# AC&A acquires Applied Composites Engineering

AC&A Enterprises, a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners, acquired Applied Composites Engineering (ACE), a leader in advanced composites for aerospace and defense. The transaction closed November 1, 2017; terms were not disclosed.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-11-02
- Where: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: composite and metallic parts, advanced composites
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [AE Industrial Partners](https://endata.com/companies/10069.md) (investor)
- [AC&A Enterprises](https://endata.com/companies/27828.md) (acquirer)
- [Applied Composites Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/27829.md) (target)

## Sources

- [aeroequity.com](https://www.aeroequity.com/aca-a-portfolio-company-of-ae-industrial-partners-acquires-applied-composites-engineering/), 2017-11-02: "ACE is a perfect fit with AC&A, combining our complementary set of composites engineering and manufacturing capabilities."

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