--- title: Ville Swiss, Inc. | MidStreet Success Story description: Ville Swiss, Inc., one of Connecticut's leading Swiss-style CNC machine shops was sold by way of MidStreet Mergers and Acquisitions. image: https://www.midstreet.com/hubfs/Facility.bmp --- [![logo-color](https://www.midstreet.com/hubfs/_MidSteet2018/Logos/logo-color.svg "logo-color")](https://www.midstreet.com) [![Contact Us](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2870578/5db4bc27-a371-4686-81b0-412fde52677a.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2870578/5db4bc27-a371-4686-81b0-412fde52677a) [** ](https://www.facebook.com/MidStreetMA/) [** ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/12952674/) [** ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCsuykmz74TU6M5uamLcaTA) ### Success Story # Ville Swiss Automatics, Inc. ### Waterbury, CT [Company Overview](https://www.midstreet.com/success-story/ville-swiss#) ### Success Story # Ville Swiss Automatics, Inc. ### Waterbury, CT [ Company Overview ](https://www.midstreet.com/success-story/ville-swiss#) [![](https://www.midstreet.com/hubfs/_MidSteet2018/Icons/arrow-down.svg)](https://www.midstreet.com/success-story/ville-swiss#first) ## Connecticut CNC Machine Shop Sold to Individual Buyer Through a dedicated marketing process, MidStreet found the right buyer to purchase the business and maintain the founder's legacy. ### About the Company Ville Swiss Automatics was founded in 1985 by John Petro with a scrap spinner, six Tornos and a few Wickman Swiss Screw machines purchased from a company modernizing their equipment. John rebuilt the machines and started running overflow work for other manufacturers. Gradually, he expanded into running overflow work for other companies in the Naugatuck Valley of western Connecticut. By 1998, John had replaced all original equipment and was running machines, two shifts per day, with the help of ten employees. Ville Swiss was an early adopter of CNC Controls and by 2005 phased out all CAM-operated equipment, except for some Escomatic coil-fed machinery. This equipment allowed the company to run without the need for an employee to be present to feed parts. CNC became Ville Swiss’s largest department, with a total of 17 CNC machines. Few job shops manufacture the products that Ville Swiss specializes in, and even fewer can do it consistently and with the low failure rates the company has achieved. ### How MidStreet Helped Using a negotiated sale process, MidStreet attracted over 127 potential buyers to the process. Buyers were then interviewed, and required to complete a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and provide proof of financial support. In the end, MidStreet prequalified 28 individual and strategic buyers who were then given access to the marketing materials. ![](https://fast.wistia.com/embed/medias/joh555bnzn/swatch) MidStreet created a marketing video and confidential information memorandum to help attract interest in the business. After interviewing several candidates and reviewing offers, John Petro selected a an individual buyer with experience in the machine shop industry to purchase his business.  ![Logo - Ville Swiss Automatics](https://www.midstreet.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo%20-%20Ville%20Swiss%20Automatics.png?width=1085&height=381&name=Logo%20-%20Ville%20Swiss%20Automatics.png) ![John Petro](https://www.midstreet.com/hubfs/CIM%20-%20John%20Petro.bmp) MidStreet Mergers and Acquisitions is a M&A advisor specializing in guiding business owners through the complex processes of selling their businesses. If you own a machine shop or manufacturing operation and are considering a sale, reach out to MidStreet today. [![Contact Us Today](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2870578/a81ac09e-10aa-43ef-8cb7-8771b0eff024.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2870578/a81ac09e-10aa-43ef-8cb7-8771b0eff024) ## More Success Stories ### Master Machine, Inc. 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