Cameron Welding Supply and Buckeye Welding Supply Join Meritus Gas Partners

NEW YORK, Aug. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Meritus Gas Partners (“Meritus”) today announced partnerships with Cameron Welding Supply, based in Stanton, California, and Buckeye Welding Supply, headquartered in Greeley, Colorado. Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

Cameron Welding Supply, founded in 1963 by Cameron and Betsy Perry, is a leading provider of industrial, specialty, and beverage gases in Southern California, operating four locations. The company is led by Joe Churilla, who has worked at Cameron for more than 50 years and served as president for over 27 years. Following the transaction, Churilla will remain in his role as president and maintain significant equity ownership in Meritus.

“I’m excited to join forces with Meritus and continue building the Cameron brand across California,” said Churilla. “It was important to me and the Perry family that we chose a successor for Cameron that would respect the integrity and culture of the company. We know that Meritus, based on its model and track record to date with approximately 30 companies across the U.S., will be a great steward for our dedicated employees and loyal customers.”

Buckeye Welding Supply, founded in 1979 by Herb Brack, operates three locations across Colorado. The partnership provides Meritus with a new platform to expand its presence in the Rocky Mountain region. Co-owners Bill and Ken Brack will both remain equity investors in Meritus.

“Meritus has a unique offering,” said Brack. “My brother and I cared deeply about honoring the legacy of Buckeye. By partnering with Meritus, we can preserve our company’s culture and brand and be a member of a larger, more diversified business. We look forward to utilizing Meritus’ resources and expertise to accelerate Buckeye’s growth and better serve our customers in the region.”

“Both Cameron and Buckeye will be exceptional platform businesses for Meritus and their owners will be great partners,” commented Rob D’Alessandro, President and COO of Meritus. “Cameron represents a transformative opportunity to strengthen our West Coast footprint and expand our gas production and distribution capabilities. Its recently renovated and expanded gas fill plant in Stanton, California, includes a brand new specialty gas laboratory, and it continues to invest in microbulk capacity.” 

“Buckeye will be our first foray into Colorado,” D’Alessandro continued. “The Brack family has built a great business which positions us for growth in the Denver market and surrounding areas. We are confident that we can expand Buckeye’s capabilities and reach into new markets.”

About Meritus Gas Partners

Founded in December 2020, Meritus is a portfolio company of AEA Investors Small Business Private Equity. Meritus is assembling a national network of high-quality independent distributors of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and welding and safety supplies, located in diverse geographies and serving growing end-markets. Meritus will partner with exceptional businesses and management teams, allow them to remain independent and entrepreneurial, and support them to accelerate growth, improve business quality, and enhance value. Owners are invited to invest meaningful equity into the Meritus holding company to allow them to share in the success of the overall platform. Visit us online at www.MeritusGas.com.

About AEA Investors

AEA Investors (“AEA”) was founded in 1968 by the Rockefeller, Mellon, and Harriman family interests and S.G. Warburg & Co. as a private investment vehicle for a select group of industrial family offices with substantial assets. AEA has an extraordinary global network built over many years which includes leading industrial families, business executives, and leaders, many of whom invest with AEA as active individual investors, join its portfolio company boards, or act in other advisory roles. Today, AEA’s over 120 investment professionals operate globally with offices in New York, Stamford, Jacksonville, San Francisco, London, Munich, and Shanghai. The firm manages funds that have approximately $18 billion of invested and committed capital including the leveraged buyouts of middle market and small business companies, growth capital, and private debt investments. For more information, visit www.aeainvestors.com.

Contact

Meritus Gas Partners
Allen Jezouit
(413) 265-8266
[email protected]

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