Water and Waste
Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Wastewater Treatment Equipment Manufacturer: Establishing Demand Outlook And Growth Opportunities
Conducted an early Phase I 2-week customer & market due diligence to establish demand outlook and target's growth opportunities. To this end, Gotham: established WWTP equipment needs and treatment technologies; conducted 44 anonymous interviews with municipalities; established capital/O&M spending outlook in the municipal wastewater treatment market; built a comprehensive database of WWTP equipment vendors and products; performed an in-depth WWTP equipment assessment to identify equipment categories for expansion and potential acquisition candidates. Gotham’s assessment of the target’s competitive positioning and growth opportunity in the WWTP equipment market allowed our client to move forward in the auction process with confidence.
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Customer & Market Due Diligence Of Water Well Services Provider: Establishing Market Dynamics And Growth Outlook
Conducted a 3-week customer & market due diligence to establish the competitive differentiation and validate the growth opportunities of the target. To this end, Gotham: created a robust market sizing model establishing the current inventory of wells as well as a drilling forecast segmented by end-market; conducted interviews with municipal and C&I water well customers and government agencies; established the competitive landscape and market share of key players; and uncovered attractive geographic, service line, and end-market expansion opportunities. Gotham’s assessment armed our client with a solid understanding of market dynamics/growth outlook and the target’s reputation/competitive positioning, allowing our client to pursue the transaction with confidence.
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Customer & Market Due Diligence of Specialty Plastic Container Manufacturer: Validating Market Potential of an Add-On Acquisition
Conducted 146 customer interviews and market sizing analysis to support an add-on acquisition of residential plastic container manufacturer by a PE-owned $400MM commercial steel container company. Analysis validated market potential and customer perception of the target and since the deal closed, the target has been outperforming projections.
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Operations Improvements at Multi-disciplinary Engineering Services Firm: Improving Profitability and Revenue Performance
Conducted a 6-week operations assessment to turn around the company’s margin performance and position it for a successful exit in 2-3 years’ time. Analyzed historical project and employee utilization performance; developed target staffing leverage model; and created target business development model to improve efficiency of business development effort while driving profitable revenue growth. Our detailed assessment gave our client a solid understanding and roadmap of the levers to achieve the target margin performance (5-7% points growth); client requested Gotham to provide ongoing support through quarterly performance audits.
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Customer & Market Due Diligence of Upstream Oil & Gas Protective Solutions Provider: Establishing Market Size and Growth Opportunities in OCTG Market
Conducted 4-week customer & market due diligence to: (1) establish outlook for North America oil & gas drilling; (2) estimate market size and growth for new and reconditioned protective products; and (3) evaluate target’s competitive positioning. For this effort, Gotham interviewed 150+ customers and competitors, leveraged our proprietary industry knowledge base, performed extensive primary and secondary research to pin down oil & gas drilling dynamics, and developed a detailed bottom-up model for market sizing and growth. As a result of Gotham’s findings, our client confidently pursued and closed the transaction.
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Customer & Market Due Diligence of Fluid Power Equipment Company: Assessing Adjacent Market Growth Opportunities in Several Technically-complex Niches
Conducted customer & market due diligence to validate adjacent market growth opportunities, including offshore oil & gas, forestry, marine, and civil infrastructure and other end-markets under consideration. Interviewed 150+ competitors, customers, prime contractors, and other key value chain participants, researched complex technical requirements, and leveraged government and industry data to develop a robust fact base, including size/growth models for each end-market, geographic gap analysis, and profiles of key competitors/potential acquisition targets. Based on Gotham’s findings and recommended expansion strategy, PE client closed the deal and is pursuing an acquisition to fill a key geographic gap.
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