M&A Deal Summary

HEICO Acquires Axillon Fuel Containment

On November 10, 2025, HEICO acquired aerospace company Axillon Fuel Containment from SK Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is HEICO’s 19th transaction in the Aerospace sector.
  • This is HEICO’s 49th transaction in the United States.
  • This is HEICO’s 1st transaction in Georgia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-11-10
Target Axillon Fuel Containment
Sector Aerospace
Buyer(s) HEICO
Sellers(s) SK Capital Partners
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Axillon Fuel Containment

Rockmart, Georgia, United States
Axillon Fuel Containment is a military specification ("MIL-SPEC") fuel-cell designer and manufacturer for US-built military aircraft, as well as certain commercial aircraft and military ground vehicles. Its products provide crashworthy and, often, ballistically tolerant fuel cells on a broad range of aircraft and defense systems, including, among many others, the F-16, F-15, F/A-18, CH-47 Chinook, KC 135, B-52, AH-64 Apache, V-22 Osprey and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Axillon Fuel Containment is based in Rockmart, Georgia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

HEICO

Hollywood, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1957
Sector Aerospace
Employees10,000
Revenue 3.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
HEICO's corporate headquarters in Hollywood, Florida.
HEICO's corporate headquarters in Hollywood, Florida.

HEICO is a manufacturer of FAA-approved jet engine and aircraft component replacement parts. HEICO is also a manufacturer of various types of electronic equipment for the aviation, defense, space, medical, telecommunications, and electronics industries. HEICO was founded in 1957 and is based in Hollywood, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 53 of 53
Sector: Aerospace M&A 19 of 19
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Georgia M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 49 of 49
Year: 2025 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-07-24 Gables Engineering

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Gables Engineering is a designer and manufacturer of advanced avionics controls, including navigation, audio, surveillance, and communication panels for a wide range of aircraft. Gables Engineering was founded in 1946 and is based in Coral Gables, Florida.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

SK Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 4.9B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

SK Capital Partners is a private investor in mature and middle-market companies located throughout North America. SK Capital focuses on companies with opportunities for substantial business improvement and strong growth prospects. The Firm looks to invest $100 to $200 million of equity in transactions valued up to $500 million. Prospective businesses typically generate $50 to $500 million in revenues and at least $100 million in EBITDA. Areas of interest include specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare. The Firm will consider a variety of transaction situations, including buyouts, recapitalizations, growth equity financings, and corporate carve-outs. SK Capital Partners was spun out of Arsenal Capital Partners and became independent in 2007. SK Capital Partners is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 16
Sector: Aerospace M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 4
State: Georgia M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 11 of 11
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-10-14 Luxium Solutions

Hiram, Ohio, United States

Luxium Solutions is a manufacturer of single scintillation crystals for radiation detection applications, as well as sapphire and garnet substrates for photonics and power electronics applications. Luxium Solutions was founded in 1969 and is based in Hiram, Ohio.

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