Middle-Market Operating Businesses · General Manufacturing

Capital structures for productive businesses and industrial growth.

Financing considerations for general manufacturing companies — production capacity, materials, equipment modernization, customer orders and expansion.

Overview
Middle-Market Operating Businesses
Financing for operating businesses
Building a new strategic plant or a major expansion? Those projects sit in the infrastructure and industrial-assets group.See Advanced Manufacturing

General manufacturing companies require capital to maintain production capacity, procure materials, modernize equipment, support customer orders and pursue expansion.

Financing analysis considers the relationship between productive assets, operating margins, order visibility, production efficiency and the timing of customer collections.

Who this is for

Target business profile.

Established manufacturers with an operating history
Contract manufacturers and fabricators
Component and parts suppliers to larger manufacturers
Founder- and family-owned producers planning growth or transition
Typical transactions

Common transaction and financing purposes.

  • Machinery and equipment acquisitions
  • Working capital for materials and production
  • Facility improvements or expansion
  • Acquisition or refinancing
  • Inventory and receivables financing
  • Financing for contracted production requirements
Potential capital structures

Potential capital structures.

Equipment Finance & Leasing

Acquiring, replacing or expanding productive assets while managing capital expenditure and cash flow.

Asset-Based Lending / Working Capital

Financing supported by eligible receivables, inventory, equipment or combinations of business assets.

Senior Debt / Acquisition & Refinancing

Acquisition or refinancing supported by established operating cash flow.

Supply Chain Finance

Structures for materials, contracted production and the timing of customer collections.

Availability, terms and Lankford Capital's role are confirmed case by case.

Operating and credit considerations

What capital will look at.

  • Equipment valuation
  • Capacity utilization
  • Customer contracts
  • Order backlog
  • Production costs
  • Margin trends
  • Maintenance obligations
  • Cash-flow coverage
Illustrative qualification information

What to have ready.

  • Historical and interim financial statements
  • Equipment list, quotes or appraisals
  • Receivables aging and inventory reports
  • Backlog and key customer contracts
  • Existing debt schedule

Illustrative only. Not an eligibility list or a commitment to review or proceed.

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Tell us about the business and what the financing is for.

Share the business, the need and the timing. Our team will review whether — and how — a structure may fit.