Report Looks At Manufacturing Effort To Embrace Industry 4.0

Dan Shea

BDO has released its Current State of Industry 4.0 Snapshot which analyzes manufacturers’ efforts to meet the fourth industrial revolution head-on — and how private equity can support this growth.

Dan Shea, managing director of BDO Capital, believes there’s momentum ahead to right-size deal volume in manufacturing and capitalize on the industry’s exciting innovations. Private equity can provide the resources and expertise to help manufacturing companies with capital, operational guidance and acquisitions:

• Deal volume has tempered in 2017, with 525 private equity deals in manufacturing in 2017’s first three quarters, compared to 622 during the same time in 2016.
• At the same time, economic activity in the manufacturing sector, per PMI, has hovered at levels indicating strong sales, more orders and consistent demand.