M&A Deal Summary

AEA Investors Acquires Burke Porter Group

On August 1, 2022, private equity firm AEA Investors acquired manufacturer Burke Porter Group from Everbright

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is AEA Investors’ 8th transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is AEA Investors’ 96th transaction in the United States.
  • This is AEA Investors’ 4th transaction in Michigan.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-08-01
Target Burke Porter Group
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) AEA Investors
Sellers(s) Everbright
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Burke Porter Group

Ada, Michigan, United States
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Burke Porter Group is a provider of automotive, advanced manufacturing, and life science markets, maintaining more than 30 locations in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Burke Porter Group is based in Ada, Michigan.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

AEA Investors

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 17.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

AEA Investors is a private investment firm focused on investing in and acquiring businesses headquartered primarily in the US, Europe, and China. AEA looks for companies operating in stable to growing industries with a proven ability to generate positive cash-flow. Broad sectors of interest include value-added industrial products/services, specialty chemicals, consumer products, and services. In addition to its primary middle-market private equity fund, AEA maintains additional funds targeted towards mezzanine financing, senior secured debt, and small business buyouts. AEA Investors was formed in 1968 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 109 of 114
Sector (Manufacturing) 8 of 9
Type (Divestiture) 7 of 7
State (Michigan) 4 of 4
Country (United States) 96 of 99
Year (2022) 3 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-21 Bespoke Partners

San Diego, California, United States

Bespoke Partners is a firm focused exclusively on executive recruiting and leadership advisory services for private equity-backed enterprise software companies. Bespoke Partners has offices in San Diego, Austin, and Philadelphia and provides human capital services spanning the deal cycle from due diligence to leadership build-out to exit readiness.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-10-04 Worldwide Electric

Rochester, New York, United States

WorldWide Electric designs, engineers, and distributes company-branded as well as third party-branded electric motors, motor controls, and gear reducers and has developed a highly proficient sales & marketing team, strong engineering, and product development capabilities. The company sells to a diversified customer base of over 4,000 integrators, OEMs, and distributors serving a wide array of industrial end-markets. WorldWide Electric Corp. was founded in 1998 and is based in Rochester, New York.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Everbright

Hong Kong, China

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Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Financial Services
Employees273
Revenue 5.1B HKD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

China Everbright Limited has woven huge cross-border social and business networks in Hong Kong and the Mainland. Everbright persistently pursues its “Macro Asset Management” strategy, with specific focuses being placed on fund management and investment businesses, namely Primary Market Investment, Secondary Market Investment and Structured Financing and Investment. Everbright was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Hong Kong, China.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Manufacturing) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Michigan) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 1 of 1