Excellence through collaboration
We founded LFM Capital in 2014 to invest in private, lower middle market manufacturing companies. We bring years of real world, shop floor experience and access to world-class operating talent.
We share a passion and commitment to invigorate the U.S. manufacturing sector. We know first-hand the challenges and rewards of achieving operational excellence through a focus on growth and continuous process improvement.
Our Approach
We have a highly flexible model.
We are excited to partner with current owners and management teams. We also partner with owners looking to make a transition and work together to identify the next leader.
We are an active partner, but we don’t micro-manage.
We are on-call to support management teams with operational expertise but give them autonomy to run their businesses. We work hard to preserve legacy, focus on company culture and empower employees to develop and grow.
We believe manufacturing transcends the shop floor.
Sales, marketing, product development, supply chain, distribution and manufacturing are all critical to success. We work alongside companies to identify their growth levers – and then work as a team to decide which to pull and how hard.
“At the end of the day, what we want most is to be the type of partner we would hope to find if we were in your shoes.“
- Steve Cook, Executive Managing Director
Our Principles
We seek to build partnerships that foster lasting legacies. Integrity, accountability and leadership are the foundation of our team. As Don Davis (23-year CEO of Stanley Tools and MIT Sloan School of Business faculty) taught us, “leadership is stewardship.” This is our guiding philosophy as we partner with companies to help them win in today’s globally competitive landscape.
Invest in people
Do the right thing
Work as a team
Commit to thoughtful decisions
“LFM knows manufacturing and they understand how we think and how we run our business. They didn’t try to come in and change everything. They let us run the company that we knew how to run.”
— Pete Gray, Former Owner at Vektek
“We clicked almost immediately. The LFM team was very at ease talking about our business and that made me feel comfortable. I also liked that they were from Nashville and didn’t have that ‘big city’ feel.”