Perfetti Van Melle
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Perfetti Van Melle is a European global manufacturer of confectionery and gum. It was formed by the 2001 merger of Perfetti of Italy with Van Melle of the Netherlands, having its corporate headquarters in Lainate, Italy and in Breda, Netherlands.
Perfetti Van Melle bills itself as the third largest confectionery manufacturer in the world after Cadbury and Wrigley. It employs 14,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 130 countries.
The company owns a major subsidiary in the United States (Perfetti Van Melle USA) as also in several other large markets around the world.
[edit] Products
Some of the products they manufacture include:
- Mentos mints
- Airheads fruit chews
- Frisk mints
- Fruittella chews
- Vigorsol gum
- Chlormint gum
- Happydent mint gum
- Golia gum, only sold in Spain
- Alpenliebe caramel chews
- Big Babol gum
- Meller caramel chews
- Brooklyn Chewing Gum
- In 2006 they acquired 100% of Spanish lollipop manufacturer Chupa Chups
