AKRON, OHIO (Jan. 26, 10 a.m. ET) -- After a few years in the wilderness, plastics mergers and acquisitions might be returning to civilization in 2010.
Although raw transaction numbers for 2009 were up vs. 2008, a number of M&A executives interviewed by Plastics News said that distressed deals made up a good portion of the 2009 global total. For 2010, more deals of higher quality should be available.
“There’s going to be more opportunity for both sides of the table heading into 2010,” said Graham Schindler, a director at Houlihan Lokey Financial Advisors in Chicago. “For sellers, there’s more interest in their business, and for buyers, there are more viable businesses available.”
“We expect an increase in non-distressed and quality transactions in the plastics and packaging industries in 2010,” added John Hart, plastics and packaging group director at P&M Corporate Finance LLC in Southfield, Mich. “We believe the positive signs shown in the second half of 2009 will continue in 2010, with the major variables being economic recovery and credit market improvement.”
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