Advanced Manufacturing and Engineered Products
The advanced manufacturing and engineered products sector, which operates within Houlihan Lokey’s Industrials Group, has earned a reputation for providing superior service and achieving outstanding results in M&A advisory, capital-raising, restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory services.
Our transaction quality and client work benefit from our company culture, where financial professionals are highly engaged in the execution of client projects, and from our experience as leaders in the market for more than a decade, which has given our professionals valuable exposure to a variety of situations and challenges. In 2023, our Industrials Group was ranked as the No. 1 M&A advisor for global industrials transactions under $1 billion.
| Advisor | Deals |
|---|---|
| Houlihan Lokey | 62 |
| Rothschild | 58 |
| ICBC | 49 |
| Lincoln International | 45 |
| Lazard | 42 |
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How We Can Help
Our firm is extremely well equipped to help our clients navigate uncertainty and capitalize on opportunity. We respond quickly to challenging situations and are constantly helping clients analyze, structure, negotiate, and execute the best possible solutions from both strategic and financial perspectives.
Corporate Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Capital Markets
- Private Funds Advisory
- Board Advisory Services
Financial Restructuring
- Company Advisory
- Creditor Advisory
Financial and Valuation Advisory
- Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory
- Transaction Opinions
- Corporate Valuation Advisory Services
- Transaction Advisory Services
- Real Estate Valuation and Advisory
- Dispute Resolution Consulting
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Selected Transactions
Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that AvCarb Material Solutions (AvCarb), a portfolio company of ALY Holdings, has been acquired by Arsenal Capital Partners. The transaction closed on October 29, 2021.
AvCarb is a leading manufacturer of mission-critical engineered carbon components for hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, electrolyzers, flow batteries, and automotive and industrial applications. With a multigenerational legacy supporting emissions-reducing applications, the company’s main products include advanced gas diffusion layers (GDL) and molded graphite layers, woven carbon fabrics, and carbon felts used in electrochemical and friction applications. The company’s technology portfolio is well positioned to address the imminent and longer term needs for global de-carbonization by providing highly engineered materials that enable the production of hydrogen, the conversion of hydrogen to electricity, and the storage of energy. AvCarb has over 60 employees in its facility in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Arsenal Capital Partners is a New York, New York–based private equity firm that specializes in investments in middle-market industrials and healthcare companies. Since its inception in 2000, Arsenal has raised institutional equity investment funds of more than $7.0 billion, completed more than 200 platform and add-on investments, and achieved more than 30 realizations.
Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive sellside financial advisor to AvCarb and assisted in marketing, structuring, and negotiating the transaction on behalf of ALY and management. The transaction highlights the team’s expertise and continued success of Houlihan Lokey’s dedicated coverage of the industrial technology and engineered components sector.
