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Buyer for a plastic recycling business in Northern Europe

Company to buy

• Size: small-sized business
• Revenue: 1 – 5 million EUR approximately
• EBITDA: not decisive
• Preferred location: Northern Europe, Scandinavia
• Reason for acquisition: The buyer company is a successful plastic production and wants to have higher recycling capacities
• #CFIE PLB110

Overview of this plastic recycling company in Europe buyer

The management of this buyer decided to look for a plastic recycling company to be able to recycle their plastic waste by themselves. Due to this, the owners reached out to CFIE for help with identifying possible targets. The management of the buyer wants to receive offers from any small-sized plastics recycling companies, which are ready to be sold.

Profile (strategy) of this buyer of plastic recycling company

This buyer company is a well-established business in the plastics recycling sector. The company is operating for just 10 years, however, it has extensive experience and market knowledge in the plastic sector. The buyer based in Scandinavia, but they work all over the Nordics and the rest of Europe. 

The company is working with (selling or buying) multiple types of plastic materials, for example:

• Mixed LDPE and PP
• Big-Bags
• Grinding plastic
• Plastic Granules
• Plastic roller
• Corrugated cardboard
• PVC

The activities of this buyer company include mainly trading with plastic material.

Activities and products of the target

The buyer is a company that is buying, selling, bailing and soon washing and recycling plastic for recycling. They trade most of the polymers, and they want to recycle LDPE film by themselves. 

Therefore they started looking for a small recycling company with a functioning and modern recycling line. The revenue of the target should be in the interval from 0,5 – 5 million EUR. 

The buyer is mainly looking for a company with a small production of LDPE recycling or blowing film. The buyer owns a small recycling line at present, however, its capacity is not enough for the needs of the buyer company. The company would like to find a real estate with needed permission or buy the company with all permissions already granted. 

Geographically, it is preferred if the target was based in one of the following countries:

• Norway
• Finland
• Sweden
• Poland
• Lithuania
• Estonia
• Latvia

The company does not have to be profitable or have any high revenue. The main thing for the buyer is that the facility is good for its purpose.

Highlights of this plastic recycling company in Europe wanted

• A buyer is a successful plastic company that wants to have a higher recycling capacity
• The buyer is looking for a small company, high profitability is not a necessity
• The target should own a recycling line and have the permissions in place
• The buyer is willing to consider also loss-making small companies

Information on this plastic recycling company wanted in Europe

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