
The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners [AEI] on Tuesday said it has acquired Aerostructures Acquisition LLC, also known as The Atlas Group, and will combine the company with its existing portfolio company F.M.I., Inc., to create a manufacturing company that produces a wide range of complex assemblies for commercial, military and business aircraft.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Atlas and FMI are based in Wichita, Kan., and combined have more than 1,000 employees.Atlas makes aircraft doors, escape hatches,…