Perfetti Van Melle

Perfetti Van Melle Group BV
Company typeBesloten vennootschap
IndustryConfectionery
PredecessorsPerfetti SpA (1946–2001)
Van Melle NV (1840– 2001)
Founded2001 (2001)
Italy/Netherlands
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsConfectionery
Revenue€2.65 billion[1] (2019)
Number of employees
17,900[1] (2019)
Websitewww.perfettivanmelle.com

Perfetti Van Melle is an ItalianDutch 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. It employs 17,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 159 countries.

History

Van Melle NV (1840–2001)

Van Melle NV
Company typeNaamloze vennootschap
IndustryConfectionery
Founded1840 (1840)
FounderIzaak, Michael and Pierre Van Melle
Defunct2001 (2001) (as company)
FateMerged with Perfetti SpA
SuccessorPerfetti Van Melle
HeadquartersBreskens, Netherlands
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsCandy
Number of employees
14,412 (2022) 
Websitewww.vanmelle.com (2001 archive)

Van Melle NV was a Dutch confectionery company based in Breskens, Netherlands.

Products

Some of the brands are:

References

  1. ^ a b "Perfetti Van Melle | Who we are | At a glance". Perfetti Van Melle.
  2. ^ "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.