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Drivingthe Essential Economy

We back established leaders across the essential economy, partnering with management teams to drive enduring value with discipline and intent.

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Drivingthe Essential Economy

We back established leaders across the essential economy, partnering with management teams to drive enduring value with discipline and intent.

A woman wearing a hard hat uses a handheld barcode scanner to check inventory on a warehouse shelf, representing the Industrial Products & Services sector.

Industrial Products & Services

Two construction workers in hard hats collaborate on framing a wooden structure, with one raising a hammer to strike a nail, representing building products sector.

Building Products

Two men in business attire stand in a spacious control room monitoring systems on screens above complex control panels, representing A&D and Government Services category

A&D and Government Services

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IT Services

A IGS worker in safety gear operates a lever on a large piece of blue industrial equipment, representing Power and Energy Sector

Power & Energy

A scientist wearing gloves and a lab coat carefully pours a blue liquid from a test tube into a beaker, representing the Specialty Materials sector.

Specialty Materials

Two industrial workers wearing dark "IGS" branded coveralls and safety gear perform maintenance on heavy blue machinery. The worker in the foreground wears a black hard hat covered in stickers with a mounted headlamp and white work gloves. To the right, a second worker in a white hard hat assists with the equipment. They appear to be working on large, flexible ducting or bellows components in a dimly lit industrial setting.

Integrated Expertise. Lasting Impact.

$23B+

Total AUM

32

Years in Private Equity

81

Platform Investments

379

Add-On Acquisitions

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The Original
Builders

With family office origins dating back eight decades and 30+ years as an institutional investor, American Securities is an integrated team of seasoned investors, operators, and functional experts, partnering with management teams to build stronger, more resilient businesses.

George Hershman CEO of SOLV Energy being interviewed

“Carve-outs are really complicated, and American Securities had the expertise to help us along that journey.”

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SOLV Energy

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Michael Lefenfeld CEO of Hexion being interviewed

“They want to put a framework together that makes Hexion successful for the next generations of employees.”

Michael Lefenfeld 2

Hexion

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Dr. John Simon CEO of SimonMed being interviewed

“We wanted a partner that would help us not only expand, but give us the freedom to expand as a founder-led company.”

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SimonMed

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Dave Webster CEO of CPM being interviewed

“They helped with transforming the culture, taking the business from a portfolio of disparate businesses into really a unified business that CPM is today.”

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CPM

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All of the above individuals are current or former executives of American Securities portfolio companies. None of these individuals received or will receive any cash or non-cash compensation for providing these statements. No CEO is a current American Securities advisory client; however, as noted, certain CEOs are currently investors in certain American Securities-advised private fund entities. The CEOs have potential and actual conflicts of interest as a result of such individuals’ business activities and relationships with American Securities. Specifically, current CEOs work for companies owned and controlled by an American Securities fund, and receive their salaries and other economic benefits from those companies. Former CEOs worked for companies that were owned and controlled by an American Securities fund, and formerly received their salaries and other economic benefits from those companies.

  1. This individual is currently an investor in one or more American Securities-advised private fund entities.
  2. This individual is not an investor in any active American Securities-advised private fund entities.