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Andrew Fulford of HBM Holdings on Supporting Industrial Businesses

The VP of corporate development for investment firm HBM Holdings talks about the role investors play in helping companies address talent shortages, new technology and tariffs.

Andrew Fulford of HBM Holdings on Supporting Industrial Businesses

This episode of the Middle Market Growth Conversations podcast features Andrew Fulford, vice president of corporate development for HBM Holdings. Fulford spoke with MMG Editor Kathryn Mulligan about HBM’s approach to investing in industrial products and services businesses, including the subsectors where the firm is seeing opportunities. He discussed HBM’s role helping companies adopt new technology and address the growing skills gap in manufacturing, as well as the role the firm plays in helping companies adjust to policy changes such as the recent steel and aluminum tariffs.

Fulford also weighed in on cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence, robotics and 3D printing, and which ones he expects to have the greatest impact on the industry.

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“The advances being made in 3D printing—creating the physical based on the digital through addition rather than subtraction—for me, that’s breathtaking.”