Sunbelt Atlanta Closes Kleen Air Research, Inc.

Atlanta, Georgia – July 30, 2014 – Sunbelt Business Brokers – ATLANTA, a full-service business brokerage and middle-market M&A firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of its client Kleen Air Research, Inc. by ARES Holdings, LLC.

Based in Florence, Alabama, Kleen Air Research operates a pleated HVAC air filter manufacturing plant and an air filtration services company that services to over 5,000 commercial and industrial locations in 26 states across the country.

“The time was right for us to bring in new resources to take the company to the next level,” said Kleen Air’s Founder, Dwight Holley.  “ARES track record for growing companies and their commitment to local manufacturing convinced us that they would be the best stewards of the company going forward.  “We look forward to the opportunities that Bob Bull and his team will bring to the company.”

About ARES Holdings, LLC

ARES Holdings, LLC is based in Melbourne Florida and made the acquisition of Kleen Air Research, Inc. as a strategic investment to provide complimentary support to their portfolio companies; CMS Mechanical Services and Nextech, also based in Melbourne Florida.

Doreen Morgan, Managing Director of Sunbelt Atlanta, initiated and advised Kleen Air Research on the sale.

Sunbelt Business Brokers – Atlanta, is a division of Sunbelt Network, the largest organization of business brokers and M&A professionals in the world.  As a full service business brokerage firm with a global reach, the team at Sunbelt Business Brokers – Atlanta has provided main street and lower middle market business owners with unsurpassed deal expertise since 1998.