Rare industrial dryer manufacturer for sale, Gunma Prefecture

What is for sale

This is a company sale of an industrial dryer manufacturer based in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, serving a wide range of industries including construction materials makers. The business focuses on made-to-order production and handles everything in-house from design through installation, with supply track records to major and mid-size lumber companies. The seller states the reason for sale is a strategic review of the business.

Because this is a share transfer, the buyer acquires the company itself, so its lease, licences, bank accounts and contracts should carry over rather than needing to be reapplied for.

What is included

• Equipment
• Inventory/stock
• Goodwill and franchise rights
• Know-how

Strengths (as the seller states them)

• Handles design, installation and maintenance all in-house, a rare full-service capability
• Uses overseas production to keep quality up while staying price competitive
• Has delivery track record with major and mid-size businesses, including large lumber companies
• Specialises in a niche equipment field, allowing deep, practical responses to customer needs

Wrinkles a careful buyer would ask about

• Detailed financials such as cash balance, total assets, net assets and interest-bearing debt are hidden until buyer registers as a TRANBI member
• Seller wishes to remain involved in management after the sale
• Buyer should check details of made-to-order production scope, overseas manufacturing operations, and maintenance service practices, as advised in the listing
• Seller is also exploring sale through other M&A brokers simultaneously
• Broker success fee has a high minimum of ¥25,000,000, which affects the real cost of this deal

Paying for it

If you stay overseas. No Japanese bank will lend to a new company whose director lives abroad. The realistic stack is your own cash plus asking the owner to take part of the price over 2 to 3 years. That one question is in every Deal Pack.

If you move to Japan. On a visa that lets you run a business, Japan Finance Corporation lends up to ¥72M at about 1 to 2 percent for exactly this. Once you have a Japanese company, the government pays two-thirds of due diligence and registered-broker costs, up to about ¥8M (round 16 closes 6 Nov 2026). The company's existing bank relationship comes with it.

What this listing says. The broker charges an interim fee of 10% of share value at basic agreement, plus a success fee on a sliding Lehman-style scale with a minimum of ¥25,000,000; the text does not state whether the company carries loans needing a personal guarantee or whether premises are owned or leased.

Full rundown, with the catches: japandealflow.com/money