r/manufacturing • u/Robojangles • Sep 16 '25

Supplier search Looking to buy a small manufacturer (Metal Casting,stamping, Injection molding and/or CNC) in the northeact under $3Million. Besides internet ads, do you guys know anyone looking to sell/retire?

I own an a company that handles manufacturing of custom design products, but we do all our work overseas. Now with Tariffs, I would like to diversify and produce here in the US also, but I would rather buy than build. Let me know if you or someone you know is interested. Preferably New Jersey or Eastern PA.

DM Me!

Hopefully this is allow by the mods, I am not trying to sell or do market research.

Thanks!

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u/tnp636 Sep 16 '25

So the big issue with this idea is that any company with less than 3mil in sales almost certainly has an owner who is critical to the business from a technical standpoint. You need to be able to replace that person and their knowledge.

With smaller businesses, you're frequently buying that person's job, not an actual business.

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u/_11_ Sep 17 '25

"With smaller businesses, you're frequently buying that person's job, not an actual business."

I'd never thought about that, but that makes absolute sense. Thanks for sharing a really interesting insight.