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Company
C••••••••• S•••• L••
Formerly C••••••••• C••••••• L•• (until plan year 2024)
Last verified Sep 13, 2026
3 sources · 36 observations · 3 events
Scored yesterday
What matters now
- "appointed president"phrase found
Succession language on website (inference): "C•••• G•••••••• was appointed President in July 2026 and has served as Chief Financial Officer since August 2021 for the Company."
Owner-run companies publish a transition before they announce a sale: read the sentence and judge it. It does not say the company is for sale.
Inferencecompany website, c•••••••••.com/about/executive-team, read 13 Sep 2026For Independent sponsors, search fundsOpen the page → - $0.1M to $0.5Mprobable EBITDA
Probable EBITDA $0.1M to $0.5M on revenue of $1.9M to $3.3M, estimated from 11 employees.
Outside the $1M to $15M EBITDA range most independent sponsors state they buy.
InferenceDFX estimate from headcount on Form 5500, 55% confidence - 55dealability of 100
Why it fits: operating tenure +20, 29 years since earliest plan effective date (floor on age); sector demand +14.7, industrial manufacturing: sponsor demand index 0.98 (anonymised market prior); workforce stability +10, $596,249 retirement assets per participant suggests a long-tenured workforce.
The largest contributions to its dealability score, each with the fact it rests on.
DerivedDFX score, 23 Sep 2026 - 96data confidence of 100
How sure the record is: 3 independent sources; latest effective observation 13 Sep 2026; size estimate at 55% confidence.
How much of this page rests on independent sources rather than on our estimates.
Measuredcount of sources and dates on the record
Dealability
55
elevated
Sponsor fit
73
high
Transition readiness
0
low
Urgency
19
moderate
Data confidence
96
high
Opportunity
19
ranking only
What is it
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Why does it fit
- +10S•••••••••Estimate••• Locked
- +20O•••••••••Fact••• Locked
- +10W•••••••••Inference••• Locked
- +14.7S•••••••••Inference••• Locked
Why now
- +5S•••••••••Ownership event
- +19.7O•••••••••Succession
- -47P•••••••••Possibly resolved
- +10M•••••••••M•••••••••Inference••• Locked
How large is it
- Probable revenue
- $1.9M to $3.3M Estimate
- Probable EBITDA
- $150,000 to $528,000 Estimate
- Workforce proxy
- 1,964 plan participants
- Estimate computed on
- 11 employees, the headcount the size estimate used
- Method
- employees x sector revenue/employee band x sector EBITDA margin band
- Confidence
- 55%
How certain are we
- +40S•••••••••Fact3 independent sources
- +29.6F••••••••Factlatest effective observation 2026-09-13
- +16.5S•••••••••Estimate••• Locked
What changed
Ownership and transition activity
How the four classes are defined- Jan 1, 2025plan year 2025Company transitionFactFinal filing, next year unpublishedconfidence 80%Final Form 5500 for 1 plan; the following plan year is not yet on the recordRule: On the 2022 and 2023 tapes, 79 to 80% of sponsors that marked a return final were absent from the RAW Form 5500 record the following plan year (any size, any industry, EIN and successor), against 1.8 to 2.1% of sponsors that did not; that is next-year absence, not a sale rateDOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets efast.dol.gov · last verified Sep 23, 2026
- Jan 1, 2024plan year 2024Company transitionFactSponsor renamedconfidence 90%Plan sponsor name changed from C••••••••• C••••••• L•• to C••••••••• S•••• L••DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets efast.dol.gov · last verified Sep 11, 2026
- Every dated event
- Sep 13, 2026Succession language on websiteFactSuccession••• LockedCompany websites (about, team, news pages) c•••••••••.com
- Jan 1, 2025Final benefit plan filingFactTransaction preparation••• LockedDOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets efast.dol.gov
- Jan 1, 2024Plan sponsor name changedFactOwnership event••• LockedDOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets efast.dol.gov
Decision makers
- L••••••• G••••••••
- C•••• G••••••••
Profile
- Founded
- benefit plan since Aug 1, 1997 (age floor 29 years)
- Ownership
- not observed
- Plans on file
- 1
What is the evidenceAbout the evidenceEvery observation on the tape for this company. Facts come from a named source; inferences and estimates are DFX's and say so.
| Fact | Value | Class | Effective | Source | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active participants | 28 | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Active participants | 11 | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Description | ••• Locked | Fact | Company websites (about, team, news pages) | ••• Locked | |
| Ebitda band | $339,000 | Estimate | 2026-09-13 | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL | ••• Locked |
| Ebitda band | $339,000 | Estimate | 2026-09-12 | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL | ••• Locked |
| Ebitda band | $339,000 | Estimate | 2026-09-11 | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) no URL | ••• Locked |
| Hq location | Cleveland, OH | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Hq location | Cleveland, OH | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Leadership title | ••• Locked | Fact | Company websites (about, team, news pages) | ••• Locked | |
| Leadership title | ••• Locked | Fact | Company websites (about, team, news pages) | ••• Locked | |
| Naics code | 331200 | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Naics code | 332810 | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan assets eoy usd | $5.2M | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan assets eoy usd | $6.6M | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan assets eoy usd | $5.0M | Fact | 2023-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan assets eoy usd | $6.2M | Fact | 2023-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan assets eoy usd | $4.7M | Fact | 2022-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan assets eoy usd | $5.9M | Fact | 2022-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan count | 1 | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan count | 1 | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan effective date earliest | 1997-08-07 | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan effective date earliest | 1997-08-01 | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan participants | 1,964 | Fact | 2025-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan participants | 72 | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan participants | 60 | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan participants | 68 | Fact | 2023-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan participants | 60 | Fact | 2023-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan participants | 69 | Fact | 2022-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Plan participants | 61 | Fact | 2022-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Subsector | Primary metal | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Subsector | Fabricated metal products | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Succession language | appointed president | Fact | 2026-07-01 | Company websites (about, team, news pages) | ••• Locked |
| Vertical | Industrial manufacturing | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Vertical | Industrial manufacturing | Fact | 2024-01-01 | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 datasets | |
| Website | ••• Locked | Inference | 2026-09-13 | DFX model output (scores, estimates, matches) | ••• Locked |
| Years in business claim | 10 | Fact | Company websites (about, team, news pages) | ••• Locked |