Share tips: two niche industrial stocks to buy now

Paul Hill tips a robust British engineering takeover target, and a resilient niche chemicals producer to buy now.

1. Morgan Crucible (LSE: MGCR), rated a BUY by Evolution Securities

Overseas buyers have been snapping up niche UK engineers to exploit their technological expertise. Last week was the turn of Hamworthy, a supplier of equipment for LNG cargo ships. It was acquired by Wrtsil, a Finnish maker of marine propulsion systems. Seven days earlier British engineer Charter International was bought by US giant Colfax. I think the next target will be Morgan Crucible, a global player in ceramics and advanced materials.

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Paul gained a degree in electrical engineering and went on to qualify as a chartered management accountant. He has extensive corporate finance and investment experience and is a member of the Securities Institute.

Over the past 16 years Paul has held top-level financial management and M&A roles for blue-chip companies such as O2, GKN and Unilever. He is now director of his own capital investment and consultancy firm, PMH Capital Limited.

Paul is an expert at analysing companies in new, fast-growing markets, and is an extremely shrewd stock-picker.