Refresco
Refresco is the world's largest independent bottler of soft drinks and fruit juices for food retailers and branded companies. The group of companies (Refresco Group) employs around 9,000 people at its production sites in twelve countries in Europe and North America . In 2018, Refresco produced a total of 10.888 billion liters of beverages. The group's headquarters are in Rotterdam . Company boss ( CEO ) is Hans Roelofs. Aart Duijzer is the Chief Financial Officer ( CFO ). The chairman of the supervisory board is Luis Bach.
| legal form | BV |
| founding | March 30, 2000 |
| Seat | Rotterdam , Netherlands |
| management | Hans Roelofs ( CEO ), Aart Duijzer ( CFO ) |
| Number of employees | 8,620 (2018) |
| sales | EUR 2.7 billion (2018, net sales) |
| Branch | beverages |
| website | https://www.refresco.com/en |
history
The company's history goes back to the predecessor company Menken Beverages, which was created in 1999 as a management buy-out from the companies Menken Drinks and Refrescos de Sur Europa SA, which were sold by the Dutch dairy group Campina Melkunie. In 2000, Menken Beverages acquired the previously family-run Krings Fruchtsaft GmbH in Mönchengladbach-Herrath . Refresco Holding was founded with production sites in the Netherlands , Spain and Germany .
In 2002 the German Hardthof Fruchtsaft GmbH and the French Délifruits SA (specializing in cold aseptic filling in PET bottles ) were taken over. In the following year, Refresco took over the Spanish company Interfruit Vital SA in order to secure the supply of orange direct juice and access to the fruit juice market in the Iberian Peninsula. In addition, the British private equity company 3i joined Refresco as the majority shareholder.
In 2004 Refresco acquired VIP-Juicemaker in Finland , thereby expanding its production capacity in Scandinavia . In 2006 3i sold its stake in Refresco to an Icelandic investor consortium. In 2007, the company entered the Polish market with the takeover of Kentpol and the takeover of Histogram in the United Kingdom . In the same year, Refresco acquired Sun Beverage Company (SBC) , which operates in the Benelux countries and France . With the takeover of Schiffers Food in 2009, Refresco further expanded its position in the Benelux countries. Further acquisitions followed in the years to come - Soft Drinks International (SDI) in Germany in 2010, acquisitions in Italy in 2011 and Taja in Poland in 2012.
In 2013 Refresco merged with Gerber Emig. The European competition authority approved the takeover with the condition that the Emig plant in Waibstadt be sold. The work was sold to riha WeserGold Getränke. On March 27, 2015, Refresco became a public company with a listing on the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
In 2016 the Dutch contract filler Dranken Industrie Sittard BV (DIS) was taken over. In May 2016, RefrescoGerber changed its name to Refresco Group. In the same year, the PepsiCo plant in Hamburg was taken over. However, this plant was closed again in 2018 and production lines were relocated to Calvörde . In July 2016, Refresco took the first step into North America by taking over the bottler Whitlock Packaging . The following year the takeover of the bottling activities from Cott was announced. With the largest single acquisition in the company's history to date, Refresco rose to become the world's largest independent bottler after closing in January 2018. Also in 2018, the Refresco Group was founded by a consortium consisting of PAI partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corp. accepted. As a result, Refresco was taken off the stock exchange and converted into a BV .
In 2019, Refresco took over Cott's concentrate business in the USA . In addition, the company has entered into a strategic agreement with PepsiCo to manufacture some of the PepsiCo beverages in Spain .
Refresco Germany
Refresco Deutschland GmbH is one of the top five beverage manufacturers in Germany. The company with headquarters in Mönchengladbach and production sites in Mönchengladbach-Herrath , Erftstadt , Grünsfeld and Calvörde employs 850 people.
Refresco Deutschland GmbH currently has 32 fully automated production lines, 26 of which are used for still beverages such as fruit juices or iced teas and 6 for carbonated products such as mineral water, lemonades and spritzers. Around 1.6 billion fillings are made every year.
Group structure
The activities in Europe are divided into the business areas United Kingdom , Benelux , France , Germany , Iberia , Italy , Poland and Finland . The head office in North America is in Tampa .
Web links
References and comments
- ↑ Our company. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Refresco - Annual Report 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Executive team. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
- ^ Supervisory Board. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Our history. Retrieved January 29, 2020 .
- ^ 3i sells Refresco to Icelandic consortium. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
- ^ Press corner. Accessed January 27, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Refresco koopt DIS (Dranken Industrie Sittard) for 72 miljoen euro. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (Dutch).
- ↑ Refresco buys Punica factory | News | GETRAENKE NEWSPAPER. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
- ↑ milestones. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
- ↑ milestones. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Our company. Retrieved January 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Where we operate. Accessed January 27, 2020 (English).