Niche Manufacturing Businesses

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June 21, 2022

by a searcher in New York, NY, USA

Just throwing this out there - if anyone else is hyper-focused right now on finding niche manufacturers, I'd love to chat. It's been my bread-and-butter throughout my PE career, and I'm looking to make the jump to acquiring / running one myself. Would love to connect and build a small community for other searchers with this focus.

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from University of Notre Dame in Cambridge, MA, USA
I have been looking for a niche mfg business part-time for about 18 months. The problem you will encounter is competing with PE. If the business is truly good and growing, you need the dry powder capability of a PE or strategic acquisition rather than using a lower middle market buyout.
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from University of Hartford in Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA
Interesting timing. I've been working on a thesis over the past week or so around precision machining of steels and superalloys for aerospace propulsion components, possibly even Tier 1 supplier level sub-assembly. I haven't set a lot of boundaries yet, but I'm happy to talk as well.
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