GCG Deal Announcement | XLCS Partners, Inc. advised Aero Controls, Inc.

Founded in 1984 and headquartered near Seattle, Washington, ACI is an FAA, EASA, UK CAA, and ISO/AS certified Part 145 repair station and full-service parts distributor. Operating across three locations totaling more than 225,000 square feet, the company specializes in component repair and overhaul, parts sales, aircraft dismantlement, and consignment management, with capabilities spanning avionics, electromechanical, pneumatics, transmissions, hydraulics, and emergency equipment.

ATC Group is a leading provider of component maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for the global aerospace industry and serves as the cornerstone of a specialized MRO platform supported by AE Industrial Partners, a private investment firm focused on national security, aerospace, and industrial services. The acquisition of ACI marks ATC Group’s second add-on since AE Industrial’s 2025 investment, following its acquisition of bearing repair specialist PAS MRO earlier this year, and broadens the platform’s in-house engineering and component repair capabilities and inventory reach across the commercial, cargo, and military markets. ACI will operate as a business unit of ATC Group, with its existing team and leadership remaining in place to support continuity and growth.

XLCS acted as the exclusive M&A advisor to ACI, and the transaction was led by Joe Contaldo, Partner, and Reed McMahon, Vice President. Read the press release.