Tex Tech Industries, a supplier of materials science-based services for end-use markets including aerospace, defense, medical and industrial and a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has purchased SGL Carbon‘s operating assets of its Gardena, Calif. site, including certain assets of SGL Composites Inc.

Gardena is a developer and manufacturer of composite materials and parts with carbon and silica purities. Gardena’s product offerings, including Rayon Carbon, Refrasil and other carbon-based products, are used in aerospace, defense, industrial and automotive applications.

“The acquisition expands Tex Tech’s product offerings into the fastest-growing programs in space, defense and commercial aerospace,” says Peter Manos, a managing partner at Arlington.