Atlantic International is a staffing and workforce solutions company built around an M&A rollup strategy in the staffing sector. Atlantic operates two businesses: Lyneer Staffing Solutions in North America and Circle8 Group in Europe. Lyneer is a national commercial staffing firm focused on light industrial, food production, manufacturing, and logistics, placing roughly 60,000 workers annually with over 1,200 clients across 100+ U.S. locations. Circle8 is a European IT and technology staffing platform that deploys approximately 16,000 technology professionals across the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Germany, serving financial services firms, technology companies, governments, and healthcare organizations. Both businesses operate on a spread model — paying workers' wages and employment costs, then billing clients at a higher rate, with the difference representing gross profit. Additional revenue comes from permanent placement fees and, for Circle8, payrolling services. Volume drives profitability, with margin expansion coming from operating leverage and mix shift toward higher-margin placements. Atlantic views Circle8 as a higher-margin, higher-growth complement to Lyneer's industrial staffing base. Atlantic's growth strategy centers on acquisitions in the fragmented staffing industry, targeting legal/financial services, technology, and healthcare as further expansion verticals.
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