Acquisition Criteria

TPW seeks to acquire companies that meet the following key criteria and are within the identified industries of interest.

General Criteria

  • Companies where the owner is seeking some form of liquidity or a future management transition, but does not have a defined succession plan in place. In certain cases, we would consider partnering with the existing company owners to jointly grow the business for a period of time after the acquisition.
  • Acquisitions that can be used as platform companies with the potential for future growth through follow-on acquisitions within the same or an adjacent industry
  • Companies operating in expanding markets with a fragmented customer base
  • Companies with stable and long standing customer relationships

Financial Criteria

  • Annual sales between $10 million and $50 million
  • EBITDA of at least $2 million
  • EBITDA margins of at least 10%
  • 3 years of profitability and positive cash flow

Industries Of Interest

  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • Chemical and Plastics
  • Food Processing
  • General Distribution