Total power industry cross border M&A deals worth $1.5bn were announced globally in January 2022, led by Eaton Corporation’s $600m acquisition of Royal Power Solutions, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 36.7% over the previous month of $2.37bn and a drop of 53.1% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $3.2bn.

Comparing cross border M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, North America held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $625m. At the country level, the US topped the list in terms of deal value at $625m.

In terms of volumes, Europe emerged as the top region for power industry cross border M&A deals globally, followed by North America and then South and Central America.

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The top country in terms of cross border M&A deals activity in January 2022 was the US with six deals, followed by the UK with four and Italy with three.

In 2022, as of January, power cross border M&A deals worth $1.5bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 67.4% year on year.

power industry cross border M&A deals in January 2022: Top deals

The top five cross border M&A deals accounted for 95.9% of the overall value during January 2022.

The combined value of the top five power cross border M&A deals stood at $1.44bn, against the overall value of $1.5bn recorded for the month.

The top five power industry cross border M&A deals of January 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Eaton Corporation $600m acquisition deal with Royal Power Solutions

2) The $364m acquisition of 47.5% stake in Sunseap Group by EDP Renovaveis

3) Fortescue Future Industries $222.27m acquisition deal with Williams Advanced Engineering

4) The $211.96m acquisition of 4new by A2A

5) XP Power $43.48m acquisition deal with FuG Elektronik and Guth High Voltage