A Dubai-based investment group led by businessman Mohamed Alabbar has agreed to acquire a majority stake in the Kuwait Food Company, which is known as Americana, for nearly $2.4bn. The consortium Adeptio headed by Emaar Properties PJSC ...
Global investment firm KKR is set to buy 10.4% stake in Indonesia-based agri-food company Japfa for $81.2m. As part of the deal, Japfa will place 750 million new shares to KKR via a private placement at about $52.9m. Concurrent with the ...
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Olam International has acquired a 100% stake in Brooks Peanut Company for $85m. Brooks, which was established in 1959, is based in Samson, Alabama. It is currently the sixth largest peanut sheller in the US. The company processes about ...
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Leroy Seafood Group has entered into an agreement with Aker Capital and Aker Capital II to purchase a controlling stake in Havfisk and Norway Seafoods Group for NOK3.2bn ($390m). The acquisition represents 64.4% and 73.6% of the total ...
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Mondi Group has agreed to acquire 90% stake in Turkish consumer packaging firm, Kalenobel, for €90m. The company will purchase the outstanding share capital in Kalenobel from Argus Capital and M. Olcay Hephiz, one of the company's ...
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China is one of the world’s largest automotive consumer market, by late 2015 car ownership in the country reached 172 million cars, and the volume is accelerating. It can be projected in the next few years, Chinese market demands for ...
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Australian food manufacturing firm Patties Foods has accepted a $232m acquisition bid made by a private equity firm. Earlier this week, the company said it was approached by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) with a takeover offer of $1.65 per ...
The landscape of the global OEM AIO (all-in-one) PC market will undergo a dramatic change in 2016 as number-two maker TPV-Inventa Technology begins making its gradual exit from the segment, according to Digitimes Research. Asia Vital ...
Vietnamese dairy company Vinamilk has fully acquired US-based Driftwood Dairy by buying the remaining 30% stake for $3m. The acquisition comes more than two years after the company bought 70% stake in the US company for $7m. Driftwood ...
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Vietnamese dairy firm Vinamilk has decided to eliminate its 49% foreign ownership limit to facilitate overseas investment into the company which is valued at $7.85bn. The company has not set a timeframe on when the current limit would be ...
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California-based cheese manufacturing company Cowgirl Creamery has been sold to Swiss dairy company Emmi for an undisclosed sum. Cowgirl Creamery co-founder Sue Conley was quoted by pressdemocrat.com as saying: "We have merged our company ...
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has acquired the remaining 60% stake in Brazilian natural extracts manufacturer Amazon Flavors. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. ADM's WILD Flavors and Specialty ...
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At drupa, the stage will be set for Konica Minolta to officially launch KM-1, underscore its commitment to the label and packaging markets, unveil more plans in its cooperation strategy with MGI across the globe as well as break new ground ...
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Associated British Foods (ABF) is reportedly contemplating the sale of its unprofitable sugar business in China to remain focused on its sugar operations in Europe and Africa. For this purpose, the food company has invited bids for five ...
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Nissan Motor is reportedly in talks with to acquire a one-third stake in Mitsubishi Motors for about JPY200bn ($1.8bn). The talks are in preliminary stages and have not been finalised. The companies are discussing several matters ...
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