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Pre-Sale Readiness
For owners planning to sell in 2 to 5 years. We assess your business the way a buyer would and build a roadmap to maximize exit value.
Plastics M&A advisory
35 years in plastics14+ process categories4 continents$50M+ P&L leadershipBuy · Sell · Get Ready
35 yearsin plastics.On both sides of the deal.
Barry Curtis is the rare advisor who built his career in plants, led real operations, and actively reaches international buyers other firms never talk to — working in strategic alliance with Carpenter Hawke & Co. on selected transactions.
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Years experience
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Process categories
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Global continents
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P&L managed
Owners planning a sale
Pre-sale assessments and sell-side process leadership for plastics businesses under $35 million.
Strategic buyers
Retained buy-side search to find unlisted targets before they become auction processes.
International entrants
North American market entry support for European and Asian manufacturers pursuing acquisition or partnership.
Strategic Affiliate Relationship
Curtis Plastics Associates works with Carpenter Hawke on selected transactions.
Curtis Plastics Associates works with Carpenter Hawke on selected transactions where additional deal execution resources, valuation support, or broader buyer outreach benefit clients.
Thinking about selling your plastics business?
The most practical first step is a pre-sale readiness assessment. You get a written report, a candid debrief, and a clear view of where value can be gained before a buyer sees the business.
What We Do
A focused advisory stack built around the decisions plastics owners and buyers actually face.
This is not broad consulting wrapped in M&A language. Each engagement is tied to a specific business outcome: getting ready to sell, running a sale process, finding an acquisition, or clarifying the next strategic move.
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Monthly retainer + success fee
Sell-Side Advisory
When you are ready to sell. We position your business, target the right buyers, and manage the full process through close.
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No auction. No competing bids.
Buy-Side Sourcing
On a retained search basis, we identify plastics companies that are not listed anywhere and approach them directly.
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Project or retainer based
Strategic Advisory
Market expansion, turnaround, and growth strategy for companies not yet thinking about a transaction or preparing for one.
International Buyer Advantage
Most plastics advisors work domestic buyer lists. Barry actively reaches international acquirers.
That changes the quality of a sell-side process and it changes the level of trust for an international buyer entering North America. Barry has worked inside Austrian, Japanese, and Asian companies and helped build manufacturing operations across four continents.
Why it matters
Barry sees strategy, buyer fit, plant reality, and integration risk in one conversation because he has lived all four.
For sellers
Access to strategic buyers your domestic-only advisor may never reach.
For international buyers
Guidance from someone who understands the operating, commercial, and cultural realities behind a North American acquisition.
Work Examples
Two representative engagements with measurable outcomes.
The goal is not to sound impressive. The goal is to show the type of work Barry has already done in the exact operating environments this site is targeting.
Case 01
Representative engagement
Gruber & Co. Group GmbH
Helped an Austrian plastics equipment company grow North American sales 10x in three years through strategy and partnerships, then executed a targeted US acquisition for market entry.
Case 02
Representative engagement
Global Contract Manufacturer
Formed joint ventures in North America, South America, and Eastern Europe, from deal sourcing through post-close operational leadership.
Ready to talk about what your next move looks like?
Whether you are thinking about a sale, evaluating a search, or just trying to understand the right move, start with a direct conversation.