Manufacturing

MPE Partners sells Bettcher to KKR

KKR has acquired Bettcher Industries from MPE Partners.

Breck Partners buys PE-backed Essential Cabinetry Group

Breck Partners has acquired Essential Cabinetry Group, a Simpsonville, South Carolina-based maker of custom, semi-custom and stock-plus kitchen and bathroom cabinetry.

Halifax exits BCI Burke

The Halifax Group has sold Fond du Lac, Wisconsin-based BCI Burke, a maker of commercial playground equipment.

Arcline-backed Dwyer Instruments buys UFM

Dwyer Instruments, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has acquired Universal Flow Monitors Inc, a provider of flow meters and controls in industrial applications.

High Street and Wells Fargo acquire KMT

High Street Capital and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital have acquired East Canton, Ohio-based Knight Material Technologies, a provider of custom acid-resistant linings used in highly corrosive processes for chemical and mining industries.

H.I.G. acquires Standard Hidraulica

H.I.G. Capital has acquired Spain-based Standard Hidraulica, a provider of plumbing supplies.

Aurora-backed Inhance Technologies buys Advance Research Chemicals

Inhance Technologies, a portfolio company of Aurora Capital Partners, has acquired Advance Research Chemicals Inc, a producer of specialty chemicals and materials.

SK Capital Partners sells Tri-Tex assets to Polyventive

Polyventive has acquired the surfactants and dyes and pigments businesses of Tri-Tex, as well as Trichromatic-West, together a Saint-Eustache, Quebec-based specialty chemicals producer.