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3M, Bain Capital to Buy Madison Fire & Rescue, Form Safety Venture — Update

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By Colin Kellaher 




  3M is teaming up Bain Capital to buy Madison Fire & Rescue for $1.95 billion as part of a deal to form a new fire and safety venture. 



  3M on Thursday said it will contribute its Scott Safety breathing-apparatus unit to the venture and receive $700 million in cash at closing, adding that it will own 50.1% of the new company, with private-equity firm Bain holding the rest. 



  3M and Bain are buying Madison Fire & Rescue, which sells a portfolio of rescue technology and fire-suppression products that includes Holmatro and Amkus extrication tools and Task Force Tips nozzles, from privately held Madison Industries in a deal slated to close in the second half of the year. 



  St. Paul, Minn., manufacturing giant 3M said the combination of Scott's self-contained breathing apparatus products with Madison Fire & Rescue's portfolio will help the company better serve firefighters, first responders and industrial workers. 



  Boston-based Bain, which invests across a wide range of sectors, has about $215 billion in assets under management. 





  Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com 





  (END) Dow Jones Newswires



  March 19, 2026 12:30 ET (16:30 GMT)


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