AE Industrial Partners LLC, a private equity investor in aerospace, power generation and specialty industrial companies, acquired BHI Energy from New York-based private equity firm Harvest Partners LP.

The transaction closed yesterday, but terms were not announced. The deal follows AEI’s deal last month to acquire CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI), a Philadelphia-based provider of IT and engineering staffing.

BHI Energy provides a variety of on-site specialty maintenance and staffing services to the power-generation industry; BHI Energy|Staffing Solutions ranks No. 9 on Staffing Industry Analysts' list of largest engineering staffing firms in the US. SIA was informed that the BHI Energy brand will remain and the firm’s executives will stay with the company in their current roles.

AEI brings additional expertise, relationships and financial resources to grow the company’s suite of service offerings.

Headquartered in Weymouth, Mass., BHI’s workforce includes more than 8,500 project management and technical, professional and craft employees operating at more than 130 global project locations.