Mrs. Fields Confections, a subsidiary of Famous Brands International, has acquired Maxfield Candy Company for an undisclosed amount. The transaction includes the acquisition of Maxfield Candy's brands Maxfield Candy and Nutty Guys. This ...
Adhesives manufacturers HB Fuller will be acquiring East and Central African provider of industrial adhesives Continental Products. This transaction is expected to generate approximately €2.3m in revenue for the 2014 fiscal year. ...
Tags: paper converting, printing, labeling, Agriculture
Apple Pay could be introduced to UK retailers ‘in the first half of 2015’, latest reports have suggested. According to the Telegraph, Apple is currently in talks with a number of British banks over plans to introduce Apple Pay ...
Tags: Apple, Consumer Electronics
SemiLEDs, a developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, has announced it has entered into a definitive common stock purchase agreement with XiaoQing Han, chairman and CEO of Beijing XiaoQing Environmental Protection Group. ...
Tags: LED chips, LED components, Lights
Koch Optics Inc, a subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc of Wichita, KS, USA, has completed its tender offer to purchase all issued and outstanding shares of common stock of optical communications component, module and subsystem maker Oplink ...
Tags: Koch Industries, Oplink
Diaz Foods, a marketer of specialty foods based in Atlanta has acquired La Cena Fine Foods of Saddle Brook, NJ. The DAK Group served as exclusive investment banker to La Cena, initiating the transaction and managing the divestiture ...
Tags: Diaz Foods, specialty foods
French investment group Wendel Group has agreed to acquire Austria-based Constantia Flexibles where the latter has been valued at €2.3bn ($2.8bn). As a part of the transaction, Wendel intends to support Constantia Flexibles over ...
Gruppo Campari has agreed to divest Limoncetta di Sorrento liqueur business to Lucano 1894. The move is in line with Gruppo Campari's strategy to bolster its focus on its core high-margin spirits business by streamlining non-core ...
Tags: Gruppo Campari, liqueur
Emmi, a dairy firm in Switzerland, has acquired 34% stake in Emmi Fondue (EFON) owned by French milk processor Bongrain since late 2004. EFON, a joint venture between Emmi and Bongrain, has been dissolved because it became steadily ...
Tags: dairy product, Emmi
Moody's Investors Service said that Bass Pro Group, LLC's Dec. 11, 2014 announcement that it has agreed to acquire fishing boat maker Fishing Holdings, LLC from Platinum Equity is a modest credit negative because leverage will increase ...
Tags: Debt Ratings, Sporting Goods
Evatec Ltd of Flums, Switzerland, which makes thin-film deposition and etch processing equipment for semiconductor, MEMS, optical and optoelectronic applications, has agreed to acquire the Advanced Technologies Segment of Oerlikon of ...
Tags: deposition systems, packaging, Electrical
Earlier in December 2014, Australian Food News reported that food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...
Tags: Food, Beverage, Agriculture
Green Biologics Inc. has announced the successful closing of its acquisition of the assets of Central MN Ethanol Cooperative LLC (CMEC). Green Biologics intends to repurpose the operation, which includes a 21 million gallon per year ethanol ...
Tags: paints, coatings, adhesives, inks, cosmetics, Construction
Cara Operations has acquired a majority ownership position in the Landing Group of restaurants. The transaction is effective December 18th, 2014. With the addition of the Landing Group, Cara adds to its position as Canada's largest ...
Tags: restaurants, iconic brands, Agriculture
Grupo Herdez has agreed to acquire Nestlé’s ice cream business in Mexico, Helados Nestlé, for around MXN1bn ($68.7m). The acquisition covers an ice cream manufacturing facility in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, as well ...
Tags: Ice Cream, equipment, freezers, Agriculture