Cherington Capital was a private equity firm that focused on recapitalization and leveraged buyouts of middle market companies. The firm preferred to invest in the aerospace and defense, business services, consumer electronics, packaging, marketing, distribution, education, electronic equipment, energy, financial and investment services, food processing, healthcare, industrial gases, industrial process equipment, information technology, manufacturing, medical equipment and products, oil and gas, parking equipment, recognition products, retail, and software sectors.