# ELE Advanced Technologies secures LDC secondary buyout to fund capacity growth

LDC supported a secondary buyout of ELE Advanced Technologies, a Lancashire maker of aerospace and gas turbine components, in October 2019 to fund organic growth and capacity investment. The company later moved to a larger facility in Nelson, Lancashire, adding 40% production capacity.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2019-10-01
- Where: Colne, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Status: completed
- Products: turbine blades, vanes, compressor blades, turbo-charger components
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md), [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [ELE Advanced Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/5630.md)
- [LDC](https://endata.com/companies/2016.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [ldc.co.uk](https://www.ldc.co.uk/portfolio/ele-advanced-technologies-engineering-business-secures-investment/), 2019-10-03: "We supported the secondary buyout of the firm in October 2019 to help the business accelerate its organic growth plans."

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