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.

Mentos sugar-free manufactured by Perfetti Van Melle

History

Van Melle NV (1840–2001)

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. 2006-07-03. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008.