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Innovation in Chemical Products
BASF Management Consulting was approached by the Head of one of BASF's businesses (the Client). The Client shared with us the following information: …
GoodWind Technologies
GoodWind is a textile machinery manufacturer specialized in the production of winding machines, the machine used at the end of the cotton yarn …
StarBus Australia
Your client, an Australia based PE firm, wants to acquire StarBus Australia which is the biggest bus manufacturer in Australia. Your client has …
A Golden Ticket
Your client is Whizzy Wilco's Chocolate Emporium, a global confectionery manufacturer based in the US that specializes in chocolate bars and unique …
Attack Helicopter
Our client is a US defense contractor and one of its divisions manufactures attack helicopters for military operations. The company is considering …
Big Ten Bivalves
Your client is the CEO of Big Ten Bivalves (BTB), an oyster farm based on the east end of Long Island, New York. The company was founded only a few …
Boxing in the Opportunity
Our client, GS Capital, is a private equity firm looking to acquire a new operating company, CorrugatedCo., which manufactures machines that cut, …
Crunch Time at ChipCo.
Your client is Bryant, a Plant Director at ChipCo., a global tortilla chip producer. While sales are strong, the North Carolina-based plant that …
Erween Mills
Your client, Erween Mills, is a palm oil mill based out of Guatemala. The mill is facing profitability problems for the past couple of years. Erween …
Fertilizer Innovation
Your client is an agricultural products manufacturer. They invented a product called "Green Nutrient". This product will help farmers by allowing a …
Formula For Success
Our client is a major high-end automotive brand (think BMW, Audi, etc.) looking to expand its racing footprint into the Formula 1 (F1) space. Our …
Grow baby, grow!
Your client is a diversified industrials distributor that focuses on four key product areas: plumbing tools (pipes, installation tools), lumber …
Maize & Blue Cement
A cement manufacturer, Maize and Blue Cement (MBC), operates in Country X. Over the last three years, their profitability has stagnated, and MBC is …
Maxicure
Your client, Maxicure, manufactures and sells an over-the-counter cough and cold medicine. Their sole plant in Kentucky is aging, and its increasing …
Melt That Snow
The city of Holland, Michigan, is considering building a heated walkway with 690,000 sqft of heated sidewalks and streets complementing the already …
Papyr Co.
Papyr is a paper distributor based in Ohio. Due to the declining demand for paper products, the company downsized the company headcount by 20% across …
Rubber Bumper
Rubber Bumper Co is a small family owned producer of rubber products. It prides itself on producing a limited range of products but producing the …
Steel Co.
Our client is a steel manufacturing company in the Netherlands. They are considering investing in an advanced analytics tool that will help them …
Sticky Surfactants
Your client, CavalierChem, is a global chemicals manufacturer. CavalierChem recently acquired a manufacturing facility that makes surfactants as part …
Sticky Surfactants
Your client, CavalierChem, is a global chemicals manufacturer. CavalierChem recently acquired a manufacturing facility that makes surfactants as part …
SwitchDeck Motors
Our client, SwitchDeck Motors, is a major US-based automobile company. They produce a range of vehicle types, including sedans, SUVs, and commercial …
Trouble in 'Packaging' Paradise
Client is Newpads, an absorbent pads manufacturing company which recently got acquired by OldMoney Investments, a private equity fund. Newpads is a …
Apache Helicopter
Our client is a US defense contractor. One of its divisions manufactures Apache helicopters for military operations. The company is considering …
Applying Appliances
Your client is the appliance division of a major U.S-based consumer goods company. They manufacture mainly kitchen appliances - specifically …
Brazilian Highway Concessions
A leading Brazilian highway concessions company is looking to expand internationally. Economic growth in Brazil has stalled, and in order to continue …
Calling the TTC
One of the main factors that drives customer retention in the telecom market is coverage: companies that can boast that they receive a signal …
Construct a Solution
Your client is Rebar Company, who manufacturers rebar and concrete for commercial construction. Their profits have fallen from a positive $20M profit …
Dark Sky
Our client, Dark Sky, is a small manufacturer of unmanned (ie. remotely piloted) data collection aircraft. Dark Sky produces the Assessor, an aircraft …
Deepwater Inc
Our client, Deepwater, is an oil refinery firm looking at an investment in a filtering unit to transform residual oil into useful feedstock to produce …
Dutch Dam Dilemma
Your client is the South Holland province of the Netherlands. The provincial governor, Tomas Smit, has engaged your firm, explaining that a key dam …
Finding the Right Key
Your client, Keyboard Co., is an American mechanical keyboard manufacturer who is seeing declining profitability recently and does not understand why …
High Q Plastics
Our client, High Q Plastics, is an automotive parts supplier in the U.S. They primarily manufacture and sell plastic injection-molded parts, such as …
Maxicure
Your client, Maxicure, manufactures and sells an over-the-counter cough and cold medicine. Their sole plant in Kentucky is aging, and its increasing …
Midwest Machinery Co.
