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American Casting Company has been acquired by Arcline Investment Management

Arcline Investment Management has completed a strategic investment in American Casting Company (ACC), a leading provider of highly engineered investment castings for aerospace, defense, medical and specialty industrial applications.

Founded in 1974, American Casting Company specializes in casting complex, tight-tolerance geometries from superalloys and other difficult-to-pour materials. Its capabilities enable customers to achieve lighter-weight designs, higher operating temperatures and improved performance. With rapid prototyping expertise and end-to-end process control, the company is a trusted supplier of demanding aerospace and defense programs, including marquee aircraft engines and next-generation unmanned systems.

Arcline Investment Management is a growth-oriented private equity firm with over US$20 billion in assets under management. The firm invests in businesses with persistent demand, limited disruption risk and fragmented industry structures.

Oaklins Janes Capital, based in Irvine, USA, served as the exclusive financial advisor to American Casting Company on its sale to Arcline Investment Management.

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“We are grateful to Oaklins Janes Capital, who operated as an extension of our management team and embodied our core values throughout the process. They would be my first and only call for representation in any future aerospace business sale.”

Christopher St. John

CEO, American Casting Company

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Stephen Perry

Managing Director
Irvine, United States
Oaklins Janes Capital

Ken Fukumoto

Director
Irvine, United States
Oaklins Janes Capital

Bruce Renner

Analyst
Irvine, United States
Oaklins Janes Capital

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