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Private equityPortfolio & Strategy 16 Sep 2026

KKR becomes preferred bidder for Portugal's Logoplaste

KKR has emerged as the preferred bidder to acquire Portuguese plastics packaging maker Logoplaste, according to people familiar with the matter. The US private equity firm is in exclusive talks with Logoplaste's owners after rival bidder Apax Partners dropped out of the process. A deal could be reached in the coming weeks.

Why this mattersA change of control would put Portuguese blow moulder Logoplaste under new private equity ownership, resetting its capex and bolt-on acquisition appetite for the next holding period.

  • KKR is the preferred bidder for Logoplaste, a Portuguese plastics packaging manufacturer.
  • KKR is in exclusive talks with Logoplaste's owners.
  • Apax Partners dropped out of the bidding process.
  • A deal could be reached in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.
Logoplaste KKR counterparty Apax Partners mentioned
Sources bloomberg.com
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  • 2026-09-17 · Edited before publication: 'Private equity' is not on the fixed topic list. Replaced with Capital & Financial Markets alongside Portfolio & Strategy. Text is grounded in Bloomberg and correctly attributed to people familiar with the matter.
  • 2026-09-17 · Edited before publication: Transaction facts are grounded in the Bloomberg excerpt. 'Why this matters' claimed a platform 'serving global consumer-goods brands across multiple continents', which the excerpt does not state; rewritten to a consequence the excerpt supports.