The MM team has proposed moving the manufacturing process for the XL292 machine, a critical machine for many of their end products, to India. These …
Mord Motor Co
Mord Motor Company, an international automotive company, has seen meteoric sales and market share growth over the last 10 years in the US. However, in …
Orrington Office Supplies
Our client, Orrington Office Supplies (OOS) is a leading manufacturer of office products in 1992, with sales of $275m in 1991. They have strong …
Plastic World
Our client is a private equity firm interested in Plastic World, a plastic packaging manufacturer. Plastic World's owners are requesting $25m. The …
Skylight Goods
Our client, Skylight Goods, is a $12B industrial goods manufacturer. They have various divisions and the division they are working with makes pressure …
Smart Cards
Our client, Electronics Inc., is a large diversified Electronics Component manufacturer. One of their businesses is the manufacture of Smart Cards …
Steel Co.
Our client is a steel manufacturing company in the Netherlands. They are considering investing in an advanced analytics tool that will help them …
Sticky Surfactants
Your client, CavalierChem, is a global chemicals manufacturer. CavalierChem recently acquired a manufacturing facility that makes surfactants as part …
Sueno Mattress
Sueno Mattress is a top 5 US mattress manufacturing company. The company has seen steady growth in recent years, but has missed profit targets the …
Who Needs Flight Simulators?
Your client is CAE Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of flight simulators for private airlines and several countries' militaries. However, growth in this …
A Sticky Paper Situation
Your client is PaperCo, a manufacturer of specialty papers which are sold to commercial printers in the US. PaperCo produces self-adhesive sheeted …
Aftermarket Auto Parts
Our client, KLE Capital, is evaluating the acquisition of company ABC, a leading branded manufacturer of high-performance automotive aftermarket …
AgriCo
Your client is a U.S.-based agricultural machinery manufacturer that was established in early 1990s and is a well-known and respected brand. The farm …
Alkaline Ash (2017)
ChemCo, a U.S.-based manufacturer of chemical products, has come to your firm asking for advice on whether to make an investment. It would like to …
Auto Emissions
Your client is an industrial goods producer who primarily focuses efforts on planes, trains, and various automobile parts. Their R&D team recently …
Automobile Producer
The director of marketing at an automobile manufacturer suggests changing the current design, where two separate keys operate the ignition and the …
Benjamin Carpet
Your client is the family owner of a company that serves residential and commercial markets and operates 5 days/week for 16 hours/day. The owner is …
Beta Optics
Beta Optics is a U.S.-based mid-size prescription eyeglass lens manufacturer. Due to the pandemic their revenues dropped by 30% in 2020 as far fewer …
Betacer
Betacer is a major U.S. electronics manufacturer that offers laptop and desktop PCs, tablets, smartphones, monitors, projectors and cloud solutions …
Bike Helmets
Your client is a private equity firm considering purchasing a firm that makes bicycle helmets. You have been hired to help advise whether or not to …
Bike Helmets
Your client is a private equity firm considering purchasing a firm that makes bicycle helmets. You have been hired to help advise whether or not to …
Cell Phone Manufacturer
This is 1996. Our client is a major cell phone manufacturer that has #1 market share globally, but are now #3 in the US. The US cell phone market has …
Chemical Consolidation
Dowling Chemical Company, headquartered in Michigan, one of the largest global chemical companies in the world that specializes in plastics with $20bn …
Chemical Imbalance
Your client, ChemCo, is a large multinational company in the chemicals industry. ChemCo is a leading industry player with a diverse portfolio …
Chemical Manufacturer
A major chemical manufacturer produces a chemical product used to preserve foods in containers. Despite an increase in market share, the manufacturer …
Drug Containers
Our client, a major pharma company, has engaged us to design a cost reduction strategy. You are working on a financial model to estimate the costs for …
Fertilizer Company
Fertilizer Company is a U.S.-based fertilizer manufacturer that produces 1.5M tons of nitrogen, phosphatic and potash fertilizer annually. They have …
Henderson Electric
Henderson Electric offers industrial air conditioning units, maintenance services and Internet-of-Things (IoT) enabled software to monitor the air …
Juice Producer
A major producer of juice is in the business of processing and packaging fruit juice for retail outlets. Traditionally, the producer has packaged the …
Luxury Landscaping
Our client, a private equity firm, is considering an investment in a luxury residential landscaping company that focuses on large-scale renovation …
Made to Measure
Our client owns a designer shoe-store that makes high end made-to-measure shoes for customers. The high-quality product has gained popularity rapidly …
Mickey Tires
Mickey Tires is a U.S.-based tire manufacturer. In 2020 their sales shrank by 10% due to the pandemic-related drop in car mileage as states were …
Munder-Difflin
Our client is Munder-Difflin (M-D), a $6.6B business unit of a $25B paper manufacturer. The business unit started out as a paper distributor to small …
North Sun
North Sun, a Japanese leading manufacturer of electric passenger vehicles, has been struggling with a low market share in the B2B segment. North Sun …
Packaging Cost Reduction
The client is a tier 1 supplier to the auto industry, manufacturing and distributing both electrical and seating components. The client is concerned …
Potash Co.
