Charlotte Digital Printing & Packaging Manufacturer, 1950 North Carolina Business

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This is a digital printing and packaging manufacturer just outside Charlotte, North Carolina, operating since 1950 with 18 full-time employees. The business produces printed materials and packaging for a diversified customer base and runs out of a 30,000 square foot facility segmented into three parts with multiple loading bays. The equipment package is largely paid off, with only one piece still financed, and carries roughly $700k in FF&E value included in the asking price.

On $3.97M of revenue the business throws off $990k in SDE and $716k in EBITDA, which is strong margin performance for a printing operation. Packaging is the more durable and structurally growing part of this business, insulating it somewhat from the secular decline in commercial print. The 75-year operating history and diversified customer base suggest embedded relationships and repeat volume rather than one-off project work.

The real estate is owned but not included in the $3.5M asking price, carried separately at $2.4M, and inventory of $150k is also excluded. That means a buyer is paying roughly 3.54x cash flow for the operating business, with the option to buy or lease the facility. The seller is retiring and will not offer seller financing, but the deal is 7(a) and 504 loan eligible.