AEA Investors-backed Pexco, a leading North American specialty plastics extruder, acquired HPE Extrusion Solutions, a well-established manufacturer of custom profile, tube, and rod extrusions based in Bally, Pennsylvania. Financial terms were not disclosed. Pexco CEO Sam Patel stated, “We are delighted to welcome HPE and their nearly five decades of extrusion excellence to the Pexco organization. HPE’s competencies blend very well with Pexco’s long-term strategy to continually enhance our capabilities as a premier custom extruder through ongoing product and process innovation, enabling us to deliver even greater value to our customers.”