Plastics M&A activity may be down, but some buyers are still paying healthy multiples — although there’s a wide variance in selling prices. In our July PN Live, Senior Reporter Frank Esposito looked at M&A trends and recapped the biggest deals so far this year. Also check out our new M&A tracker, which keeps a running tally of all deals we hear about.
The number of plastics mergers and acquisition deals in the first half of 2023 declined compared to the same period a year ago, the result of higher interest rates and economic uncertainty.
While deal volume is down, some end markets remain hot, including medical, rigid packaging and custom molding. Private equity is still active, but a bit off the pace of the past few years.
