Buyer for waste management software company in Europe

• Revenue: 2 – 20 million EUR
• Employees: Not a decisive factor
• Location of the target: Europe
• Reason for acquisition: The company is a large international waste management technology company. It has a strategy for growing its operations in Europe via acquisitions, therefore the management is open to speaking to interested sellers
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The buyer is an international organization that provides technological solutions in the waste, recycling, and resource industries. Further, it develops and delivers integrated software that enables enterprise management, automation, optimization, analytics, and digital transformation. Its range of technologies for achieving smart waste management allows clients to digitize their business operations to increase efficiency, obtain margin expansion, and lower associated risk. Equally important, they help improve the customer experience and deliver environmental sustainability. Most importantly, the enterprise software and SaaS solutions provided by the team enable digital innovation in many economies around the world. Businesses are more efficient due to the optimization of transport, assets, back-office, and processing operations. By reducing the paperwork, time, and costs of waste and recycling organizations, businesses become more sustainable, with higher margins, improved payment velocity, and a more positive impact on the environment. As a result, there is clearer visibility, mobility, and better decision support. The organization has offices in more than 30 countries in Europe, the USA, Australia, and Asia. Above all, it will continue to grow in the future and acquisitions are a way to improve services and products. The buyer has a continuous search for software companies active in the waste management space.

The buyer is a company with more than 15 years of experience in the market. Moreover, it is known for its waste and recycling software, route planning solutions, enterprise management systems, and cloud-based platform for process automation and optimization. Above all, innovation, dedication, and loyalty are key values that are reflected in the company’s personnel. This workforce is comprised of more than 500 professionals specialized in various technological fields. In addition, the company provides continuous education and training for its employees to ensure competence development and the retention of expertise and experience. Its clients come from diverse sectors such as commerce, industry, construction, demolition, municipal waste, recycling, portable toilets, and others. Municipal and waste management companies are helped to plan their next move in relation to the increasing urban population. And, as a consequence, the increase in the consumption of resources necessary to produce more material goods.

The company created a comprehensive system, a cloud software platform specifically made for enterprises in the waste and recycling sector. The platform was designed taking into consideration the needs and practices in waste management. Its functions reflect the trends of the global market for business process optimization and automation at all levels. It allows recycling companies to have smarter operations and more digitalized activities. Above all, it is a smart, modern, and scalable platform that matches sectorial-specific software with technological capabilities for optimization, prediction analysis, and business transformation. It also contains functionalities for e-commerce operations, household waste and recycling collection, route planning, vehicle monitoring and identification, cart management, and customer service support. This solution offers the best support for municipalities to monitor, report, analyze, predict, and make faster and better decisions.

The buyer is looking to acquire a company that operates in the same activity and has solutions for the following areas:

• Recycling and waste collection
• Workforce management
• Vehicle tracking and identification
• Analytics
• Business processes automation and optimization
• Reporting

• The buyer is an international player active in the field of smart waste management
• The solutions developed enable digital innovation and increase business automation and optimization
• The buyer has decided to boost its product portfolio and is looking to acquire a company that develops software solutions for the waste and recycling industry