 Logo used since 2001 | |
| Traded as | Euronext Amsterdam: PVM BIT: PVM |
|---|---|
| Industry | Confectionery |
| Predecessors | Perfetti SpA (1946–2001) Van Melle NV (1840– 2001) |
| Founded | 2001 Italy/Netherlands |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Confectionery |
| Revenue | €2.65 billion[1] (2019) |
Number of employees | 17,900[1] (2019) |
| Website | www |
Perfetti Van Melle is an Italian–Dutch multinational company of confectionery and gum. It was formed in 2001 of the merger of the Italian-based company Perfetti SpA and the Dutch-based company Van Melle NV. Perfetti Van Melle is owned by the Italian Perfetti family and the Dutch Van Melle family, and also Perfetti Van Melle is headquartered in Lainate, Italy, and Breda, Netherlands.
Perfetti Van Melle is the sixth-largest confectionery manufacturer in the world.[2] It employs 17,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 159 countries.
History[edit | edit source]
Van Melle NV (1840–2001)[edit | edit source]
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| Industry | Confectionery |
|---|---|
| Fate | Merged with Perfetti SpA |
| Successor | Perfetti Van Melle |
| Founded | 1840 |
| Founder(s) | Izaak, Michael and Pierre Van Melle |
| Defunct | 2001 (as company) |
| Headquarters | Breskens, Netherlands |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Candy |
| Website | www.vanmelle.com (2001 archive) |
Van Melle NV was a Dutch confectionery company based in Breskens, Netherlands.
Products[edit | edit source]
Some of the brands are:
- Airheads
- Alpenliebe
- Aprilla
- Big Babol
- Brooklyn
- Bubbaloo
- Bubblicious
- Cachou Lajaunie
- Center Fresh
- Center Fruit
- Center Shock
- Chiclets
- Chlormint
- Chocoliebe
- Chupa Chups[3]
- Daygum
- Dentyne
- Filly Folly
- Frisk
- Fruit-tella
- Golia
- Happydent
- Hollywood
- Klene
- La Vosgienne
- Look-O-Look
- Marbels
- Meller
- Mentos
- Morositas
- Smint
- Stimorol
- StopNot
- Sula
- Trident
- V6
- Vigorsol
- Vivident
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Perfetti Van Melle | Who we are | At a glance". Perfetti Van Melle.
- ↑ "Billionaire Perfetti Brothers Add to Italy Candy Fortune". Bloomberg. 13 March 2013.
- ↑ "Perfetti Van Melle agrees to buy Spain's Chupa Chups for undisclosed sum". Forbes. 3 July 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008.
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