Perfetti Van Melle

Perfetti Van Melle

Type	Besloten vennootschap
Industry	Confectionery
Predecessors	Perfetti SpA (1946-2001) Van Melle NV (1840-2001)
Founded	2001
Founder	Ambrogio and Egidio Perfetti
Headquarters	Schiphol and Breda Netherlands; Lainate, Italy
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Sameer Suneja, Global CEO[1] Augusto Perfetti and Giorgio Perfetti (co-owners)
Products	Confectionery
Revenue	€2.40 billion
Number of employees	17000
Website	www.perfettivanmelle.com

Perfetti Van Melle is a privately held Italian-Dutch global manufacturer of confectionery and gum. It was formed in 2001 with the acquisition of Van Melle of Netherlands by the Perfetti group of Italy. Its corporate headquarters is in Schiphol, Netherlands. Perfetti Van Melle is the third largest confectionery manufacturer in the world after Mondelēz International and Mars, Incorporated. It employs 17,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 159 countries. Their US headquarters is located in Erlanger, a Kentucky suburb of Cincinnati.

Mentos sugar free manufactured by Perfetti Van Melle

Products

Some of the brands are:

• AirHeads
• Alpenliebe
• Big Babol
• Brooklyn
• Centre Fresh
• Centre Shock
• Chlormint
• Chupa Chups^[2]
• Filly Folly
• Frisk
• Fruittella
• Golia
• Happydent
• Klene
• Meller
• Mentos
• Smint
• Vigorsol
• Vivident

References

1. "IIM-B grad Sameer Suneja to head Perfetti Global".
2. "Perfetti Van Melle agrees to buy Spain's Chupa Chups for undisclosed sum". Forbes. 2006-07-03.