Spice manufacturer McCormick & Company has acquired Australia-based packaged herbs manufacturer Botanical Food Company in an all-cash deal worth $114m. The acquisition will expand McCormick's existing branded herb portfolio with the ...
Japan's integrated beverages company Kirin is reportedly planning to acquire 55% stake in Myanmar Brewery from Singapore-based beverage producer Fraser and Neave (F&N) for $560m. Reuters cited sources familiar with the matter as saying ...
Tags: beverage, beverage manufacture, Kirin, company acquisition
R.E. Carroll, Inc. distributor of specialty chemicals and petroleum products located in Ewing, New Jersey has acquired JH Calo Company, also a distributor of specialty chemicals located in Westbury, New York. JH Calo will operate as a ...
Tags: chemicals, R.E.Carroll, JH, company acquisition
Cargill has entered into an agreement with Altor Fund III and Bain Capital Europe III in order to acquire EWOS, a global leader in salmon nutrition for 1.35 Euro bn. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, is expected ...
Two American entities - Liberty Interactive Corporation and zulily, inc. have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Liberty Interactive will acquire all outstanding shares of zulily for $18.75 per share. ...
Tags: apparel, Liberty Interactive Corporation, company acquisition
London-based Opera Investments plc (which was formed to acquire businesses or or assets in the natural resources sector) has reached a non-binding heads of terms agreement to acquire SoloPower Systems Holdings Inc of Portland, OR, USA for ...
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has announced that it has acquired the outstanding shares in Yihaodian, taking full ownership of its fast-growing e-commerce business in China. Wang Lu, president and CEO of Walmart Global e-commerce in Asia, will lead ...
Heinz has seen a lot of press lately following its acquisition in 2013 by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital for $US28 billion – the largest food company acquisition to date. With Warren Buffet as an investor, it's likely the press ...
There were several in the past few months alone – Covidien acquired Given Imaging for $860 million (this is Covidien’s fourth Israeli company acquisition in a little over 18 months); Baxter acquired FlowSense for $9.5 million; ...
Tags: medical technology, medical device
Fourth Quarter Consolidated Operating Results Net sales for the fourth quarter were $291.7 million and increased $44.5 million, or 18.0%, compared to the prior year. Acquisitions, net of $0.3 million of intersegment eliminations, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
A panel of intermodal experts attending the 2013 Surface Transportation Summit, held Oct. 16 by Transportation Media with Dan Goodwill & Associates, shed light on where this mode of transport is headed going into 2014. The panel, ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Thanks to its national call center that handles scheduling, auto glass claims, parts ordering and more, ABRA Auto Body & Glass sees auto glass repair and replacement services playing a big role in the company's ongoing expansion. "Of the ...
Tags: Auto Glass, Construction, Auto Parts
North American rigid containers supplier BWAY has completed the previously announced acquisition of Canada-based Ropak Packaging in a transaction valued at about $265m. Under the terms of the agreement, which was originally announced in ...
Tags: BWAY, packaging company, rigid containers, Ropak Packaging
Moves to subsume Autonomy into HP have lent an increasing amount of irony to the company’s name, following the departure of founder Mike Lynch and the expansion of its key tools to become add-ons across a much broader range of ...