BUYER POOL ANALYSIS
Selling a Plastics to Strategic / Industry buyers
Industry operators, larger competitors, and corporate buyers acquiring for synergies, geographic expansion, or capability fill. Typically pays a premium for clear strategic fit but discounts for integration cost and overlap.
Quick answers
- What multiple does this buyer pool pay?
- Median EV/EBITDA 7.38x across 14 disclosed deals (P25: 4.5x, P75: 10.25x). Median EV/Revenue 1.5x across 37 deals. Median deal value: $89.13M.
- How many disclosed transactions?
- 43 deals total (43 from 2018+), filtered to Strategic / Industry acquirers of plastics businesses.
- Most active buyers
- HEXPOL AB (publ) (OM:HPOL B) (4) · Huntsman Corporation (3) · Nolato AB (publ) (OM:NOLA B) (2) · Black Swan Graphene Inc. (1) · Aditya Holdings LLC (1) · Prysmian S.p.A. (1)
Recent disclosed deals
Strategic / Industry acquisitions of plastics businesses with named target, named acquirer, and disclosed financials.
| Year | Target | Acquirer | EV | EV/EBITDA | EV/Rev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Falpaco Rubber and Plastics Inc. | Black Swan Graphene Inc. | $9.2M | — | 1.70x |
| 2025 | AluChem Companies, Inc. | Aditya Holdings LLC | $125.0M | — | 1.88x |
| 2025 | Channell Commercial Corporation | Prysmian S.p.A. | $1150.0M | — | 3.59x |
| 2025 | Genesis Alkali Holdings, LLC | WE Soda US LLC | $1400.0M | 9.7x | — |
| 2025 | Polytec, Inc. | Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (TSX:CHE.UN) | $150.0M | 6.5x | — |
| 2024 | Bericap North America, Inc. | BERICAP GmbH & Co. KG | $123.0M | — | 1.28x |
What this buyer pool prices for
Strategic buyers — operators in adjacent geographies, larger competitors, or corporate consolidators — price for synergies and capability fill. They tend to discount integration cost and overlap risk but pay above market when there's clear strategic fit (key customer relationship, license, geography, technician/professional team). Multiples are competitive with PE for fee-viable deals; below PE for sub-scale acquisitions.
Methodology note
Multiples shown are computed from disclosed M&A transactions in the ExitValue.ai database, filtered to plastics businesses acquired by strategic / industry buyers. EV/EBITDA outliers outside the [0.5x, 60x] band and EV/Revenue outliers outside [0.05x, 25x] are excluded from medians. Where available, post-2018 transactions are weighted; otherwise the all-time sample is used. Deal counts shown reflect deals with disclosed financials only — total transaction count for this buyer pool is typically 2-3x larger. Full methodology
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