Private Equity Firm Manufacturing

Makers Forward

Summit, New Jersey, United States

Makers Forward, LLC is an investment company between a private equity firm and a manufacturing operator, investing in middle-market North American manufacturing businesses and partnering with management to help grow companies and improve operating efficiency.

Focus Areas
Middle-market manufacturing investment, Precision machining portfolio (via acquisitions)

Tracked deals

4

4 tracked deals across 2021-2024.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

3 addon · 1 buyout

Makers Forward Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 4 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 4 years for Makers Forward. 1 2021 1 2022 1 2023 1 2024

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Accudynamics, LLC, Makers Forward, LLC
    Target
    TAM Metal Products (TAM Precision, LLC)
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Addon

    Accudynamics, LLC — part of the Makers Forward family of companies — has acquired TAM Metal Products (aka TAM Precision, LLC), a Mahwah, New Jersey-based manufacturer of sheet metal enclosures, precision components and assemblies. The acquisition is an add-on to the Accudynamics Group intended to expand manufacturing capabilities, capacity and service offerings for aerospace, defense, medical and other commercial customers.

  • Buyer
    Accudynamics, LLC, Makers Forward, LLC
    Target
    Star-Glo Industries (Swiss screw machining / metal products business), Star Glo Precision, LLC
    Seller
    Star-Glo Industries, LLC, Star Glo Industries, Inc.
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Addon

    Accudynamics, LLC, a portfolio company of Makers Forward, LLC, has acquired the Swiss screw machining / metal products business of Star-Glo Industries (now operating as Star Glo Precision, LLC). The acquisition adds precision Swiss machining capacity and capabilities to Accudynamics' operations and brings Star Glo's metal-products employees into the Makers Forward family; terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Accudynamics, LLC, Makers Forward, LLC
    Target
    DCG Precision Manufacturing, LLC
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Addon

    Accudynamics, a Makers Forward, LLC portfolio company, has acquired DCG Precision Manufacturing, LLC and will operate DCG as a subsidiary. The acquisition expands Accudynamics' precision machining capabilities—particularly Swiss machining and grinding—and adds capacity to serve aerospace, defense, medical, and other industrial customers while retaining DCG's existing employees and management.

  • Buyer
    Makers Forward, LLC
    Target
    Accudynamics, LLC
    Seller
    Aragra Corporation
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Buyout

    Makers Forward, LLC has acquired Accudynamics, LLC from Aragra Corporation. Accudynamics — a precision machining and assembly supplier headquartered in Lakeville, Massachusetts — will continue operating at its existing facility with all current employees and management retained as part of Makers Forward's family of manufacturing businesses.

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