Private Equity

Industrials

Atlantic Street bets on HVAC with Canada’s GLP; GHK-backed WSB picks up engineering firm; LLR backs energy management biz

Atlantic Street Capital announces majority investment in GLP, a specialty HVAC distributor serving a range of markets; WSB, a portfolio company of GHK Capital Partners, has acquired Poly, an architecture and engineering firm; LLR Partners makes an investment in EnergyCAP, a utility and energy management platform.

4 min read · 24 September 2026

Industrials

Atlantic Street Capital inks majority investment deal for HVAC distributor GLP

Founded in 1958, Toronto-based GLP supplies HVAC equipment, parts and components to utilities, telecom and industrial customers.

1 min read · 24 September 2026

Pfingsten acquires precision bearings distributor Next Point Bearing Group

Valencia, California-based NPBG distributes standard, specialized and custom bearings and offers cleanroom processing, custom machining and other value-added services to industrial, aerospace and motion-control customers.

2 min read · 23 September 2026

Deals

Ambienta's Glacialis buys Italian refrigeration firms Madefrigor and TDF in fifth add-on

Madefrigor, founded in 1975 and based in Rovello Porro, Italy, designs, assembles and installs industrial refrigeration systems and air handling units, with subsidiary Tecnica del Freddo adding more than 70 years of refrigeration maintenance experience from Parma.

2 min read · 23 September 2026

Butterfly Equity agrees to acquire food packaging maker Sabert

Sayreville, New Jersey-based Sabert is a scaled global manufacturer of plastic, paper and molded-fiber food packaging, operating 13 facilities worldwide and backed by more than 400 product patents.

2 min read · 22 September 2026

Haelan Capital Partners debuts; KKR launches Akrapoint Commercial Capital; PE bets on rail services

A new healthcare focused shop, Haelan Capital Partners, has launched today; private equity firms have taken note of pent-up demand for rail services and are allocating money to the sector; KKR launches Akrapoint Commercial Capital; Odyssey Investment Partners makes a majority investment in Falcon Gases.

5 min read · 22 September 2026

Granite Creek invests in tank insulation maker Climalock, names new CEO

Climalock, headquartered in Warsaw, Missouri, is a leading independent provider of insulation panel systems for aboveground storage tanks serving agricultural, data center, fire protection and other industrial markets.

2 min read · 22 September 2026

Heartwood Partners invests in aviation MRO platform The Xtreme Group

Miami-based The Xtreme Group operates a full-service aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul platform spanning airframe heavy maintenance, engine MRO, line maintenance and aircraft-on-ground services for cargo and commercial operators.

2 min read · 22 September 2026