Private equity in the auto industry
29/08/2007. Private-equity firms know a good deal when they see it and, right now, some of the best deals going are in the auto industry, according to a study by AlixPartners.

Aerospace and defense deals return to previous highs
08/08/2007. The value of deals in the aerospace and defense sector is returning to previous highs, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The total value of disclosed transactions reached $33bn in 2006, comfortably the highest level since 2000. Looking ahead, the drivers fueling the growth look set to sustain these high levels over the next two years. The growing confidence in the sector is reflected in the larger average deal size, which has almost tripled from a low of $99m in 2003 to $277m in 2006.

Automotive industry restructuring to gather pace
11/04/2007. Facing overcapacity issues and financial underperformance, we can expect a continuing industry shakeout with some companies facing bankruptcy and others seeking to merge or form alliances over the next five years, finds KPMG.

Chinese Automotive Market 2010
25/05/2005. Private equity practioners will discover that brand management and customer retention, not production strategies, will decide who wins the battle for the Chinese automotive market. These are the principal findings of the latest study from Mercer Management Consulting, which concludes that only producers with strong and distinctive brands will survive the impending consolidation of the industry.

Automotive sector insights
08/10/2003. The global automotive sector has not escaped the downturn in fortune that other sectors have also felt over the last couple of years. PricewaterhouseCoopers assesses the current state of the sector and discusses how consolidation in the industry may continue to be driven by M&A activity.

The Second Automotive Century
12/02/2003. As the automotive industry moves into its second century, it is important for investors looking at the sector to be aware of the changes that are likely to take place within companies, and the strategies that such companies will utilise to remain ahead of the competition. PricewaterhouseCoopers takes a look at the challenges facing the industry.

A tune-up for China's auto industry
22/11/2002. Global carmakers can not only manage their costs and capital better by contracting out the manufacture of whole vehicles to Chinese companies but also work their way toward an even more valuable endgame: building Chinese automakers into a global manufacturing resource.

Rethinking the aviation industry
01/10/2002. Can today's major carriers fly their way clear of the airline industry's problems? Only if they make concerted long-term efforts to improve their profitability by changing their fleet structures, their labor agreements, and their basic operating assumptions.

First-class returns from transportation
03/09/2001. Vertically integrated transportation companies are sailing into the wind. According to this article from McKinsey Quarterly one option for transportation companies is to undertake a kind of horizontal consolidation in which they find the one 'sliver' of the business that they are best at and then, within that sliver, to broaden out across the transportation sector and beyond.