Selling Your Manufacturing Business

What to Expect During Due Diligence

What a buyer examines during due diligence, and how sellers move through it without losing value or momentum.

The Dangers of Selling Your Manufacturing Company to a Family Member and Financing the Deal

Family businesses drive 64% of U.S. GDP, but selling to a family member carries risks owners rarely anticipate.

Should You Sell Your Manufacturing Company Right Now?

Roughly 10,000 Baby Boomers retire each day. How to judge whether now is the right time to sell a manufacturing company.

Why Hiring an M&A Specialist Is Important

Whether to hire a specialized M&A intermediary or sell a manufacturing company yourself, and what a specialist actually does.

What’s Trending in M&A for 2019?

Mining and aerospace deals hit all-time highs while oil and gas stalled. What the 2019 data showed for manufacturing M&A.

How to Get the Best Price for Your Manufacturing Company

With an incredible number of manufacturers exiting business ownership for retirement, it’s imperative that sellers make their businesses stand out from others on the market. In this article, we’ll discuss how to get the best price for your manufacturing company. Here’s what we’ll

Power Transmission Component & Gear Manufacturer Seeks Acquirer

This Mid-Atlantic based power transmission & gear manufacturer has so much of what quality buyers want in an acquisition.

6 Critical Steps If You Get Unsolicited Offers for Your Business

Increasingly business owners are receiving unsolicited offers to buy their companies. This is particularly true within the manufacturing sectors which have been one of the most sought-after segments of the mergers & acquisitions market. In this article, we’ll explore six critical

Boost Employee Productivity by Adopting Lean Manufacturing Principles

If you are thinking about selling your business at some future date, you should take steps now to implement industry proven steps to a more efficient workplace. The best approach is to embrace the core principles of Lean Manufacturing (“Lean”). This will give you a great story to

Maintain Confidentiality While Selling a Manufacturing Business

As a business broker specializing in the sale of manufacturing companies, one of the questions most often asked by potential clients is how my firm can maintain confidentiality while selling a business and what security procedures we have in place to protect our clients.

Manufacturing owner standing on the factory floor while preparing to sell at a high point

Sell Your Manufacturing Business on a High

Activity in manufacturing M&A is booming. The California Association of Business Brokers (CABB) predicted back in 2015 that this will be a decade of Baby Boomers both buying and selling businesses, turning over $10 trillion worth of assets and 12 million businesses. In 2019, this

Building an enterprise that can survive your absence - it's all about processes and systems

In an earlier blog post, we talked about what a manufacturing business buyer wants to see in a potential acquisition. We alluded to the risk of information and skill concentration in your employees, but we need to make it clear that this risk is most significant at the top of the