Brooke Sutherland, Columnist

Manufacturers Plot Future of Factories in M&A

Aveva and Emerson both announced big software deals this week in a sign of changing attitudes about supply chains.

August 28, 2020 at 6:59 PM UTC

Brooke Sutherland is Bloomberg News' Boston bureau chief and writes the Industrial Strength Newsletter. She was previously a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering deals and industrial companies and an M&A reporter for Bloomberg News.

Software is in heavy demand.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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M&A is back in manufacturing, and it’s all about software.