Retail Food Group acquisition of La Porchetta collapses Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced that a deal to acquire the 70 ...
Tags: Retail Food, casual dining, Agriculture
The Valspar Corporation has announced that it has completed the purchase of Madison Chemical Industries, Inc., a coatings manufacturer headquartered in Ontario, Canada. Madison was founded in 1975 and has developed a global reputation for ...
Tags: wastewater management, potable water storage, Construction
Plastics products group Plastics Capital has completed the previously announced acquisition of Flexipol Packaging in a transaction worth £10.64m. The acquisition, which was originally announced on 3 November 2014, was part funded by ...
Tags: Plastics products, Agriculture
Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) has completed its previously announced acquisition of the North American and Asian print businesses of AGI-Shorewood Group (ASG) to expand its global network and customer base. ASG, which is a portfolio ...
BASF has signed a definitive agreement to sell its manufacturing facility for natural fish oils, medium-concentrated omega-3s, and customized bottled fish oil in Brattvåg, Norway, to Marine Ingredients, a manufacturer of marine-based ...
Tags: BASF, natural fish oils, Construction
GTM (Grupo Transmerquim, S.A.), the second-largest chemical distributor in Latin America, has announced that its founding shareholders have signed a definitive agreement to transfer control of GTM to Advent International, one of the largest ...
Tags: chemical distributor, Construction
Meat processor JBS Australia has agreed to acquire ham and bacon producer Primo Group, in a deal worth $1.45bn. The move is in line with the company's strategy to grow its presence in value-added products. Founded in 1985, Primo ...
Nampak will sell its paper business to Ethos Private Equity on behalf of the Ethos Fund IV for around $14m (R1.575bn). The sale will include Nampak's corrugated, sacks and tissue divisions, but will exclude its shareholding in Sancella ...
Tags: Paper Business, Private Equity, Agriculture
Abraaj Investment Management has secured approval from the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority to acquire 51% stake in the nation's confectionery producer Bisco Misr for $119m. The company, which will pay £73.91 per share, will ...
Nike opened its first store dedicated to women. The 6,000-plus square-foot location in the in the Fashion Island lifestyle center in Newport Beach, CA also features an in-store studio for group or personal fitness training sessions the ...
Aussie apparel and footwear marketer, Pacific Brands said it has entered into three unconditional agreements to sell its Brand Collective business in the footwear, apparel and sport categories. “Gross proceeds from the transactions ...
Tags: Aussie apparel, footwear marketer, Apparel
Global drinks major PepsiCo has offloaded its entire company-owned bottling operations in North India to its franchisee bottling partner Varun Beverages. The divestment is expected to enable the company to move forward in its fight with ...
Tags: PepsiCo, bottling operations, Agriculture
Danish brewer Carlsberg is planning to merge its Mythos Brewery with Olympic Brewery, in order to expand its market share in Greece. Carlsberg will own 51% of the combined company while the current shareholders of Olympic Brewery will ...
Tags: Market Share, Mythos Brewery, Agriculture
China experienced a third straight month of deficit in foreign exchange transactions as the country's growing appetite for foreign currency expands, according to new data published Tuesday. Chinese banks' forex purchases registered at ...
Tags: Foreign Currency, foreign exchange
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into off-grid applications and its EnerPlex series of consumer products, ...
Tags: Solar Technologies, Electrical