American private equity firms Goldman Sachs and Vestar Capital Partners will buy Hearthside Food Solutions, from Wind Point Partners for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, Hearthside Food Solutions is a ...
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Milner Milling, privately owned milling business in Tennessee, is set to takeover Cereal Food Processors, one of the leading flour milling companies in the US, for an undisclosed sum. The company plans to work with its sister company, ...
Tags: Cereal Food Processors, acquisition, retail trade businesses
Specialty ingredient manufacturer Penford has agreed to takeover Gum Technology, a gum and hydrocolloids distribution, blending and services firm, for an undisclosed sum. Based in Tucson, Arizona, Gum Technology primarily caters to the ...
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Australian meat snack firm Mariani Foods has purchased Yorkshire food maker Bare Earth for an undisclosed sum. The company said it will combine the acquired entity into its operations and rename the whole unit as New World Foods (Europe), ...
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Dutch food firm Wessanen has signed a deal to sell its wholesale business comprising Natudis to wholesaler Vroegop Ruhe, for an undisclosed sum. The sale is part of the company's strategy to further strengthen its own brands in the ...
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United Biscuits (UBUK), a UK-based manufacturer of biscuits and cakes, has acquired a stake in A & P Foods, a Nigeria-based biscuits manufacturer, for an undisclosed sum. The investment is in line with the company's overseas expansion ...
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Packaging glass manufacturer Stoelzle Glass Group has acquired Verreries de Masnières and Bormioli Rocco Valorisation facilitiesthat belong to Bormioli Rocco Group, for an undisclosed sum. Both the facilities, which are engaged ...
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Bakkavor, a UK-based chilled prepared foods manufacturer, has sold its Spring Valley Foods business in South Africa to In2food Group for an undisclosed sum. Established in 1995, Spring Valley Foods supplies fresh prepared fruit to Marks ...
Peter Simon, founder of Monsoon and Accessorize, has taken a significant minority stake in Loaf, the British furniture and homeware retailer, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2008 by entrepreneur Charlie Marshall, Loaf has become the ...
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Cargill, an American agribusiness giant, has bought a 5% stake in Ukrlandfarming (ULF), an Ukrainian integrated agricultural firm, for an undisclosed sum. The move comes as the parties seek to enhance and develop their relationship to ...
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One way to win the predictions game is to make a lot of guesses and remember just the winners. Here at IEEE Spectrum, we play a harder game. We told you what to expect in 2013, and now we are 'fessing up to our misses, as well as bragging ...
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Swimwear company Arena has struck a deal to be acquired by Swiss private equity firm Capvis for an undisclosed sum. Arena has subsidiaries in Italy, France, Germany and the US, and operates through a global network of distributors and ...
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Thursday, Jan 02, 2014 Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has signed a data licensing agreement worth around USD 1.2 million for the provision of 3D EM data from EMGS's multi-client data library in the Barents Sea. In addition, the ...
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Continental Mills, a US-based food manufacturer, has purchased a dry mix manufacturing facility in Effingham, Illinois, from Harlan Bakeries, for an undisclosed sum. Built by Krispy Kreme in 2001, the 190,000ft2 was sold to Harlan ...
Stryker will settle four New Jersey lawsuits related to its ABG II and Rejuvenate hip implants for an undisclosed sum. The company expects to pay significant sums of cash to resolve the lawsuits and the hundreds of other similar cases that ...