Fresenius is staying tightlipped on reports it and Permira, a European private equity firm, have teamed up in an attempt to acquire Danone's medical nutrition business.
Recently floated Chr Hansen has reported 11 percent growth in revenue for the first three quarters of 2009/10, with increased across all three of its business divisions.
Chr Hansen is making its initial public offering on the NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen today; with shares priced at DKK90, net proceeds of DKK3152m are anticipated.
Chr Hansen has confirmed its intention to launch an initial public offering to facilitate future growth, and expects to raise around €450m in primary proceeds.
Rudolf Wild GmbH has sold some shares to asset manager Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) in preparation for an eventual public listing, and plans to form a global flavour business with its US affiliate this year.
Aseptic ingredients can help beverage manufacturers tap into the growing trend for natural products, says Wild Flavors, which recently acquired its own aseptic manufacturing business.
Wild is putting together an experienced team in preparation for its
planned initial public offering, tapping Symrise's CFO to take it
through the process.
Wild is looking to go public - an announcement that could
shake up competitors if the German flavour powerhouse capitalizes
on investment and fine tunes its operations.
Burns Philp's plan to raise A$2.1 billion (€1.3 billion) from a
share offering in its Goodman Fielder business underlines the
group's ambitions to dominate the Australasian ingredients market.
The chances of Anders Moberg, the new chief executive of Ahold,
achieving the bonus targets announced yesterday look increasingly
unlikely as the Dutch supermarket group today announced a further
slide into the red for the first nine...
As part of its strategy for regional expansion in Russia,
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods has purchased Roska St. Petersburg Dairy
Company for about €12 million. The company plans to increase output
and modernise existing facilities.
Russia's leading dairy products and fruit juices company is set to
launch an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in
the next few weeks.
Bangladeshi agro-based company Fine Foods Limited (FFL) has
launched an initial public offering (IPO) to raise 32 million taka
($561,403), company officials said on Wednesday
Food Junction Holdings Ltd, which runs 15 food courts in Singapore
and two in Malaysia, said on Friday it was offering 20 million new
shares at S$0.20 each in an initial public offering (IPO).
Mainland China flower and vegetable producer Euro-Asia Agricultural
(Holdings) Co Ltd said this week that the retail slice of its
initial public offering in Hong Kong had been about 79 times
subscribed.
The American online grocer Webvan that was funded by venture
capitals, is definitely shutting down its activities following many
attempts to reduce operating losses.
On June 28, Europe's largest fish restaurant operator Nordsee AG
postponed its already-delayed initial public offering, due to
rapidly deteriorating...
Zentaris, the biotechnology branch of Degussa, the German chemicals
group, has postponed its initial public offering until further
notice, adding further...
Kraft Foods Inc. delivered investors a bland first course on
Wednesday as its shares eked out only a small gain in their debut
one day after an $8.7 billion...
Kraft Foods, the US food and beverage giant, said on Wednesday that
it would raise $8bn in its upcoming initial public offering at a
price between $26...
