# Micronics Engineered Filtration Group acquires AFT from FLSmidth

Vance Street Capital's Micronics Engineered Filtration Group acquired AFT, a filter media division of FLSmidth. AFT was started by FLSmidth in 1999 and was known previously as Advanced Filtration Technologies.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2023-07-19
- Status: completed
- Products: filtration equipment and consumables
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [FLSmidth](https://endata.com/companies/4673.md) (partner)
- [FLSmidth](https://endata.com/companies/4673.md) (target)
- [Micronics Engineered Filtration Group](https://endata.com/companies/11249.md) (acquirer)
- [AFT](https://endata.com/companies/11250.md) (target)

## Sources

- [controleng.com](https://www.controleng.com/automation-mergers-acquisitions-capital-markets-analysis-july-2023/), 2023-07-27: "Vance Street Capital's Micronics Engineered Filtration Group, a global provider of aftermarket and OEM filtration equipment and consumables, acquired AFT, a filter media division of FLSmidth."
- [plantengineering.com](https://www.plantengineering.com/plant-engineering-manufacturing-ma-july-2023/), 2023-07-27: "Vance Street Capital's Micronics Engineered Filtration Group, a global provider of aftermarket and OEM filtration equipment and consumables, acquired AFT, a filter media division of FLSmidth."
- [bundygroup.com](https://bundygroup.com/news/automation-mergers-acquisitions-capital-markets-analysis-july-2023/), 2023-07-31: "Vance Street Capital's Micronics Engineered Filtration Group, a global provider of aftermarket and OEM filtration equipment and consumables, acquired AFT, a filter media division of FLSmidth."

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