites Manufacturer Encore

Drive shaft for Bell's 429 helicopter supplied by EnCore Composites. Photo: Encore Group

AC&A, a portfolio company of the private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, has acquired EnCore Composite Structures in a deal that bolsters the company’s composites business.Terms of the deal, which closed on Dec. 21, 2017, were not disclosed.“The acquisition of ECS represents a strategic addition to the unique composites platform that we are building,” Bill Boisture, chairman of AC&A and operating partner with AE Industrial, said in a statement. “ECS provides us with a powerful combination of high-growth aerospace programs,…

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