What are the best Industrials-focused PE firms?

Question

Currently working on an industrials deal at my MM IB and absolutely loving it. Curious as to what the best industrials-focused PE firms are? I'd love to focus on this industry going forward. Thanks a lot guys.

CompBanker · Accepted Answer

A few things to know about Industrials. Industrials is a sector rather than an industry, so you can actually have some overlap depending on the deals. For example, a company can manufacture automotive components, aerospace components, or oil & gas components. While the end market can be a specific industry, the company will also meet the "industrial manufacturing" sector. Most industrials investors that I have encountered are industry agnostic.

If you're willing to drop to the lower end of the middle market, there are a fair number of industrial focused funds.

DeepValue · Answer

Yup, low profile but huge with US$103B AUM. Blackstone has $311B and KKR has $131B to put things in perspective.

oldhead · Answer

MIRA is much more infrastructure than traditional industrial PE, which I think OP was referring to. There are tons of MM and MF PE firms that invest in industrials--it's one of the broadest and least specialized sectors which makes it accessible.

A couple of the larger / better known firms include 
-All the megafunds invest in industrials at some level or another
-Platinum Equity
-AEA
-Audax
-Onex
-American Securities 
-Madison Dearborn
-...many others

Bullet-Tooth Tony · Answer

Many are going to be generalists or have multiple verticals, including industrials or mftg.

In no particular order:

Blue Wolf, AEA Investors, Wind Point, KPS Capital Partners, One Equity Partners, Arlington (mostly A&D, but does some industiral tech), Genstar, American Industrial Partners, New Mountain Capital, American Securities, MDP, The Jordan Co., Oak Hill Capital, Irving Place Capital, Arsenal Capital Partners, Sun Capital Partners, H.I.G., Sentinel Capital Partners, Windjammer, Odyssey Investment Partners, Tailwind Capital

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