The corrugated sector received a jolt yesterday with reports that International Paper was mulling over a £6bn bid for Smurfit Kappa. With both parties remaining tight lipped on the reports, we can only speculate on what such a ...
Tags: Smurfit Kappa, Packaging
US-based paper packaging company International Paper is said to be exploring a takeover bid of over €8.1bn for Irish packaging giant Smurfit Kappa. Sky News quoted a source as saying that International Paper was considering an ...
Private equity firm Fanisi Capital has invested $2.1m in a Kenyan food company European Foods Africa Limited (EFAL) to expand its investment footprint across East Africa’s food processing sector. The food company will use this fund ...
International private equity firms show interest in Australian vegetable companies The under-cover vegetable growing industry has remained sheltered from the erratic weather conditions of the past five years, according to market research ...
Tags: Vegetables, reliable supplies, Agriculture
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has finalized the sale of DSM Synres to Standard Investment. DSM Synres produces solventborne alkyd and acrylic coating resins at its site in Hoek van Holland, the ...
Tags: Adhesives, Royal DSM, Standard Investment
In acquiring an 80.1% stake in Philips' combined LED components and Automotive lighting business (with Netherlands-based Philips retaining the remaining 19.9%), new owners GO Scale Capital (an investment fund sponsored by GSR Ventures and ...
Tags: Lumileds, LED components, Electronics
South African private equity firm Ethos Private Equity has completed its previously announced acquisition of the tissue and corrugate division of Africa-based Nampak for an undisclosed amount. Both the divisions will be made autonomous ...
Tags: Ethos, FMCG business, Packaging
In a strategic investment deal with private equity firm Lion Capital, Swiss food firm Aryzta will be buying a 49% stake in French premium food company Picard for €446.6m. Aryzta, which recently sold 49 million shares of the agri ...
Marine logistics company Oricon Enterprises (OEL), a flagship company of Parijat Enterprises, will be acquiring 70% stake in India-based Oriental Containers for $16.77m (INR105cr). OEL will buy the company from its Mauritius-based joint ...
Tags: OEL, water closures, Packaging
In a strategic investment deal with private equity firm Lion Capital, Swiss food firm Aryzta will be buying a 49% stake in French premium food company Picard for €446.6m. Aryzta, which recently sold 49 million shares of the agri ...
PAI Partners, the Paris-based private equity firm that acquired Europe's largest outdoor retailer in February, is considering acquiring U.K. Trek and Specialized dealer Evans Cycles from a British PE firm, The Telegraph reported March 27. ...
Saudi Arabia-based dairy food company Almarai is looking to acquire confectioner Rashidi El-Mizan and dairy firm Dina Farms, as well as planning to invest $500m towards the expansion of its current projects in Egypt. The investment ...
Chicago based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired Gehl Foods, a Germantown-based food company that offers dairy products including cheese sauces, puddings and yogurt, among others. According to Gehl Foods current CEO ...
Tags: wind, dairy products, Foods
Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital Partners is in talks to acquire American Food Company Kraft Foods, in a deal potentially valued at more than $40bn. According to people familiar with the matter, the private equity firm would ...
Tags: Kraft Foods, market, brands
Shock Doctor Sports and McDavid Inc. jointly announced that they have agreed to merge their companies. The combination will bring together two leading sports protection and performance companies with complementary product lines and a shared ...
Tags: Shock Doctor Sports, McDavid, Sporting Goods