American Equipment Solutions Acquires BC Wire Rope & Rigging

Addition of BC Wire Rope's six branch locations expands American Equipment Solutions’ capabilities across the Western United States

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Equipment Solutions (“AES” or “American Equipment”), a national provider of overhead crane and hoist solutions and a portfolio company of Rotunda Capital Partners (“Rotunda”), announced the acquisition of BC Wire Rope & Rigging (“BC Wire Rope”), a full-service provider of wire rope, slings, chain, hoists and rigging equipment headquartered in Anaheim, California. Founded in 1974, BC Wire Rope operates six branch locations across California, Arizona and Nevada, serving customers throughout the Western United States.

BC Wire Rope is a full-service provider of wire ropes, slings, chain, hoists, and rigging equipment, backed by in-house assembly and testing capabilities, and same-day jobsite delivery. The acquisition combines BC Wire Rope's rigging and below-the-hook capabilities across the Western United States with AES’ overhead crane installation, inspection, service and modernization capabilities, giving customers a full lifecycle lifting solution from a single provider.

“This acquisition is consistent with our strategy of enhancing AES’ ability to serve customers across the United States with a broad suite of overhead lifting solutions and services,” said Tom Hoyer, CEO of American Equipment. “We are excited to welcome the BC Wire Rope team to the AES family.”

“Similar to American Equipment, we built BC Wire Rope through excellent customer service and delivering products and solutions our customers require for maximizing productivity, efficiency, and safety,” said Barry Heavican, Co-Owner of BC Wire Rope. “Our shared value propositions make AES the ideal partner for BC Wire Rope. I am proud to see our team join a growing organization that invests in its people and customers,” said Bill Clark, Co-Owner of BC Wire Rope.

About American Equipment Solutions

American Equipment Solutions, the Uptime Solutions Company, is a full-service mission critical material handling solutions provider. American Equipment Solutions is one of the largest independently owned overhead crane and hoist, and below-the-hook solution providers in the country, serving thousands of customers nationwide. Together, American Equipment Solutions’ companies provide comprehensive solutions for everything related to customers’ overhead crane and hoist, and rigging including OSHA mandated inspections, preventative maintenance and repair field services, parts, engineering, ISO certified fabrication, new and replacement equipment, automated systems, system modernizations and training.

American Equipment Solutions represents leading manufacturers such as ACCO, Columbus McKinnon, Conductix, Crosby, Demag, Detroit Hoist, Gorbel, Harrington, IMS, Magnetek & PE, R&M, and Spanco, among others, and customers rely on its service, design, engineering, fabrication, and installation capabilities to meet their unique application needs. American Equipment Solutions serves local, regional and national customers across a variety of end markets, including light & heavy industrial, automotive, mining, public utilities, military, aerospace & defense and energy, among others. For more information, visit www.amquipinc.com.

About Rotunda Capital Partners

Rotunda Capital Partners is an operationally oriented private equity firm focused on transforming family-founder owned companies into dynamic, data-driven platforms able to achieve and manage significant growth. Since its founding in 2009, Rotunda has partnered with management teams to build great businesses within three primary sectors: value-added distribution, asset-light logistics, and industrial and business services. Rotunda strives to achieve replicable results by implementing its Rotunda Performance System to create strategic alignment, develop lean processes and create robust, data-driven infrastructures. For more information, visit www.rotundacapital.com.