Buying Resins Linked to Plastics Indexes

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Risks and Opportunities for Middle Market Private Equity Companies Acquiring Plastics Processors

Private equity investors specializing in the middle market (buyout transactions of $ 25 million to $ 1 billion according to PitchBook Data, Inc.) often find themselves with the opportunity to acquire plastics processors. While some private equity companies have had many years and many transactions worth of experience in the plastics space it is quite common for private equity companies that specialize in middle market industrial companies in general to find themselves presented with a plastics processing company opportunity for the first time.
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Resin Pricing Strategies

Mathelin Bay Launches Online Blockchain Enabled Global Marketplace for Plastics

ST. LOUIS, April 17, 2018 (Newswire.com) - Mathelin Bay Associates LLC will officially launch its online blockchain enabled global plastics marketplace PlastiTrail.com on May 7, 2018, in Orlando, Florida, at the start of NPE 2018, North America’s largest plastics trade show (Booth S11022).
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Resin Pricing Strategies

Buying Resins Linked to Plastics Indexes

It is not unusual for plastic resin buyers, whether purchasing large or small quantities of plastics, to have suppliers present them with the opportunity to buy some resins on a contract basis as an alternative to buying all of their resin on a spot price basis.
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