Commercial due diligence
AMI Consulting has completed a number of commercial due diligence programmes related to business
development, acquisition, financing and re-financing. AMI Consulting has extensive and detailed
knowledge of plastic processors, processing economics, processor strategies, processor business
plans/planning. AMI Consulting has an unrivalled database of market reports.
AMI Consulting has
acted across a broad spectrum of scope including:
- Assessing, validating or generating business plans and strategy.
- Analysing market size, growth, structure and structural changes.
- Accessing competitor strategies.
- Providing customer and supplier perspectives.
- Presenting to secondary financiers.
Projects have been completed both in Europe and in NAFTA on markets that have included blow moulding,
calendering, composites, compounding, film extrusion, industrial film, injection moulding, packaging
film, rigid film, sheet extrusion, covering PVC, PP, PET and other polymers
Case study
AMI Consulting reported on a business with novel technology and a proposition that required its
customers to change established manufacturing practice. The novel technology was positioned to benefit
from structural changes underway within the downstream industry. The questions assessed were the
probability of the company delivering on its sales plan, an analysis of threats to the business plan,
an assessment of the strength of the defensibility of the technology and the level of resources required.
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Technical due diligence
AMI Consulting has completed a number of technical due diligence programmes using a combination of
in-house personnel and external technicians. AMI reports have helped acquirers not only to make
technical evaluations of their targets, but also to develop their technical strategies once
acquired.
AMI Consulting’s scope has typically included:
- Plant, equipment and capex assessment.
- Production efficiency and cost, and product quality.
- Manning levels, skills and organisation.
- Technology and inter-material/process competition.
- Research and development.
Projects have been completed both in Europe and in NAFTA on processes that have included
blow moulding, calendering, film extrusion, industrial film, packaging film, rigid film,
sheet extrusion, covering PVC, PP, PET and other polymers.
Case study
AMI Consulting reported on a multi-sited operation providing a detailed
assessment of the production assets, capex requirements, site development, actual and optimal
manning, accident and safety records, organisation/organisational development, process technology,
application know-how, new product development. On completion the client reported ‘AMI’s Commitment
has been greatly appreciated as indicated by the fact that we have recommended to our colleagues
to use you again’.
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Acquisition Search
AMI runs Europe’s pre-eminent database of plastic processors. Sold often as directories,
this in-house database can be used for advanced search and screening functions as well as allowing
analysis of industry structure. AMI Consulting is expert in identifying who the relevant players
are and where they fit in the supply chain.
Case study
AMI identified 3 acquisition targets in Europe for a client seeking new capacity
. The options with the project delivered included a semi-tech facility being disposed of by a polymer
producer, a specialist facility in central Europe dedicated to a compatible, but different polymer and
the possibility of a joint investment with a US company currently importing into Europe a product
which in AMI Consulting’s opinion could be made on compatible equipment.
Clients
AMI Consulting’s M and A clients have included banks, business unit managers, venture capitalists
and others. Typically AMI Consulting clients are amongst the strongest performers in their fields.
Transactions on which AMI has acted in 2001/2 have had a cumulative value exceeding $2bn.
Further information
If you would like to discuss how AMI can help your company please contact Jonathan Nash: jsn@amiplastics.com
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