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“Decarbonization has been very important for us,” Brookfield's Jehangir Vevaina said. “We see the natural extension of clean energy solutions being broader decarbonization, and aspects like carbon capture and storage are extremely important.”

"The construction needs of the world did not stop,” said Castle Harlan senior managing director Marcel Fournier about how business grew during the pandemic.

With a major plant in Mexico, Schumacher isn't burdened by the increased container costs and shutdowns that competitors relying on parts from Asia are, said Lincolnshire's Tom Callahan.

"There's a long runway of secular growth, because many of the distribution centers are still manual, and you have people physically picking and packing boxes," said Thomas H. Lee's Mike Kaczmarek.

"Organs and medical equipment need to get to smaller cities and smaller hospitals in a very time-sensitive fashion," said Alpine's Jon Nemo.

Supply chains long trended toward globalization, but now the pendulum is swinging the other way.

“There was already a trend toward e-commerce in both B2B and B2C, but the pandemic accelerated it, particularly on the B2C side," said Gerry DeBiasi, partner, Kidd & Company.

“When you look at just the record levels of inflation and the supply chain challenges that we have seen, having a partner to help an organization navigate that has become more important," said FTV's Alex Malvone.

PE Hub spoke with Investcorp's Amit Gaind and Trilantic's Charles Fleischmann about RoadSafe's five acquisitions since they invested in it a year ago.

“There are still a lot of disruptions in the supply chain," said STG Logistics CEO Paul Svindland. "The demand to move goods is greater than the supply of capacity out there.”