AAI Holdco, Inc. To Attend The 27th Annual Needham Growth Conference

AAI Holdco, Inc. (doing business as The Elmet Group), a manufacturing focused holding company, today announced, members of its corporate leadership team will attend the 27th Annual Needham Growth Conference. The leadership team will be available to meet privately with companies and investors interested in learning more about AAIH’s history, ... Read More

Chris Chandler Joins Anania & Associates as General Counsel

Anania & Associates Investment Company LLC (AAI), a Maine based private equity firm focused on supporting sustainable growth for its portfolio companies, announces Chris Chandler has joined the firm as General Counsel. Mr. Chandler brings over 35 years of experience advising businesses and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, ... Read More

Elmet Technologies Wins 2023 Governor’s Award for Business Excellence

Anania & Associates Investment Company (AAI), today announces its portfolio company, Elmet Technologies is the recipient of the 2023 Governor's Award for Business Excellence, Heritage Industry Award, which recognizes and celebrates business excellence in the agriculture, manufacturing, or marine sector in the State of Maine. Governor ... Read More

Freedom & Opportunity Award Recipient 2023: Peter V. Anania

Anania & Associates Investment Company LLC (AAI) today announced its President and Chairman, Peter V. Anania, is the 2023 Freedom & Opportunity Award Recipient. The award is presented each year by Maine Policy Institute to a Maine citizen who best demonstrates a core commitment to the principles of Freedom & Opportunity that serve to ... Read More

Elmet Technologies Acquires H.C. Starck Solutions Americas

Anania & Associates Investment Company LLC (AAI) today announced its portfolio company Elmet Technologies of Lewiston, Maine, USA has acquired H.C. Starck Solutions of Euclid, Ohio, USA and Coldwater, Michigan, USA. The acquisition forms a global leader in tungsten and molybdenum materials and components. The combined company offers a broadened ... Read More

Microwave Techniques LLC Acquires Valvo Bauelemente GmbH

Anania & Associates Investment Company LLC (AAI) today announced its portfolio company Microwave Techniques LLC (MT) of Gorham, Maine, USA has acquired Valvo Bauelemente GmbH (Valvo) of Hamburg, Germany. The acquisition forms a leading global provider of 2.45 GHz circulators, isolators, loads, and other components. - - - - - - - - - ... Read More

Lighthouse Imaging Acquired by Precision Optics

Anania and Associates Investment Company LLC (AAI) announces Lighthouse Imaging acquired by Precision Optics. October 5, 2021. GARDNER, Mass. and WINDHAM, Maine - Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (OTCQB: PEYE), a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced optical instruments for the medical and defense industries, announced it has ... Read More

Microwave Techniques, LLC Acquires Industrial Microwave Systems (IMS)

Anania & Associates Investment Company LLC (AAI) today announced its portfolio company Microwave Techniques, LLC acquired of the assets and IP of North Carolina based Industrial Microwave Systems (IMS), LLC, from Laitram, LLC. Microwave Techniques, LLC is the parent company of both Maine based Mega Industries (MEGA), and New Hampshire ... Read More