Consolidation (CONT’D FROM PAGE 10)
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warm up…the real job is making it work. Synergies from increased scale is often an illusion. • Organic growth remains challenging to achieve for a dozen reasons. Bring on the entrepreneur. • Mill stocks are high so their unissued low-priced stock can be sold for more M&A plants without incurring debt. Its success depends on management effectiveness. • Private equity sharks and investment bankers are al- ways available to fuel deal-making. So, weigh alterna- tives, then put dollar signs on decisions. • High capital intensity and growing markets means cy- clicality is largely supply driven. Now the elasticity of supply (rate of quantity and price) comes into play. Consolidation strategies have changed from cost and product driven motivation to market and customer orien- tation. This rationalizes paper mills to buy independent containerboard converters instead of exporting at lower prices about 15 percent of their mill capacity. Thus, in the last few years in Southern California, no more than seven sizable independents remain. This places a domino effect on the sales of sheet feeders and convert- ers with corrugators Now there are fewer roll stock buy- ers, more integrated networks of traders and fewer AICC members to represent the brick and mortar “little guy.” One major cause and effect of consolidation is re- vealed from antitrust class action lawsuits of the past al-
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