The Precision Firm is a manufacturing and distribution M&A advisory brand for owners who need a confidential, specialist-led path through valuation, buyer conversations, and sale preparation.
We work with owner-led manufacturing, precision machining, fabrication, industrial distribution, and wholesale businesses where value depends on more than a clean profit number.
The Precision Firm exists because manufacturing and distribution owners are poorly served by generic brokerage. A technical business has transferability, diligence, confidentiality, and buyer-fit issues that need specialist attention.
Built for owners of manufacturing, machining, fabrication, industrial distribution, and wholesale companies.
Owners work directly with the advisors responsible for valuation, preparation, buyer qualification, and sale-process judgment.
Buyers scrutinize customers, equipment, backlog, labor, working capital, supplier relationships, and owner dependence.
A manufacturing company can look strong on paper and still lose value in diligence if the process is handled casually.
Buyers will test concentration, margin quality, equipment condition, capex needs, certifications, inventory, backlog, management depth, and whether the business can operate without the owner. The Precision Firm helps owners understand those issues before the market does.
The Precision Firm works with technical, asset-backed, and relationship-driven businesses where buyers need to understand both financial performance and operational transferability.
CNC machining, fabrication, injection molding, aerospace and defense components, automotive suppliers, contract manufacturing, and related production businesses.
Industrial distribution and wholesale companies where supplier relationships, inventory quality, working capital, product mix, and margin durability drive value.
Businesses where founder dependence, management depth, customer concentration, and confidential buyer qualification can materially affect deal value and terms.
Owners work directly with the people responsible for valuation, preparation, buyer qualification, and sale-process judgment.
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Matt Lowd is Co-Founder of The Precision Firm. Before starting the firm, Matt served as Chief Operating Officer of a medical manufacturing business that he helped build and ultimately sell. That experience gave him firsthand insight into the operational and personal realities of preparing a company for sale, from organizing financial information and strengthening the management story to protecting confidentiality and navigating buyer diligence.
Today, Matt works directly with manufacturing, engineering, distribution, and wholesale business owners on valuation, sale preparation, buyer qualification, negotiation, and transaction execution.
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Dave Carlson is Co-Founder of The Precision Firm. Before starting the firm, Dave built and sold his own product business, giving him firsthand perspective on what owners face when deciding whether, when, and how to exit. He understands that a successful sale involves more than price. It also means protecting employees and customers, reducing owner dependence, choosing the right buyer, and managing the transition.
Today, Dave advises manufacturing, engineering, distribution, and wholesale business owners on valuation, exit planning, buyer strategy, and confidential transactions.
We are not looking to push every owner into a sale process. The first conversation is about whether timing, value, risk, and fit make sense.
We start with the company, ownership goals, timing, buyer history, and what prompted the conversation.
We look at earnings, transferability, customer concentration, backlog, equipment, management depth, and likely buyer concerns.
The next step may be a valuation, preparation plan, buyer-response strategy, full sale process, or a decision to wait.
About pages build trust. These pages help you move from trust into a specific decision.
For owners who want a grounded view of value, likely buyer concerns, and timing before deciding whether to sell.
Get a valuationSeller ProcessFor owners considering an exit and wanting to understand preparation, confidentiality, buyer outreach, diligence, and closing.
See the seller processAdvisor SelectionFor owners comparing manufacturing business brokers and deciding whether a specialist process is worth it.
Compare advisor fitPrivate ConversationFor owners who are not sure which path fits and want to talk through timing, value, buyer interest, or preparation.
Start confidentiallyThe Precision Firm is a business brokerage and mergers and acquisitions advisory firm focused on manufacturing, engineering, industrial distribution, and wholesale business owners. We help owners understand value, prepare for a confidential sale, qualify buyers, manage diligence, and navigate the transaction through closing.
Owners do not need to be ready to sell. Many begin the conversation while evaluating value, timing, buyer interest, confidentiality, or improvements that could strengthen the business before going to market. The first conversation is private and designed to clarify options, not push an owner into a sale.
Confidentiality is controlled from the first inquiry. We do not contact employees, customers, suppliers, competitors, or prospective buyers without the owner’s approval. Buyer outreach and sensitive information are released through a staged process based on buyer qualification and fit.
We advise owner-led manufacturing, precision machining, fabrication, industrial engineering, industrial distribution, and wholesale businesses. These companies often require specialized attention to equipment, customer concentration, workforce depth, backlog, inventory, working capital, supplier relationships, and owner dependence.
Owners work directly with Co-Founders Matt Lowd and Dave Carlson throughout valuation, sale preparation, buyer qualification, negotiation, diligence, and closing. Both built and sold businesses before founding The Precision Firm, so their advice is grounded in firsthand ownership and seller-side experience.
If you own a manufacturing, distribution, or wholesale business, start with a confidential conversation before the market knows there is a conversation to have.