Industry Focus
For opportunities that meet our investment criteria, we are most interested in companies that can be broadly defined as low-tech manufacturing or industrial service in nature. There are many industries that we will consider as well as several that we generally avoid.
Key Areas of Interest
Manufacturing
- Defense and aerospace products
- Branded specialty machinery with large installed base
- Packaging materials and related products
- Electrical components and assemblies
- Business-to-business branded products
- Niche, proprietary industrial products
Industrial Services
- Aviation support services – civil and military
- Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) services
- Niche/specialty distribution
- Niche Packaging and contract packaging
- Engineering services
- Destructive and non-destructive inspection
- Domestic and international logistics
Areas Cornerstone Avoids
- Business Consulting
- Early stage venture deals
- Restaurants/hospitality
- Construction
- High-tech companies
- Biotech
- Real estate
- Retail