General Company Buyers

 

Acquisitions Wanted

 

In addition to the specific buyer wants below, we often represent buyers in the following industries: Logistics & Transportation, Food Manufacturing, Healthcare, Outsourced Business Services, Plastics and others.

 

The following clients are seeking acquisitions as noted. Some have links directly to more detailed acquisition criteria.

 

(Unless otherwise noted, Amvest's fee is paid by our clients)

  We have clients looking for the following:

 

 

Interactive Companies

 

Client seeks interactive service companies including, email marketing, email list management, email distribution, owners of email lists, interactive agencies, etc. Prefer sales of $10 million and profitable but will consider most sizes. Contact Charles Oppenheimer at (816) 461-3312 or coppenheimer@amvest.com

 

 

Landscape Companies

Amvest is sponsoring a consolidation of commercial landscape service companies. We prefer primarily companies doing commercial work with sales of $10 million and up. Companies should have a minimum of 50% in maintenance. Locations should be in the southern tier of the U.S. excluding California. We are also interested in companies providing irrigation and other services. Contact Charles Oppenheimer at (816) 461-3312 or coppenheimer@amvest.com.

 

Movie Production or File Libraries

Client seeks movie production company or film libraries. Must be operating and with a track record. Not interested in start ups or early stage or providing financing or equity. Contact Charles Oppenheimer 816 461-3312 coppenheimer@amvest.com.

 

 

Cling Film Wrap Company

A non-PVC polystyrene-based stretch film company is seeking to acquire a packaging materials company. Must have significant use of plastic cling film or currently distribute similar products to buyers of cling food wrap and pallet wrap. They are seeking a company with the following profile:

 

• Revenues no less than $15M.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $2M - $3M.
• Must have significant use of plastic cling film or currently distribute similar products to buyers of cling food wrap and pallet wrap.
• Distributor of
  • Plastic food cling, pallet wrap, meat trays, and produce trays.
  • Or catering business with prepackaged products such as meals or other products that require cling film.
  • Or distributor of portioned meat, poultry, or produce using cling film.  The product must be shipped in such a manner that the user simply takes individual trays and puts them in display counters.  This would be a company that distributes to supermarkets.
  • Or a manufacturer of film extrusion of stretch and cling.   This company must have an extensive distribution network primarily in the food industry.  It could also have extensive relationships with buyers of pallet wrap and cling food wrap.
  • Or manufacturer of foam trays that are sold to the food and meat industry.

 

Buyer is paying Amvest’s Fee. AS23-617B. For more information contact Charles Oppenheimer at (816) 461-3312, fax (816) 461-4644 or coppenheimer@amvest.com or Bob Hodgson (573)346-4833, fax (573) 346-0046 or bhodgson@amvest.com.

 

 

AEROSPACE MANUFACTURERS

Non governmental components manufacturers with sales from $10 million up to $500 million.

 

BRANDED CONSUMER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS

Sales of $30 million with no upper limit. Can be almost any products sold through retail channels.

 

TRADE AND CONSUMER MAGAZINES

Publisher seeks to acquire trade magazines or consumer publications with sales of $5 million to $50 million or more. Will buy the company or individual titles and will pay reasonable multiples.

 

POLLUTION CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENT CONTROL MANUFACTURERS

Equity group executive seeks to acquire any type of manufacturer of  instruments, controls and related type companies particularly in the pollution control area. AS20 611B

 

FOOD COMPANIES

Amvest represents a company actively seeking to acquire food manufacturers and distributors. They have a particular interest in salty snack foods and refrigerated dairy and salad products. Revenues should be between $25 and $500 million with above average earnings Lower revenues will be considered for food manufacturers. AS06-322B.
 

TALENTED MANAGEMENT TEAMS

Leading equity group with more than $4 billion of capital under management seeks to fund extraordinarily talented management teams capable of utilizing an equity investment in the range of $20 million to $500 million to build new or existing businesses into niche dominant private and public companies. Areas of interest include business services and outsourcing, distribution and logistics, education and training, healthcare, information technology services, marketing services, transaction processing and other niche industries, with a preference for leading edge technologies.
 

MANUFACTURING COMPANIES

In industries with positive dynamics with low-to-medium technology, having proprietary content or differentiated from others with leadership within niche markets. Component manufacturers and niche equipment manufacturers of smaller ticket items are ideal. Prefer eastern and central time zones. No consumer products. Sales between $15MM and $500MM and operating profit of $2MM plus.
 

MANUFACTURES, DISTRIBUTORS AND RETAIL COMPANIES

Seeking manufacturers, distributors or retail companies with sales of $15MM and up  with EBITDA of at least $2.0MM no upper limit.  May be located anywhere in the United States. 

 

EXECUTIVE BUYOUT OPPORTUNITY

Are you an executive looking to acquire your own company? Amvest seeks executives in any industry desiring to acquire their current company, a division or other industry company. The right executive provides management expertise and owns a minority position. Our co-investors provide the money, an expanded contact base and own a majority position. Executives should identify a specific company to acquire before contacting Amvest. The target company should have revenues in excess of $25 million and have recast EBITDA of at least $2 million preferably $5 and above.