American Industrial Partners is an operationally-oriented middle-market private equity firm that makes control investments in industrial businesses serving domestic and global markets. The firm focuses on investing in companies operating in the energy, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, transportation, media, aerospace and defense sectors. AIP invests in all forms of corporate divestitures, management buyouts, recapitalizations and going-private transactions of established businesses. Established in 1989, American Industrial Partners is based in New York, New York.