Industrial Strength

Private Equity Dealmaking Hits Record in US Industrials

Buyout firms have become key industrial and infrastructure dealmakers amid the AI boom and a global focus on supply-chain resiliency.
The flood of capital into companies that support the data center boom and a renewed global focus on supply-chain resiliency has helped fuel a spike in private equity dealmaking in industrials. Photographer: Jason Henry/Bloomberg
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Takeovers of US industrial companies hit a record in 2025, fueled in part by a spike in dealmaking by private equity firms.