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.