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
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has entered into an amended and restated rights agreement to extend the expiration ...
Tags: stockholder rights, Electrical
Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on December 15, 2014 Just when you thought they couldn’t get more widespread or expensive, the medical device mergers-and-acquisitions of 2014 continue to astound. Allergan ...
Tags: DNA sequencing market, lab products, Health
Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on December 11, 2014 2014 has turned out to be a pretty decent year for the world’s 40 largest medical device companies: Only six of them have seen their stock prices decline, and ...
Tags: Medical Device, Health
German wine seller Hawesko is looking for an alternative buyer for its proposed buyout after rejecting takeover offer by Detlev Meyer. Hawesko's management board said that a 40-euro-per-share takeover bid by by Tocos Beteiligung and its ...
Tags: buyout, wine seller, 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 ...
SIG was previously owned by Rank Group and the takeover is expected to be formally completed in the first quarter of 2015 Onex Corporation is a private equity investment firm. It is a publicly traded company controlled by its founder ...
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Brian Buntz on November 18, 2014 Irvine, CA–based Allergan has been adamant in fighting off a hostile takeover attempt from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International for the past seven months. But ...
Tags: silicone breast, Botox, Health
Hong Kong-based investment management and holding company First Pacific and Wilmar International expect to complete the acquisition of Australian firm Goodman Fielder by 2015. Goodman Fielder owns brands as Medow Lea, Praise, White Wings, ...
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Three buyout groups - BC Partners, Onex and Partners Group - will bid for Switzerland-based carton manufacturer SIG Combibloc which is owned by New Zealand’s Reynolds. SIG was acquired by New Zealand-based businessman Graeme Hart ...
With mid-term elections approaching and the odds generally favoring a Republican takeover in the Senate to go with control of the House, the new Congress is seen as having a good reason to move ahead on the Personal Health Investment Today ...
The Shareholders Foundation announces that an investor, who currently holds shares of Peregrine Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:PSMI), filed a lawsuit in effort to halt the proposed takeover of Peregrine Semiconductor Corp by Murata Electronics ...
Tags: Takeover of Peregrine, Lawsuit, Electrical
Breakfast cereal producer Kellogg plans to acquire a majority stake in Egyptian confectionery-maker Bisco Misr for an undisclosed amount. The company is eyeing around 51% stake in Bisco Misr, following a due diligence. Bisco Misr, ...
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The medtech jobs picture looked rosy in 2013, with the top 15 device makers in hiring mode, according to an EP Vantage report out this week. Excluding pharmaceutical spinoffs, these companies expanded their collective workforce by 6%, the ...
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Germany's Henkel can spend up to 5 billion euros ($6.8 billion) on further acquisitions without putting its credit rating at risk, the maker of household goods and industrial glues told a German newspaper. "We can spend between 4 and 5 ...
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