Australia’s competition regulator has raised concerns about a proposed CAD1.29bn ($1.01bn) acquisition of Murray Goulburn Co-Operative (MG) by Canada’s Saputo, saying that the transaction would lead to lower prices being paid to ...
OptiGroup has acquired businesses in Romania and Finland to expand its operations of the industrial and safety solutions segment. Proxima Tapes and Proxima Comserv provide industrial packaging sales and services to the customers in the ...
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Swedish confectionery and nuts firm Cloetta has agreed to acquire Candyking, a concept supplier of pick and mix candy in the Nordic countries and the UK. The acquisition strengthens Cloetta’s position within pick and mix and creates ...
The European Commission (EC) has approved the joint acquisition of Slaney Foods JV and Slaney Proteins by ABP Group and Fane Valley. The proposal for acquisition of the stake has been cleared unconditionally by Europe’s competition ...
Tags: EC, joint acquisition, ABP, Fane Valley
Finnish food company Atria is entering Swedish poultry business by acquiring Lagerberg i Norjeby (Lagerbergs). The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Through this deal, the company is purchasing the entire share ...
Tags: Atria, Swedish Poultry, Aquisition
Swedish chicken producer Scandi Standard has agreed to acquire Lagerbergs in a SEK105m ($12.7m) deal. The company has signed an agreement to this effect which is subject to Swedish competition authority approval. Said to be the third ...
Denmark’s meat processing company Danish Crown and meat marketer Westfleisch are set to form a joint venture aimed at deboning and sales of sow meat. Both the companies will have an equal share in the new venture called ...
Scania is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks and cfor heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. Core to Scania’s operations is to provide solid parts and service support as well as ...
Tags: Scania, trucks, heavy transport applications, buses
Arla Foods has agreed to acquire Swedish cheese company Falbygdens from food company Atria Scandinavia. The move is in line with the the company's strategy to boost its cheese business in Sweden, as well as globally. Falbygdens has ...
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A British watchmaker has called time on the Swiss domination of the luxury timepiece industry. Christopher Ward, founded by Mike France, Peter Ellis and Chris Ward, has created a brand new, British-owned watch movement, breaking away ...
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Switzerland-based Syngenta has signed an agreement with Sweden-based food and agriculture group Lantminnen to acquire its German and Polish winter wheat and winter oilseed rape (WOSR) breeding and business operations. Syngenta noted that ...
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British farmer-owned dairy co-operative First Milk and cheese supplier Adams Foods have completed their long-term, strategic, cheese supply partnership. The move comes after the deal received approval from the UK's Office of Fair Trading ...
Tags: First Milk, Adams Foods, Cheese Supply Chain
It is reported that Vietnam Ministry of industry and trade announced anti-dumping investigation results of the competition authority, subject from China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia imposed antidumping (AD) duties on cold-rolled ...
Tags: AD duty, stainless steel
Reportedly, Taiwan's stainless steel producer Yieh United Steel Corp (Yusco) mulls to buy Outokumpu's subsidiary stainless steel plant Acciai Speciali Terni (AST) in Terni, Italy, attempting to expand its global layout. AST was put up for ...
Tags: taiwan, steel, Construction
The German Federal Cartel Office believes no significant improvement has occurred in the underlying conditions for log marketing in the German states of North-Rhine Westphalia, Thuringia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Baden-Württemberg. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration