AC&A Enterprises Holdings, LLC, a leading provider of composite and metallic parts in the aerospace, defense, space and specialty automobile markets, announced today that it has acquired EnCore Composite Structures, Inc., a division of the EnCore Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

AC&A is a portfolio company of AE Industrial Partners, LLC, a private equity investor specializing in aerospace, power generation, and specialty industrial companies.

Located in a 110,000 square foot facility in Brea, CA, ECS is a leading designer and manufacturer of highly complex composite parts and assemblies for a large and growing set of commercial aerospace programs including the A320, A350, 737 MAX, and 787 as well as several military programs. ECS is AC&A's second add-on acquisition and follows the recent acquisition of Applied Composites Engineering, Inc., a leader in advanced composites solutions for aerospace and defense applications, in November 2017.

"The acquisition of ECS represents a strategic addition to the unique composites platform that we are building," said Bill Boisture, Chairman of the Board of AC&A and Operating Partner of AEI. "ECS provides us with a powerful combination of high-growth aerospace programs, strong OEM relationships, and unique manufacturing capabilities while also transforming our scale and market presence. We are excited to have completed this acquisition and to be adding the more than 260 talented ECS employees to our team."

"AC&A and AEI are investing significantly in aerospace composites and are the ideal strategic partner for ECS," said Tom McFarland, CEO of the EnCore Group. "We are excited to see these best-in-class composite structures suppliers come together and strongly believe ECS's customers and people will benefit from this combination."