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Buyer for a cartonboard manufacturer

Company wanted

• Size: SMEs
• Revenue: 2 – 50M EUR
• Location of the sensor company target: Europe
• Reason for acquisition: The management of a leading cartonboard packaging company is looking to spend funds on an acquisition
• #CFIE MAB002

Overview of this buyer for a cartonboard manufacturer in Europe

A CEO of the buyer, a company in the carton packaging industry, is looking to expand its company by buying smaller firms with the same orientation. The company has already made some acquisition in the near past, and they are looking to continue in M&A activity. Contact us to know more details about this buyer.

Profile (strategy) of this buyer for a cartonboard manufacturer in Europe 

This buyer is a large conglomerate, one of the leading manufacturers of cardboard packaging solutions.  The company has more than 100 years of history and growing presence outside of Europe. Currently, the buyer has more than 30 production locations in multiple countries. The company has a presence in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Latin America and Asia. 

The company is an industry leader, with over 1 billion EUR in revenue. The company is very environmentally friendly and uses only recyclable material.

The product portfolio is really wide, with main products including

• Folding boxes
  
• Clamshells
  
• Multipacks
  
• Store displays
  
• Counter displays
  
• Shelf trays etc.

The buyer will focus on companies mainly with reasonable EBITDA margins and sustainable growth opportunity, also those where the management sees opportunities to increase sales through synergies in marketing and increase margins through manufacturing cost savings.

Activities and products of an ideal target cartonboard manufacturing company

The core activities of the buyer can be divided into two divisions: 

• Packaging
  
• Cartonboard manufacturing
  

Currently, the buyer has almost 10 manufacturing locations, but the management is looking to extend this number. The buyer is looking for suitable companies operating in one of the two above mentioned areas of expertise.

The company should have well-established customer relationships and work preferably with customers from segments like 

• Food industry
  
• Medical industry
  
• Construction
  
• Pharma
  
• Personal care
  
• Beverage
  
• Tobacco
  
• Confectionery
  

The buyer will prefer targets mainly with good historical performance, preferably trending up and with future earnings sustainable and predictable. 

Highlights of this buyer of a cartonboard manufacturing company

• The buyer company is one of the leading packaging companies in the world
• The buyer will be interested in acquiring small or medium enterprises with a good track record
• The target could benefit from strong buyer, synergies, and financial backing from the buyer in case it is needed

Information about the buyer of a cartonboard manufacturing company

Feel free to contact us for more information regarding this buyer for a cardboard packaging focused company or if you know possible interested or suited parties. We are growing our knowledge in the manufacturing sector in Europe, and we have contact with several manufacturing companies’ buyers. For more buyers of manufacturing companies please visit the section manufacturing companies wanted. For companies for sale visit the section manufacturing companies for sale.

Note: CFIE only works with formal companies. We do get a lot of requests and it is difficult to follow up on all inquiries from visitors to our website. For each company, we assess the likelihood of a future transaction. We only get back to you if we see a realistic opportunity to do a future acquisition or business sale. In order to increase your chances of receiving a reply as an individual, please explain as much as possible about your personal background, strategy and fit with the target. There is also a possibility that your details will be kept on file and we will get back to you once there is an opportunity to do a transaction. CFIE can’t guarantee you will receive an answer to your request.