About Accelerated

Manufacturing is not one of the industries we serve. It’s the
only one.

Accelerated advises lower-middle-market manufacturers nationwide through complete sales, recapitalizations and growth partnerships, while helping qualified acquirers pursue manufacturing growth through a separate retained buy-side practice.

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Founded 1994 ·

(908) 387-1000

Frances Brunelle

Founder & President

Leadership

A manufacturing M&A career built on candor, preparation and responsibility.

Frances Brunelle founded Accelerated's manufacturing-focused practice and has spent more than three decades working with owners, strategic acquirers and investors across the United States.

Her approach recognizes that a manufacturing transaction is both a financial event and a transfer of responsibility. Owners need an advisor who can understand the operation, communicate its value, create qualified competition and evaluate more than price alone.

Frances has also been a frequent contributor to manufacturing and M&A discussions, sharing practical guidance on valuation, transaction readiness, buyer qualification and the future of American manufacturing.

2020 · Industry recognition

Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A

Named by Mergers & Acquisitions magazine, part of TheMiddleMarket.com

Since 1994

NATIONAL Manufacturing M&A

$5–100M

Sell-side client revenue range

$10–100M

BUY-SIDE TARGET REVENUE RANGE

Our story

Built alongside American manufacturers since 1994

Accelerated's roots are in manufacturing facilities, production equipment, machine tools and conversations with owners who understand that value cannot be reduced to a generic formula. That history shapes how we evaluate a company, explain it to the market, qualify a buyer and protect the people behind the financial statements.

1994

Helping manufacturers grow

Accelerated began by helping manufacturers acquire production equipment and machine tools to increase productivity, expand capacity and improve throughput.

Evolution

Longtime relationships created new needs

As longtime customers reached retirement, many turned to Accelerated for help selling and transitioning their companies to new ownership. Others wanted to accelerate growth through the acquisition of complementary manufacturing businesses.

Focus

From productive assets to complete companies

Those needs led Accelerated to expand from equipment-focused growth support into manufacturing mergers and acquisitions, applying the same market knowledge and practical understanding to full-company transactions.

Today

One manufacturing market, two distinct mandates

Accelerated represents lower-middle-market manufacturers pursuing a complete sale, recapitalization or growth partnership, and retained buyers pursuing acquisitions.

Our purpose

Protect what owners built. Find the right party to carry it forward. Strengthen American manufacturing through thoughtful transitions and growth.

Frances BrunelleFounder & President

How we work

Four principles guide every engagement.

The transaction structure may change. The standards do not.

Manufacturing fluency

We understand that capabilities, certifications, equipment, processes, customers, workforce and intellectual property can be central to value and fit.

Confidentiality

Sensitive company information is protected until a prospective party has met defined professional and financial standards.

Candid advice

Owners and acquirers receive direct guidance about value, readiness, risks, structure and the decisions required to move forward.

Disciplined competition

National outreach and rigorous qualification focus the process on parties capable of completing the transaction and respecting its objectives.

A note from our founder

Eternal principles that guide both business and life

Entrepreneurs are usually driven people. Driven to accomplish growth in revenue, profits, market position, and status within an industry. I don’t think there is anything wrong with this – a drive for excellence, especially in manufacturing, has elevated millions of lives, not only those in the USA. However, we should also be driven for things that have eternal value.

Christian business owners have a responsibility to steward not just the business, but everyone in their sphere of influence. Most American workers are employed by small businesses. As a business owner, you may be the only exposure your employees, customers, and suppliers ever have to Christianity. Make it count. Christian business owners should make nonbelievers question their disbelief in God through kindness and generosity.

In the M&A world, we talk a lot about a company’s legacy and how a transaction can impact it. But there is a legacy that is far more important. In the end, there is one dance every Christian will do alone. We’ll answer for how we stewarded what we were blessed with, and the legacy of souls entrusted to us. At Accelerated, our guiding principles aren’t only business-related. They are eternal principles.

Frances Brunelle

Founder & President

One market. Two separate duties.

Clear representation protects every conversation.

Accelerated works on both sides of the manufacturing M&A market, but never represents both buyer and seller in the same transaction. The client, fiduciary duty and engagement structure are disclosed before confidential information is shared.

For owners

Sell-Side Representation

Complete sales, recapitalizations and growth partnerships designed around value, certainty, employees and legacy.

Sell or partner for growth

For acquirers

Retained Buy-Side Advisory

Acquisition thesis, market mapping, confidential owner outreach and manufacturing-informed evaluation.

Discuss an acquisition

How the firm is organized

The functions a transaction actually requires

A manufacturing transaction is not one job. It is origination, analysis, presentation, qualification, diligence and coordination — each with its own discipline. Every engagement draws on all of them.

Business development

First conversations with owners and acquirers, qualifying fit and objective before a process begins.

Coverage & origination

Continuous contact with manufacturers, strategics and investors nationally, including owners who have not decided to sell.

Valuation & analysis

The 175-plus data points behind a manufacturing valuation: earnings quality, capabilities, certifications, equipment and customer profile.

Marketing & communications

How a company is presented to the market — teasers, confidential memoranda and the materials qualified buyers receive.

Industry & sector groups

Sector-specific knowledge across aerospace, precision machining, automation, medical, plastics, transportation and building products.

Buyer qualification

Verifying experience, capital and intent before any confidential information is released, on every party in a process.

Execution

Managing competition among interested parties, evaluating offers on more than price, and negotiating structure toward a letter of intent.

Due diligence

Assembling documentation early, anticipating what buyers and acquisition lenders request, and keeping requests from stalling a deal.

Project management & operations

Document control, advisor scheduling and momentum from letter of intent through closing.

In their words

What owners say after the transaction closes

Each of these owners set a different objective. All three were met.

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The Accelerated team developed an effective process for vetting and connecting qualified buyers with sellers. Interest from multiple buyers allowed us to focus on best fit for our company and employees while meeting our financial objectives.

Frank O’Connor

CNC & robotic machined component manufacturer

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I just wanted to say thank you again. Cathy and I are truly appreciative of all your team’s effort and diligence throughout the process. When the largest company in the industry offered to purchase the company to gain our customers and close our plant, I gave you the tall order of finding an acquirer who would keep the jobs in KY. You vetted over 200 companies, granted seven visits and we received six offers. I couldn’t be more pleased with the result. We wish you guys the best.

Curt Prystupa

Fiberglass products manufacturer

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I wanted to send you a thank-you note for, well, everything. But most importantly, thank you Fran and the team for getting this done. I loved working with everyone. Jasmine, thanks for bringing the organization needed to close such a deal. And with such class! I’m sure you know how much this meant to me and Jeff. Twenty years of hard work, but all worth it at the end of the day. We should be able to enjoy retirement with no financial worries.

Rick Stathers

Aerospace components manufacturer

The next chapter begins with clarity

Tell us what you are considering.

A complete transition, a growth partnership or a targeted manufacturing acquisition all begin with a confidential conversation about objectives, timing and fit.

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