What is a good recession proof manufacturer or distributor?

by a searcher from Lousiana State University

Feb 20,2023

I'm currently searching for an "essential" discrete manufacturing business which has a component of distribution or direct-to-user sale that can be expanded?  Any input on which industry or model would be greatly appreciated.

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searcher

At this point in the cycle, I'm mostly look for manufacturing companies that have really unique products with secular adoption trends that can withstand a dip in capex spend (which I do think is coming). For example, while certainly not recession-proof, building products companies with high exposure to the modular housing end market (esp for ADA units) seem to have enough backlog and demand that they'll be able to continue to grow through the pullback in new housing construction.

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searcher from United States Naval Academy

I've seen a few pallet manufacturing operations, I haven't dug in too deep, but the common sense economics make sense for a small regional operation recession resistant.

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