Apel International: Pleatco to buy APEL International, Milton Manufacturing

Pleatco, a portfolio company of Align Capital Partners, said March 18 that it acquired APEL International and Milton Manufacturing. Financial terms weren't announced. APEL, of Louisville, Kentucky, designs and makes pleated filter cartridges, pleated bags, and other filtration products for mission-critical industrial air applications. Milton, of Milton, Ontario, provides spun bond, paper, felt, and pleated bag filters for OEM customers.