Your client is Karnalyte Resources, which is a small potash producer. On the morning of July 30th , Uralkali, the dominant Russian producer announced …
PrintPRO
PrintPRO offers business printing services. Despite a rapid increase in revenue and a stable cost structure, the firm's profitability is on decline. …
Roll'n Grind
Your client is Roll 'n Grind (RNG), a manufacturing company that specializes in industrial roll grinding and servicing. The company prides itself on …
Sophoro Fragrance
It is March 2022. Sophoro is a US-based retailer of personal care and cosmetics products. It has hundreds of chain stores across the United States and …
Steel Co.
Our client is a steel manufacturing company in the Netherlands. They are considering investing in an advanced analytics tool that will help them …
Sustainability
Curex, one of top-5 laundry detergent brands in the U.S., has been experiencing pressure from their parent company to push the sustainability of their …
Timber Crisis (2015)
Our client is a Canadian-based Timber Company in 2009. It primarily makes 2x4s, and the U.S. Residential construction market is, by far, the largest …
Tristar Home Appliances (2017)
Tristar is a large international manufacturer of electronics, home appliances, software, and biotech products. Their home appliance line …
Vie Tire
A tire manufacturer in Vietnam, VieTire, has been the only player in that market due to high tariffs on imports. They dominate the tire industry. As …
Wen Windows
Wen Windows is a vertically integrated window producer, with six manufacturing facilities and 30 service centers around the U.S. Their sales grew …
Banknote manufacturer
Our client is a manufacturer of banknotes for the government. There are two major players in the field (incl. our client). They hired you to increase …
Benjamin Carpet
Your client is the family owner of a company that serves residential and commercial markets and operates 5 days/week and 16 hours/day. The owner is …
Beyond Borders
ShoeCo, a leading U.S. shoe manufacturer, is currently manufacturing its entire product line domestically. Because of increased labor costs and …
Bring Your Own Bus
Your client is a private equity fund considering the acquisition of the Big Yellow Bus Co, one of the leading manufacturers of school buses in the US. …
Diesel truck manufacturer
How would you evaluate if they should produce and sell e-trucks?
ElectroCorp
Your client is ElectroCorp, a US manufacturer of electronics such as computers, TVs, mobile phones... in the mid-tier segment. In order to grow to …
Electronics manufacturer
Your client is a U.S.-based electronics manufacturer. They have three product lines: PC, laptop, and tablet. Laptop's profitability has been declining …
Fastcar
Fastcar is a big multinational automotive company in the luxury segment. It has the headquarter in Germany in production plants in Europe, North …
Fastcar
Fastcar is a big multinational automotive company in the luxury segment. It has the headquarter in Germany in production plants in Europe, North …
Flickering Fortune
Your firm has been engaged by Vivid, a consumer electronics screen manufacturer, for a pricing optimization project. Vivid's main product is HDTV …
Golf Carts
One of the top-3 golf equipment manufacturers, SwingTech, offers golf clubs, balls, gear, and apparel. They plan to invest $25M into launching a line …
Hot Tiles
Client Co. manufactures wooden boards (installed on walls of houses) and is thinking into the Hot Tiles product category. Hot Tiles are tiles used to …
IoT and Flexible Loans
Industrial Bank (IB) is a leading financial institution providing loans to manufacturing companies to finance machinery and Capex-intensive equipment. …
JoinTech
JoinTech, a German automotive supplier for engineered joining technology, is in backlog with its cash cow product group. Customer satisfaction is …
PaintTech
Your client is ChemCo, a global manufacturer of Chemical specialties based in the UK with profits of approximately $200M. Although Petrochemical …
PaintTech
Your client is ChemCo, a global manufacturer of Chemical specialties based in the UK with profits of approximately $200M. Although Petrochemical …
REEVE TEC.
