Manufacturing & Distribution
Meridian Capital brings deep experience advising manufacturing, distribution, and building products companies across industrial supply chains, specialty production, engineered components, and value-added distribution. This sector is shaped by operational excellence, capacity utilization, technological differentiation, and the resilience of sourcing and logistics networks. We understand the nuances of operating at scale while navigating inventory cycles, margin pressures, regulatory considerations, and evolving customer demands across commercial, residential, and industrial end markets.
Our team helps manufacturers, distributors, and building products businesses articulate the strengths of their processes, workforce, and customer relationships. Whether pursuing strategic partnerships, ownership transitions, or capital solutions, Meridian provides data-driven guidance to help clients achieve the most valuable outcomes in competitive, highly specialized, and material-intensive markets.
Team Leadership
Subsector Experience
- Automation and Robotics
- Industrial Technology and Engineered Products
- Paper and Packaging
- Niche Manufacturing
- Safety Products and Services
- Transportation & Logistics
- Value-Add Distribution
Recent Manufacturing & Distribution M&A Transactions
Peninsula Iron Works Has Been Acquired by TerraSource Global
Project Measure
Wilmar Corporation has been acquired by Rainier Partners
LOTS Group has acquired Bellwether Forest Products
Shoemaker Manufacturing has been acquired by CSW Industrials
Weatherhaven Has Been Acquired by White Wolf Capital
PCI (Pacific Consolidated Industries) Recapitalized by TJM Capital Partners
Shields Manufacturing Acquired by Precinmac
Manor Hardware Has Been Acquired by SouthernCarlson
MTM Robotics Has Been Acquired by Airbus
*Note: Includes transactions completed by Meridian bankers while at previous firms