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Case studies and walk-throughs from manufacturing exits jobs across Greater Charlotte. Specific addresses anonymized; specific numbers preserved.
Deep dive · 6 min read
The working capital target: the term that quietly changes your wire
Owners negotiate the multiple for months and agree the working capital definition in an afternoon. It is frequently the more expensive of the two.
Published August 11, 2026
How-to · 10 min read
The two-year plan that raises the price of a manufacturing company
Almost everything buyers discount is fixable, and almost none of it is fixable quickly. Here is the order to do it in.
Published June 30, 2026
Deep dive · 7 min read
What happens to your AS9100 and ITAR status when you sell
The approval file is the asset. It does not transfer automatically, and the sequence of notification and re-approval belongs in the purchase agreement.
Published May 27, 2026 · Monroe
How-to · 8 min read
Selling a Gaston County textile business without selling it as a textile business
The word carries forty years of contraction with it. Companies making filtration media and technical substrates are specialty manufacturers, and the buyer pool pays accordingly.
Published April 22, 2026 · Gastonia
Case study · 7 min read
A private equity firm called about your company. Now what?
Unsolicited approaches to healthy Charlotte-area manufacturers are common and often genuine. Handling one alone is the most reliable way to leave money behind.
Published March 18, 2026
How-to · 9 min read
How to value a CNC machining company for sale
The arithmetic is adjusted EBITDA times a multiple. Everything that matters is in the two words before EBITDA and in what sets the multiple.
Published February 10, 2026
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