Clients

Trusted by operators, investors and the quietly significant.

Tier One Advisory engagements span multinational OEMs, privately-held manufacturers, family-office portfolios, ESOP boards and the investors looking at each of them. Out of respect for active mandates, representative logos appear here without attribution to specific work.

Selected relationships

A cross-section of the businesses we have stood beside.

Crown Holdings
Ardagh Group
Ball Corporation
Silgan
Trivium Packaging
Sonoco
Pactiv Evergreen
Graphic Packaging
Sealed Air
Berry Global
Pro Mach
Mettler Toledo
Domino Printing
Markem-Imaje
Videojet
Cognex
Sick AG
Omron

Representative of industry relationships. Not intended to imply current engagement, endorsement or recommendation.

Engagements in brief

Three recent mandates, de-identified.

CASE 01 · METAL PACKAGING

European OEM enters U.S. food-can market

Nine-month mandate to build an Americas sales channel from the ground up — territory design, regional rep recruiting, two OEM partnership agreements, and trade-show presence at the major 2024 and 2025 events.

MANDATE · 9 MO.
GEO · AMERICAS
CASE 02 · PRIVATE EQUITY

Diligence on a packaging-equipment platform target

Four-week, investor-side diligence covering equipment capability, aftermarket health, channel concentration risk, and leadership-team depth. Read informed a re-priced bid and a successful close.

MANDATE · 4 WK.
OUTCOME · CLOSED
CASE 03 · ESOP MANUFACTURER

Interim VP Sales through a leadership change

Fourteen-month interim role for a family-ownership transition to ESOP. Restructured territory, launched an aftermarket contract program, and mentored the internally-promoted replacement.

MANDATE · 14 MO.
HAND-OFF · INTERNAL
Client voice

"They came in, understood the business in two weeks, and were making the calls we needed made by the third. It felt like we'd hired a new executive — only without the search."

CEO · Privately-held packaging manufacturer · Ohio

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