Private Equity: Industrial & Other

Ascent Energy is an oil and natural gas exploration company that explores and develops unconventional shale gas properties. Their main properties are located in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.

Acquired by RAM Energy (NASD: RAME)

CAMP Systems International develops maintenance and inspection management programs for business aircraft, including fully web-enabled maintenance management, inventory control and flight scheduling programs.

Acquired by Warburg Pincus

Exopack Holding Corp., a packaging solutions company, offers graphics, design, pre-press, and production engineering services to the food, pet food, lawn and garden, cement, and agricultural and chemical industries.

Acquired by Sun Capital Partners

ExpressPoint Technology Services provides technical support services for computers, point-of-sale systems, and computer networks while focusing on wholesale repairs, refurbished spare parts, subsystems for computers, and banking equipment.

Hydro Resources specializes in the development of large scale groundwater resources for public water supplies, irrigation wells for the agricultural industry, and large commercial projects.

KB Alloys has been developing and manufacturing master alloys and grain refiners for nearly half a century. Its high quality and research development has made KB Alloys a leader in the aluminum master alloy industry.

Sensitech is the leading independent provider of cold-chain information and analysis that enable global leaders in food and pharmaceuticals to protect the integrity, freshness and efficacy of their temperature-sensitive products.

Acquired by Carrier Corp (a business unit of United Technologies: UTX)

Thayer Aerospace manufactures structural components for the commercial aerospace, defense, and space industries, and offers advanced precision machining, kitting, full service metals processing, manufacturing, and supply chain management solutions.

Acquired by Highland Capital Partners

Triformix, Inc. designs, engineers and manufactures polymer optic and opto-electronic systems, specifically fiber optics, computer peripherals and instrumentation and imaging.