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We utilise our extensive business and corporate finance expertise to advise companies in the industrials & chemicals industry. We help businesses secure funding to support growth, acquire a competitor during market consolidation, enable a management buy-out, or execute a trade sale. In short, we make it happen.

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ENGINEERING trends

The ever-adapting engineering industry continues to develop new solutions that affect how designs are conceived and how projects are managed. Key trends include:

3D printing provides a new way to test and manufacture products.

Technology now enables site inspections to take place virtually whilst maintaining quality and improving safety.

Adoption of green engineering principles to improve sustainability in engineering.

Post-Brexit export potential of high precision engineering services.

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MANUFACTURING TRENDS

Industry 4.0 is enabling manufacturers to increase operational visibility, reduce costs, expedite production times, and deliver exceptional customer support. Key trends include:

Price volatility and supply disruption in raw materials and other inputs; skilled labour shortages.

Opportunities presented by new investment tax allowances, Free Ports and new export destinations post-Brexit.

Internet of Things (IoT) continues to influence how the industry innovates.

Embedding predictive analytics in the manufacturing process to minimise production costs.

Transitioning from B2B to B2C business models for increased go-to-market benefits.

Increasing focus on automation and robotics to replace human intervention.

Industry-related deals

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Artemis Optical
Industrials & Chemicals
£8.9m
Business Sale
Gooch & Housego
Buyer
July 1, 2023
Spinnaker International
Industrials & Chemicals
£3m
Growth financing
Caple
Lender
November 1, 2019
Sinewave Energy Solutions
Industrials & Chemicals
£ undisclosed
Growth financing
Nucleus Commercial
Lender
December 1, 2020
London Pumps
Industrials & Chemicals
£ undisclosed
Business funding
Natwest
Lender
October 1, 2020
EnSilica UK
Industrials & Chemicals
£3.7m
Business funding
Caple
Lender
September 1, 2019

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