Alan Offenberg has been named chief executive officer by the Compass Diversified Holdings board and will remain on the company's board of directors. Compass is the parent of Fox and CamelBak. Offenberg is a founding partner of Compass ...
Tags: Fox, CamelBak, Compass Group
Australian grain handler GrainCorp has agreed to acquire Australian oilseed crusher Gardner Smith for A$302m ($313.82m) as well as Goodman Fielder's commercial oils business Integro Foods for A$170m ($176.65m). The deals, which represent ...
Tags: commercial oils business, edible oil sector, leading oilseed crusher
Australian manufacturing and distribution company, Pro-Pac Packaging has acquired the business and assets of two companies Source and Sell, and Stronghold Wholesale. Pro-Pac CEO Brandon Penn said the acquisition provides the company with ...
Tags: packaging products, food industry, industrial products
Manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging products Mold-Rite Plastics has acquired Stull Technologies, a manufacturer of dispensing closures, caps, lids, and packaging components. Thus acquisition of Stull is part of the larger expansion ...
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Investment firm Platinum Equity’s affiliate has completed the previously announced acquisition of BWAY, a North American supplier of general line rigid containers for $1.24bn, from Madison Dearborn Partners through a merger. ...
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Competitor Group Inc. confirmed Monday that it has been sold to Calera Capital, as reported by several news sources including BRAIN last week. In a press release, Calera said Scott Dickey, president and chief executive officer, and Steve ...
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Dairy Crest has reported a"continuing difficult trading environment",particularly for its Dairies Division,for the first half of the financial year(H1).This has led analysts to call for an improvement in its performance in the second half ...
Tags: Dairy Crest, Dairies business, Dr Clive Black, Darren Shirley
Arvind Lifestyle Brands, subsidiary of Arvind Ltd, one of the largest players in the apparel brands and retail space, announced the acquisition of the business operations of British fashion retailers Debenhams and Next and American ...
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Marsh & McLennan Companies, an insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has named Michael Bischoff as its new chief financial officer, with immediate effect. Bischoff will report directly to Brian Duperreault, who is the company's ...
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FMC, a US-based chemical company has entered into an agreement to acquire Pectine Italia, an Italy-based producer of pectin for the food ingredients industry, for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition will mark FMC's foray into the ...
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Brian Marley has announced his retirement as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Belk, Inc. effective May 4, 2013, after more than 12 years of outstanding service and leadership at the company. Following his ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has announced its plans to close two bakery sites and streamline its distribution network, as a part of its effort to revamp its struggling Hovis bread business. This move will lead to a loss of 900 jobs. This ...
Brazilian beef producer Marfrig plans to sell a stake in order to lower its mounting debts,in a move which is expected attract food companies as well as private equity firms. The company has appointed Brazilian bank Banco Itaúto ...
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RSA Canada, a commercial insurer, has agreed to purchase L'Union Canadienne from its parent company, Co-operators General Insurance Company (CGIC). According to the company, the cost of transaction is $150m and is subjected to regulatory ...
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Canadian private equity firm Onex has completed the previously announced acquisition of SGS International, a global packaging services provider for $813m. The deal was announced in September 2012. The deal calls for Onex Partners III to ...
Tags: packaging services, plastic and rubber processing equipment, transaction