Selling Your Manufacturing Business

Sell Your Manufacturing Business on a High
Selling Your Manufacturing Business

Sell Your Manufacturing Business on a High

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⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutesActivity 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 prediction still holds. A Forbes article from just this past September forecasted that M&A activity in manufacturing will continue its increase in the next 5 years through the digitization of the industry. All accounts point to a strong market for manufacturing M&A.

Owner away from business
Selling Your Manufacturing Business

Building an enterprise that can survive your absence – it’s all about processes and systems

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⏱ Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn 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 organization. More importantly, it’s a risk that often convinces a buyer to pass you up for a more attractive acquisition. If a buyer decides to make an offer it may be lower than you expected because they don’t believe the business can thrive without you. It’s up to you to start building a business that can continue to prosper when you are gone, and you should begin that process before actively trying to sell your business.

Buying a Manufacturing Company
Selling Your Manufacturing Business

4 Critical Steps to Buying a Manufacturing Company

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⏱ Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you have been dreaming of owning your own business for years, there’s no time like the present to ramp up your search! We previously wrote an article on the “101 Questions You Must Ask Before Buying a Manufacturing Company.” Before you can even ask these questions however, you will need to find the right business! Click to read more and learn more about the 4 Critical Steps.

Has the market peaked
Selling Your Manufacturing Business, Buying A Manufacturing Business

Will The M&A Market Peak In 2019

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Last week I attended a mergers and acquisitions conference attended by both intermediaries and private equities. A major topic of discussion was whether or not the M&A market peaked as we enter 2019. The absolute consensus was that we are in a market bubble. Some believed the market had already peaked, others believed there was possibly another year or slightly more before the M&A market peaked.

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