Global plastic mold industry acquisition activity decreased

It is normal for small companies to operate poorly to be acquired by large companies. This is particularly true for plastics, a fast-growing industry. However, according to the latest data, mergers and acquisitions in the global plastics industry decreased year-on-year in the first half of 2013. 1/4. As of June 11, P&MCorporate Finance, a merger and acquisition company based in the United States, tracked 146 global plastics and packaging M&A deals, a 23% drop from the first half of 2012.

According to P&M's report, the end markets with the largest drop in M&A activity included food and beverages (down 31%), industry (down 21%) and consumer goods (down 47%). As far as the processing industry is concerned, the blow molding industry has seen the largest decline. In the first half of last year, there were 16 M&A deals in this area, and only 8 in the first half of this year. The number of M&A deals in the injection molding industry dropped by 20 compared with the same period last year.

According to Luo Baihui, the secretary-general of the International Tool & Die & Plastics Industry Suppliers Association, the single most valuable transaction in the first half of 2013 was Milacron's $970 million acquisition of Mold-Masters. Larger deals include: Jabil Circuit acquires Nypro, a leading manufacturer of plastic injection molds in North America, for US$665 million; CCLI Industries purchased Avery Dennison for US$500 million. Two packaging factories.

In many mergers and acquisitions, strategic buyers typically pay about 10 times for transactions of more than US$500 million, and financial buyers are less than eight times. For transactions less than $500 million, strategic buyers will have to pay about 8 times. Financial buyers usually do not do such small transactions.