Perfetti Van Melle
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Company type | Besloten vennootschap |
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Industry | Confectionery |
Predecessors | Dolcifico Lombardo (1946-1963) Perfetti SpA (1963-2001) Van Melle NV (1840-2001) |
Founded | 2001 Italy |
Founder | Ambrogio and Egidio Perfetti (Perfetti) Izaak, Michael and Pierre Van Melle (van Melle) |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Confectionery |
Revenue | €2.65 billion [1] (2019) |
Owners | |
Number of employees | 17,900 [2] (2019) |
Website | www |
Perfetti Van Melle Group is an Italian-Dutch company of confectionery and gum. It was formed in 2001 with the merger of the Perfetti group of Italy and the Van Melle of the Netherlands. Perfetti Van Melle is headquartered in Lainate, Italy, and Breda, Netherlands. Perfetti Van Melle is the third largest confectionery manufacturer in the world after Mondelēz International and Mars, Incorporated.[citation needed] It employs 17,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 159 countries.
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Products
Some of the brands are:
- AirHeads
- Alpenliebe
- Big Babol
- Brooklyn
- Chocoliebe
- Center Fresh
- Center Shock
- Chlormint
- Chupa Chups [3]
- Filly Folly
- Frisk
- Fruittella
- Golia
- Happydent
- Klene
- Marbels
- Meller
- Mentos
- Smint
- Vigorsol
- Vivident
- Aprilla