Case Studies
Industries: Manufacturing, Consumer Products
Primary Services: Quality of Earnings
Company #1 was the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic shopping carts and material handling equipment for retailers. Company #2 was a family-owned manufacturer of plastic and wire shopping carts and wire store shelving and displays headquartered in MI with three manufacturing facilities.
A Private Equity Fund was considering a transaction to acquire Company #1 and Company #2 (collectively the “Companies”). The premise of the transaction was that while both organizations had endured operating challenges and lackluster profitability, the potential synergies between the two appeared to be significant, and the combined Companies would allow the Companies to leverage each of their respective strengths.
Our experts were retained by the Private Equity Fund to evaluate the historical operating performance of each of the Companies and to provide analysis of the potential synergies available. Further, we evaluated the resulting management and identified key risks and opportunities within the team and the likely time-frames associated with the execution to achieve the synergies. We further identified the key economic drivers and possible strategies to both mitigate those issues and to leverage existing opportunities.
Joe Nappi, CTP
Senior Managing Director
Strategic Advisory Practice
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