The Partner Companies buys Advanced CNC to expand Optiforms’ machining capacity

The Partner Companies (TPC) announced the acquisition of F&B MFG, a Phoenix specialty metal manufacturer, on Oct. 26. F&B has experience producing engine and auxiliary power unit components for aircraft ranging from helicopters and fighter jets to passenger aircraft.¹

Approximately 100,000 square feetF&B MFG's Phoenix facility

F&B's hydroforming process uses pressurized fluid to shape metal into complex geometries with tight tolerances.

Source: The Partner Companies release via PR Newswire. As of Oct. 26, 2026.

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TPC says the acquisition strengthens its aerospace and defense manufacturing capabilities while expanding access to specialized fabrication processes, including hydroforming. That process uses pressurized fluid to shape metal into complex geometries with tight tolerances.¹

F&B combines hydroforming with engineering, in-house tooling, heat treating and brazing, welding, machining and assembly. It serves aerospace and defense, technology and transportation customers from an approximately 100,000-square-foot Phoenix facility. Its Nadcap accreditations cover heat treating, welding, nonconventional machining and nondestructive testing.¹

The manufacturer's products also serve semiconductor customers.⁴ It recently expanded its machining capabilities to support information technology hardware and broader electronics customers.¹

The announcement disclosed no purchase price.¹

T3 Defense completed its acquisition of homeland security distributor and integrator KeepZone AI from Nexera Technologies on Nov. 4, issuing 425,594 common shares for all of KeepZone’s stock.^1–2

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issuing 425,594 common shares for all KeepZone shares

KeepZone’s sales channelsintroduce its subsidiaries’ productsplanned

T3 Defense intends to use KeepZone’s sales channels to introduce its subsidiaries’ products alongside KeepZone’s existing portfolio

T3 Defense Form 8-K, Nov. 6, 2026; company release, Oct. 27, 2026

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The purchase adds a sales channel to T3, which focuses on manufacturers in areas such as drones, counter-drone systems and tactical robotics.^2–3 T3 intends to introduce its subsidiaries’ products through KeepZone alongside the distributor’s existing portfolio.³

KeepZone has several non-exclusive reseller agreements and markets a multi-vendor portfolio covering screening, surveillance, counter-drone technology, AI analytics and unmanned aerial systems.^2–3 Its offerings include partner products and its proprietary VocentraAI voice-analysis platform.³

An amendment signed on the closing date increased the stock purchase price to $1,539,800.¹ The original agreement, dated Oct. 26, set the price at $1 million.²

The stock payment is accompanied by a potential cash earn-out.^1–2 T3’s announcement described that earn-out as 50% of KeepZone’s standalone net profit over the 24 months after closing. The cash payout is capped at $5 million.³