Perfetti Van Melle
Italian–Dutch multinational company of confectionery and chewing gum
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Trade name | Perfetti Van Melle |
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| Company type | Besloten vennootschap |
| Industry | Confectionery |
| Predecessors | Perfetti SpA (1946-2001) Van Melle NV (1840- 2001) |
| Founded | 2001; 23 years ago (2001) Italy/Netherlands |
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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 with 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 is headquartered in Lainate, Italy, and Breda, Netherlands.
Perfetti Van Melle is the sixth largest confectionery manufacturer in the world.[citation needed] It employs 17,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 159 countries.
History
Van Melle NV (1840–2001)
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| Company type | Naamloze vennootschap |
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| Industry | Confectionery |
| Founded | 1840; 184 years ago (1840) |
| Founder | Izaak, Michael and Pierre Van Melle |
| Defunct | 2001; 23 years ago (2001) (as company) |
| Fate | Merged with Perfetti SpA |
| Successor | Perfetti Van Melle |
| Headquarters | Breskens, Netherlands |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Candy |
Number of employees | 14,412 (2022)  |
| Website | www.vanmelle.com (2001 archive) |
Van Melle NV was a Dutch confectionery company based in Breskens, Netherlands.
Products
Some of the brands are:
- Airheads
- Alpenliebe
- Aprilla
- Big Babol
- Brooklyn
- Bubblicious
- Center Fresh
- Center Fruit
- Center Shock
- Chlormint
- Chocoliebe
- Chupa Chups[2]
- Dentyne
- Filly Folly
- Frisk
- Fruit-tella
- Golia
- Happydent
- Klene
- Marbels
- Meller
- Mentos
- Smint
- Stimorol
- Trident
- Vigorsol
- Vivident
References
- ^ a b "Perfetti Van Melle | Who we are | At a glance". Perfetti Van Melle.
- ^ "Perfetti Van Melle agrees to buy Spain's Chupa Chups for undisclosed sum". Forbes. 2006-07-03. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008.
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Perfetti Van Melle
- Airheads
- Alpenliebe
- Aprilla
- Big Babol
- Brooklyn
- Centre Fresh
- Centre Shock
- Chlormint
- Chupa Chups
- Filly Folly
- Frisk
- Fruittella
- Golia
- Happydent
- Klene
- Meller
- Mentos
- Smint
- Vigorsol
- Vivident
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