Global beverage giant The Coca-Cola Company has made a deal with South African multinational brewing and beverage company SABMiller to acquire its Appletiser drinks brands on a worldwide basis, and acquire or be licensed rights to a further ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Sabmiller, Agriculture
Three down, two to go when it comes to major regulatory hurdles that Medtronic and Covidien need to clear for their proposed $43 billion merger. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the European Union and Canada’s Competition Bureau ...
US-based food manufacturing company Kellogg's has raised its offer to acquire Egyptian cake and biscuit maker Bisco Misr to £82.2 per share. Kellogg's new offer overtakes Abraaj Investment Management's latest offer of ...
Tags: Egyptian cake, biscuit, Agriculture
Coffee.club, a subscription-based coffee club that delivers among the freshest access to organic, ethically sourced roasted beans on the market today, announces its launch on Black Friday to appeal to the more than 54% of Americans who ...
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Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Battenfeld Technologies, Inc., an industry-leading provider of hunting and shooting accessories. The acquisition, which is expected to be accretive to Smith & ...
Tags: hunting, shooting accessories, Recreation
Three to four Taiwan-based private financial holding companies have been evaluating existing PV power-generating stations or ones under construction in Taiwan as investment targets, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Leasing service ...
Tags: PV Power Generation, Lights
Steinhoff International said it has acquired a major stake in apparel retailer, Pepkor for R62.8 billion, which gives the budget furniture firm entry in to Africa's fast-growing garment markets. The South African furniture maker purchased ...
Tags: garment markets, furniture maker, Apparel
British rigid plastic packaging supplier RPC Group will be acquiring Iceland-based plastic products maker Promens Group for €386m (£306.73m). Promens specialises in manufacturing rigid plastic packaging products and rigid ...
Abraaj Investment Management has raised its offer to acquire Egyptian cake and biscuit maker Bisco Misr to $129.6m. The move comes after breakfast cereal maker Kellogg's offered $127.06m for the biscuit producer, Reuters reported. ...
Tags: cake, biscuit, Agriculture
PET and plastic packaging supplier Petainer has been named as the reserve bidder for the purchase of APPE with a bid of approximately €300m. Petainer will be getting financial backing from Next Wave Partners and KKR Asset Management ...
Cardia Bioplastics Limited (ASX: CNN) has signed a terms sheet with privately held Stellar Films Group (Stellar Films) under which a merger of the businesses of the two groups is proposed. What is the goal? The idea is to create a ...
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The merger, should it proceed, is intended to create a leader in sustainable packaging. The proposed merger is subject to completion of satisfactory due diligence by both parties, execution of a sale agreement, shareholder and regulatory ...
Nellson Nutraceutical has agreed to acquire Canadian nutritional and snack bars producer Le Groupe Multibar for an undisclosed amount. An agreement to this effect was signed between both the companies. The transaction, which is ...
America's PerkinElmer is set to acquire Perten Instruments Group, supplier of advanced analytical instruments for quality control of food, grain, flour and feed. The net purchase price of the deal is around $266m and the transaction is ...
Tags: grain, flour, feed, Agriculture
Canadian private equity fund Onex has agreed to acquire Switzerland-based juice-box maker SIG Combibloc Group for around €3.75bn ($4.66bn). Out of the agreed amount, Onex will pay €3.575bn ($4.44bn) at the closing of the ...
Tags: juice-box maker, Combibloc, Agriculture