Buy

Buy A Shop

Have you thought about breaking away from the daily grind of your current career and being your own boss?
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Sell

Sell Your Shop

Have you thought about selling your shop, but still want a great place to work for all of your employees and want to preserve your legacy?

Do you worry about planning for ownership succession / transition in the future?
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Grow

Grow Your Shop

Do you feel like your business has plateaued and you would like to revitalize it with growth and/or continuous improvement?

Your profit margins are slowly eroding over time?

Your business has outgrown its current structure, systems, or processes? You can’t find the work/life balance you desire?
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Why ProFab Alliance

By Fabricators, For Fabricators.

The ProFab Alliance was founded with the goal of helping current owner-operators in the metal fabrication and machining industries transition from their businesses while safeguarding the legacy they’ve built. We also support aspiring entrepreneurs looking to start their own shops, fostering growth and sustainability within our industries.

Our legacy company, Nix Industrial, has grown its business 100X in less than 20 years. It has been an INC 5000 fastest growing private companies in America for 7 consecutive years, and an Indiana’s Best Places to work for 3 of the last 5 years. Through 6 acquisitions and 4 start ups in the past 10 years, the leadership team at Nix Industrial have created proprietary business systems and processes that were developed through years of trial and error.

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Your Community

Do you worry about being new to business ownership or senior leadership and establishing a strong peer group or advisory network to lean on for input and advice?

Are you looking for new ideas for improvement or practices to help your operation run more efficiently?

Have you thought about adding a bolt-on operation to your current business?

About ProFab Alliance

Backed By
Generational Experience

The ProFab Alliance was established in 2022, but has origins tracing back to a humble family blacksmith shop established in 1902, known as Nix Industrial. 

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pushed forward by
a competitive & progressive culture

Beginning as a small Mom and Pop shop, Nix Industrial has since progressed into a 5th generation family-owned business and a national leader within the metal services industry.

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100x Business Growth
in 20 Years - 9 Part Limited Series

Join us for this exclusive nine-part series where Matthew Nix, 5th Generation Owner of Nix Industrial & Founder of ProFab Alliance, shares insights into the growth the Nix Industrial; navigating challenges, building the right team, intentional scalability, financial preparation for down turns, creating value with the business and more.

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Forging Ahead

How Five Generations of Small-Town Values Collided with Big Ambitions to spark One of America’s Fasting Growing Companies.