# Howard Industries, Inc.

> Howard Industries, Inc. is a Westport, Connecticut private investment firm that has put its own money - more than $400 million since 1993 - into small and mid-sized manufacturers and business-service companies. It backs makers of gears, blowers, powder coating, data-center racks and barcode labels, and holds them for the long term rather than raising an outside fund with a fixed clock to sell.

- **Founded:** 1993
- **Headquarters:** Westport, Connecticut, United States
- **Founders:** Peter Howard (Principal / Founder)
- **Team size:** Small direct team (external estimates range from ~27 to 51-200 including portfolio-linked staff)
- **Products:** Patient Capital Investment, Buyouts & Recapitalizations, Turnaround & Special-Situation Investing, Add-on Acquisitions & Greenfields, Management Support
- **Notable:** More than $400 million invested across 16+ companies since 1993, Three decades of operating without an external timed fund, using proprietary capital, Built multi-company platforms including Celeritas Group, e-Systems Group and Engineered Data Products

## Products & services

- **Patient Capital Investment** — Committed, long-term capital drawn from the firm's own balance sheet, deployed into small and medium-sized companies with checks ranging from roughly $100,000 to $100 million.
- **Buyouts & Recapitalizations** — Acquisition of and investment in family and privately held manufacturers and business-service companies with defensible market positions.
- **Turnaround & Special-Situation Investing** — Capital and management support for companies facing temporary difficulties, typically with $15M+ in sales.
- **Add-on Acquisitions & Greenfields** — Support for bolt-on acquisitions, greenfield sites and startups that extend a portfolio company's market position.
- **Management Support** — Close, fact-based partnership with management teams on strategy, growth and operational improvement.

## Achievements

- More than $400 million invested across 16+ companies since 1993
- Three decades of operating without an external timed fund, using proprietary capital
- Built multi-company platforms including Celeritas Group, e-Systems Group and Engineered Data Products
- Sustained a lower-middle-market niche-manufacturing strategy across multiple economic cycles

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Firm continues to operate from Westport, Connecticut with an office at 1850 Lefthand Circle, Longmont, Colorado, maintaining its long-hold, own-capital investment model.

## Links

- Website: https://howardind.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/howard-industries-inc-

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