Perfetti Van Melle
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Perfetti Van Melle is a global manufacturer of confectionery and gum. It was formed by the 2001 merger of Perfetti of Italy with Van Melle of the Netherlands, and it is has a major subsidiary in Perfetti Van Melle USA.
Perfetti Van Melle bills itself as the third largest confectionery manufacturer in the world after Cadbury and Wrigley. It employs 11,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 130 countries.
It has corporate headquarters in Lainate, Italy and in Breda, Netherlands.
[edit] Products
Some of the products they manufacture include:
- Mentos mints
- Airheads fruit chews
- Frisk mints
- Fruit Tella chews
- Vigorsol gum
- Chlormint gum
- Meller caramel chews
- In 2006 they acquired 100% of Spanish lollipop manufacturer Chupa Chups