REEVE TEC., is a TIER 2 automotive supplier specialized in VAI (Video Artificial Intelligence). The company offers safety related products, and …
REEVE TEC.
REEVE TEC., is a TIER 2 automotive supplier specialized in VAI (Video Artificial Intelligence). The company offers safety related products, and …
Riyadh Airport Metro
Our client is the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Infrastructure. They are planning the construction of a metro direct link connecting the international …
SoapCo
Our client is SoapCo. Soap Co is a market leader in the Decorative Bar segment of the soap market. SoapCo has grown profitably over the past several …
Toothpaste Manufacturer
Our client is a major toothpaste manufacturer based in the United States that serves the US market. Our client wants to lower costs and is considering …
Circle Bubble
The Private Equity Fund PEGrowth has recently acquired a company called Circle, which is a company in the protective packaging space. Your consulting …
Green Chips, Clean Chips
Your client, Chip Co., is a manufacturer of semiconductors. While chips help the world in energy efficiency and electrification, the manufacturing …
State of Blue Devils
Your client, state of "Blue Devils" is looking to grow their capital project footprint post-Covid-19 now that construction restrictions have been …
Bumpers R Us
Your client is Bumpers-R-Us, a manufacturer of plastic automotive bumpers. Bumpers-R-Us is a Tier-1 supplier for a major global OEM called CNW and is …
Bumpers R Us
Your client is Bumpers-R-Us, a manufacturer of plastic automotive bumpers. Bumpers-R-Us is a Tier-1 supplier for a major global OEM called CNW and is …
New Rubber Plant Investment
The federal government of a foreign country is investigating whether to reopen a rubber factory in a western part of the country. The factory was …
Sticky Surfactants
Your client, CavalierChem, is a global chemicals manufacturer. CavalierChem recently acquired a manufacturing facility that makes surfactants as part …
Water Provision Scheme
As of March 2021, the Education Ministry (EM) in India believes that more than 42,000 government schools across the country don’t have drinking water …
What's the MATter?
Our client, Matting Co., is a U.S. based manufacturer of HDPE (high density polyethylene) matting products that are used for construction and …
Pressing Parts Problems
Our client is a small auto-parts manufacturer (Name: APM Co.) with roughly $350M in revenue and operations on two continents. The company has …
Lux Rides
Lux Rides, an Italian 2-wheeler brand is looking to enter the luxury scooter segment in Vietnam. 2-wheelers are very popular in the country and the …
Packaging Co.
The client is a US subsidiary of a packaging and shipment firm (e.g., Amcor, Sealed Air, etc.). They want to evaluate whether they should consolidate …
Compress and Expand
Compressor Co. is a gas compressor manufacturer that makes gas compressors for usage in refineries and steel plants. Recently, their revenues have …
Electro Chargers
Your client, Electro Chargers, is a manufacturer of Electric vehicle battery swap stations that are used to house batteries for swappable electric …
Fire Proof Inc.
The CEO of Fire Proof Inc. wants to find new ways to diversify her revenue and product line. Currently, Fire Proof only sells fire resistant jackets, …
Quality Bottling Co.
After successfully servicing large beverage companies over the last 20 years, our client, the CEO of High Quality Bottles (HQB), a small plastics …
Rubber Bumper Laboratories
Rubber Bumper Co is a small family owned producer of rubber products. It prides itself on producing a limited range of products but producing the …
Styrofoam Situation
Your client is the CEO of Cup Co, a national supplier of Styrofoam cups to restaurants. While profit has been steady, she is worried about the influx …
Chicago Parking Meters
Your consulting firm has been hired by the Company Parking GenNext to give a reasonable price for the rights to collect all money* from Chicago’s …
New Rubber Plant Investment
TV Screens
SKP has been retained by a consumer electronics screen manufacturer, Vivid, to perform a pricing optimization project. Vivid’s main product is HDTV …
US Manufacturing
A major U.S. shoe manufacturer is currently manufacturing its entire product line domestically. Because of increased labor costs and competitive …