SAN CLEMENTE, CA --XLR8 EMS announced today that it has received a significant equity investment from American Pacific Group, a $1.2 billion private equity fund.

The small-tier electronics manufacturing services provider said the investment, the terms of which were not disclosed, would be used to expand its facilities and capabilities.

Founded in 2013, XLR8 is a rapidly growing contract manufacturer of printed circuit assemblies with a core focus on speed and technology for commercial, AS:9100, ISO:13485, and ITAR customers. For the past five years, XLR8 has been recognized by the Circuits Assembly Service Excellence Awards as a leader in its category for quality and dependability, as voted by its own customers, and for the past three years won the top honor of overall leader in its category.

“We could not be more pleased to announce our new partnership with American Pacific Group and Concisys,” said Jason Powell, president and founder, XLR8. “This investment is a reflection of our intention to continue to meet and exceed the needs of our customers, and to remain at the forefront of technical solutions and high-quality, high reliability service. I look forward to continuing to lead the business with APG’s support, and to expanding our capabilities and footprint.”

Fraser Preston, managing partner at APG, said, “Jason and the XLR8 team are partners to some of the world’s leading and emerging aerospace and defense, medical, consumer and industrial companies for a reason. The team has a proven track-record for executing a differentiated business model, and we see a compelling opportunity to bring XLR8 and Concisys together, and to leverage our value creation framework, the “Q Process,” to further catalyze XLR8’s trajectory.”

XLR8 marks American Pacific Group’s second investment within the EMS market, following an investment in Concisys, a San Diego-based quickturn and prototype contract manufacturer, in August 2022. XLR8 and Concisys will partner going forward to best serve growing demand for highly technical onshore manufacturing solutions, and APG will continue to invest as both businesses further pursue organic and inorganic growth.

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