The current environment of inexpensive debt is driving an active transaction market as many organisations and private equity houses look to sell or re-leverage their portfolio investments. For the forest and paper industry, high levels of M&A activity in Europe, North America and elsewhere continue to bring much needed industry consolidation.
Production is becoming concentrated in a fewer number of major companies, niche producers are becoming more focused, and overall, industry performance is set to improve. For the forest and paper sector, investors’ returning confidence in the industry, the increasing size of the funds managed by private equity houses, and the ongoing availability of inexpensive debt financing should ensure the current trends in merger and acquisition activity continues.
How PricewaterhouseCoopers can help you
PricewaterhouseCoopers provides advice to both corporate clients and private equity houses on valuation, deal structuring and implementation. We focus on the longer-term return, bringing to each deal a range of capabilities from strategy development and evaluation to post-acquisition integration. We also identify acquisition and divestiture candidates.
