OceanSound Partners Invests in Burns Engineering
December 4, 2025
OceanSound Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has made a strategic/control investment in Burns Engineering, a Philadelphia-headquartered provider of electrical, mechanical and technology systems engineering for transportation and critical infrastructure markets. Burns' leadership team (including Matthew and John Burns) will retain significant ownership and continue to run the business as OceanSound backs growth initiatives and targeted acquisitions to expand capabilities and geographic reach. Financial terms were not disclosed.
- Buyers
- OceanSound Partners
- Targets
- Burns Engineering, Inc.
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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