Cott Corporation, a bottled water delivery services provider, said that its subsidiary Eden Springs has acquired the Watercooler Gigant business of Netherlands-based Leylines for an undisclosed price. Watercooler Gigant is an e-commerce platform in the Netherlands which is engaged in supplying bottled water coolers and filtration solutions to commercial and residential clients. Through the acquisition […]
Qiagen and DiaSorin have secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use QuantiFERON-TB Plus (QFT-Plus automated screening solution) on the latter’s LIAISON platforms for detecting latent tuberculosis (TB). With the FDA approval, Qiagen and Diasorin can perform laboratory automation for latent TB screening, which will support the conversion from tuberculin skin […]
Danish power company Ørsted has agreed to sell its liquefied natural gas business (LNG business), comprising of the long-term regasification capacity agreement with the Gate Terminal and five LNG purchase agreements, to Swiss natural resources company Glencore. As per the agreement, Glencore will have to replace various contracts with new ones. Ørsted holds the right […]
Campbell Soup has signed a deal to sell its European chips business to Valeo Foods, a portfolio company of CapVest Partners, for nearly £66 million. The European chips business of Campbell Soup includes the UK-based Kettle Foods and the Netherlands-based Yellow Chips. Kettle Foods, which is based in Norwich, England, produces hand-cooked crisps, rice snacks, […]
Imricor Medical Systems has bagged a contract to install an MRI ablation center for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias at the Haga Hospital in The Hague, Netherlands. The advanced MRI ablation center will feature a 1.5T MRI scanner along with Imricor’s Advantage-MR EP Recorder/Stimulator System. Dr. Vincent van Driel – Director of Electrophysiology at the […]
Food acquisition news : Unilever, a British-Dutch multinational consumer goods firm has struck a deal to divest its global spreads business to investment firm KKR for €6.825 billion in a move to focus on faster growing products. Unilever’s Spreads business, which comprises assets of €1.1 billion, features Becel, Flora, Country Crock, Blue Band, I Can’t […]
Drinks industry news : Standard Investment, a Dutch investment company has acquired Riedel, a fresh fruit and other fruit juices company from dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina for an undisclosed price. Netherlands-based dairy giant FrieslandCampina had owned the fruit juice company Riedel for close to 47 years. Established in Ede in the Netherlands, Riedel is into production […]