Although manufacturing in the UK appears to be in long-term decline, we believe that profitable niches still provide attractive investment opportunities.

Over the past few years Graphite Capital has backed a variety of specialist manufacturing businesses. Recent investments include manufacturers of building products, printing and packaging materials, consumer goods, medical products, office supplies, chemicals and industrial components.

We have also helped management teams restructure the production facilities and reconfigure the product range of their business to cut costs and take advantage of opportunities in new markets.

We believe trade and financial interest in acquiring niche manufacturing businesses remains strong, as evidenced recently by our highly profitable disposals of U-Pol, an automotive supplier, and Applied Energy, a manufacturer of heating and ventilation equipment.

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