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Buyer for a plastic foodservice product manufacturer in Europe

Company to buy

• Size: preferably large business
• Revenue: 10-100 million EUR
• Preferred location: any country of Europe
• Reason for acquisition: The buyer company wants to save costs on production; therefore, they want to establish or acquire a manufacturing facility in Europe
• #CFIE PLB079

Overview of this buyer of foodservice product manufacturers

A US-based plastic foodservice manufacturer wants to produce in Europe in order to save on transportation costs, therefore they are looking for acquisition targets. The company is serving mainly the foodservice, healthcare, and janitorial market, it would be ideal if the target manufactured products also for these industry sectors. The buyer is looking mainly for targets with a good track record and client portfolio.

Profile (strategy) of this buyer of foodservice product manufacturers in Europe

The buyer is a large provider in the plastic manufacturing industry with a global presence, specialized in dinnerware for healthcare foodservice. The company is specialized in the manufacture of multiple types of products, such as

• Foodservice products
• Sanitary products
• Healthcare accessories
• Waste management products
• Disposables etc.

The company is highly acquisitive, in the past years, the company has already acquired 3+ companies from the plastics manufacturing industry.

The buyer company is based in the US and has a 400 Million EUR turnover. The buyer company is backed by private equity that wants to invest in further growth via acquisitions. The company has some minor activity in Europe and wants to grow that. The main advantage of the acquisition would be that the buyer would be able to and stop shipping the products out of the US to Europe, and start producing in Europe instead.

The buyer company is continually growing and wants to continue with an expansion in Europe. That is the reason the owners are currently looking at acquisition options throughout Europe. The buyer company is currently targeting and evaluating multiple acquisition opportunities in the industry.

Activities and products of a suitable foodservice manufacturing target

The company is looking to buy a plastic injection moulding company in Europe, preferably a manufacturer of plastic products, related somehow to foodservice. The products of the target would be food trays or any other disposable products for the hospitality industry. The company will however also look at plastic manufacturers, specialized in food packaging or durable plastic products manufacturing.

It would be good if the target had its own packaging designs. The buyer is looking for targets ideally from a low-cost country in Europe, such as

• Czech Republic
• Hungary
• Slovakia
• Portugal
• Turkey
• Romania
• Serbia
• Bulgaria

The target company should ideally have a commercial network and some market share plus the opportunity to manufacture additional products in its own premises.

The buyer company is backed by a US investment company willing to support the external growth of the buyer’s company.

Highlights of this buyer for plastic manufacturers 

• The buyer is a plastic foodservice manufacturer serving mainly the healthcare industry
• The buyer is highly acquisitive, currently acquiring 2+ companies a year
• The buyer is able to help the acquired company financially and will be glad to let the previous owner manage the company after the acquisition
• The buyer is willing to start the acquisition process right after finding a suiting target

Information about this buyer of plastic foodservice product manufacturers

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