Acquisitions: latest news, insights and analysis | ESM Magazine

Amazon Buys Warehouse Robotics Startup Canvas Technology

Amazon.com Inc has announced the acquisition of Canvas Technology, a robotics startup in Boulder, Colorado, that has built autonomous carts that can move g...

Kraft Heinz Completes Sale Of Indian Brands To Zydus Wellness

Kraft Heinz has announced that it has completed the sale of its Indian brands - Complan, Glucon-D, Nycil, and Sampriti - to Zydus Wellness Limited and its...

Groupe Avril Acquires German Lecithin Maker Lecico

French food company Groupe Avril has announced that it has acquired German lecithins and phospholipids maker Lecico. The general manager of the Avril OI...

Cherkizovo Group Acquires 75% Of Samson – Food Products

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest vertically integrated meat producer, has announced that it has acquired 75% of St Petersburg-based Samson –...

Royal FrieslandCampina Acquires US Cheese Importer Jana Foods

Dutch dairy giant Royal FrieslandCampina NV has announced that it has acquired Jana Foods, a US-based importer and distributor of cheese. Financial deta...

Unilever To Swallow GSK's Indian Horlicks Business

Unilever is to buy GlaxoSmithKline's Indian Horlicks nutrition business for around $3.8 billion (€3.4 billion), boosting the consumer goods group...

Kraft Heinz To Acquire Primal Kitchen For $200m

Kraft Heinz has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Primal Nutrition, LLC for around $200 million (€175.9 million). The transactio...