Perfetti Van Melle
| Perfetti Van Melle Group
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| legal form | BV |
| founding |
2001 (Fusion Perfetti with Van Melle) |
| Seat |
Lainate Italy
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| management |
 Sameer Suneja ( CEO )
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| Number of employees | 18,700 (2014) |
| sales | EUR 2.444 billion (2014) |
| Branch | Confectionery manufacturer |
| Website | www.perfettivanmelle.com |
Perfetti Van Melle is a global confectionery and chewing gum manufacturer. The group was founded in 2001 when the Italian group Perfetti took over the Dutch manufacturer Van Melle. The headquarters of the Group's parent company, Perfetti Van Melle Group BV , is in Amsterdam or, more precisely, in Schiphol-Oost .
Perfetti Van Melle is a family business and was founded by Augusto Perfetti as Perfetti SpA. His sons Ambrogio and Egidio are also involved in the company.
In 2006, 100% of the Spanish lollipop manufacturer Chupa Chups was taken over.
Perfetti Van Melle is the world's third largest confectionery manufacturer after Cadbury plc and Mars Incorporated . Today the company employs 18,700 people in 43 subsidiaries and sells its products in 150 countries.
Brands
The following brands of products are produced in the company's 32 factories:
- Mentos chewy candies
- Airheads fruit chewy candies
- Frisk mints
- Fruittella Kaubonbon
- Vigorsol chewing gum
- Vivident chewing gum
- Chlormint chewing gum
- Happydent mint chewing gum
- Golia candy
- Alpenliebe caramel candy
- Big Babol chewing gum
- Meller chewy candy
- Brooklyn chewing gum
- Centershock chewing gum
- Chupa Chups lollipops
See also
Web links
- Official website of Perfetti Van Melle
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Perfetti van Melle - Were we are , at www.perfettivanmelle.com , accessed on August 16, 2015
- ↑ Perfetti Van Melle | FAQs
- ↑ Perfetti Van Melle | Legal