Lower middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital, through its portfolio company, the Exigent Group, acquired Smith-Boughan Mechanical and, in a separate transaction, Electrical Automation Systems.
Smith-Boughan serves Northwest and West Central Ohio. The company offers services including HVAC, plumbing, controls, sheet metal fabrication, and process piping for a variety of end markets, including industrials, healthcare, government, education and other commercial customers. EASI is a building automation, controls and mechanical services company based in Pasadena, Md., with a second office in Salisbury, Md. Smith-Boughan and EASI represent the sixth and seventh acquisitions in Exigent since the platform’s initial acquisition in August 2022.