Littlejohn & Co. Partners With Management to Acquire Ardurra Group, Inc. and Accelerate Growth
Summary
Headquartered in Miami, FL, Ardurra provides highly complex engineering and design services for water, transportation and aviation end-markets across the Southeast, Central, Southwest and Northwest United States. Ardurra’s services make a positive impact on the country’s most critical pieces of infrastructure, providing innovative, technically driven solutions to municipalities, state government entities, utilities and businesses. “ Ardurra has developed a well-earned reputation as an industry leader with a track record of above-market growth that plays a vital role in supporting its clients, which include municipal and state governments,” said Michael Kaplan, a Managing Director at Littlejohn. Ardurra has proven its ability to attract and retain the best talent in the industry, and we are thrilled to partner with this seasoned, entrepreneurial team to grow the business through geographic expansion, new capability development and strategic M&A.” “ We set out to build a culture-focused firm that provides exceptional solutions to our clients through the hard work and commitment of our talented employees,” said Ernesto Aguilar, Ardurra’s CEO. With approximately $8.0 billion in regulatory assets under management, the firm seeks to build sustainable success for its portfolio companies through a disciplined approach to engineering change.