Perfetti Van Melle
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Industry | Confectionery |
Predecessors | Perfetti SpA (1946-2001) Van Melle NV (1840-2001) |
Founded | 2001 |
Founder | Ambrogio and Edigio Perfetti |
Headquarters | Lainate, Italy |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Sameer Suneja, Global CEO[1] Augusto Perfetti and Giorgio Perfetti (co-owners) |
Products | Confectionery |
Revenue | €2.40 billion |
Number of employees
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17000 |
Website | www |
Perfetti Van Melle is a privately held Italian global manufacturer of confectionery and gum. It was formed in 2001 with the acquisition of Van Melle of Netherlands by the Perfetti group of Italy. Its corporate headquarters is in Lainate (Milan), Italy. Perfetti Van Melle is the third largest confectionery manufacturer in the world after Mondelēz International and Mars, Incorporated. It employs 17,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 159 countries. Their US headquarters is located in Erlanger, a Kentucky suburb of Cincinnati.
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Mentos sugar free manufactured by Perfetti Van Melle
Products
Some of the brands are:
- AirHeads
- Alpenliebe
- Big Babol
- Brooklyn
- Centre Fresh
- Centre Shock
- Chlormint
- Chupa Chups[2]
- Filly Folly
- Frisk
- Fruittella
- Golia
- Happydent
- Klene
- Meller
- Mentos
- Smint
- Vigorsol
- Vivident