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Leaf International BV was a confectionery company founded in the 1940s. Leaf had sales of approximately €527m (2010) and 2,400 employees. It had 11 factories in seven countries. Leaf was owned by CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital, and management. Bengt Baron was the CEO of Leaf. After several mergers and acquisitions Leaf merged with the Swedish confectionery company Cloetta, and dropped the Leaf name. Leaf was also notable for its trading cards, more specifically the baseball cards sets, with the first of them released in 1948.
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| dbo:abstract | Leaf war einer der größten europäischen Hersteller, Vermarkter und Distributoren von Süßwaren und Lebensmittelzusatzstoffen (vor allem für die Süß- und Backwarenindustrie). Die sechs operativen Hauptgesellschaften der international agierenden Gruppe wurden von der niederländischen Holding Leaf International B.V. geführt. Leaf unterhielt 15 Produktionsstätten in Europa. Das Unternehmen war zuletzt als CSM Sugar Confectionary ein Tochterunternehmen der Corbion aktiv. Im Zuge eines Management-buy-out waren seit Februar 2005 das ehemalige Management, sowie die Venture Capital-Gesellschaften CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital Mehrheitseigner. Der Jahresumsatz der Leaf-Gruppe belief sich 2004 auf 745 Millionen Euro, 2006 auf 638 Millionen Euro. Die Gruppe beschäftigte 2006 insgesamt rund 3500 Arbeitnehmer. Produkte waren unter anderem Süßwarengrundstoffe, Pastillen, Schokolade und Kaugummi. Leaf ist in den Niederlanden, Finnland und Schweden Marktführer im Kaugummi-, Pastillen and Süßwarenmarkt. In Italien, Frankreich, Belgien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Norwegen, dem Vereinigten Königreich und Polen gehört Leaf jeweils zu den größten Unternehmen in diesen Bereichen. Auf dem Schokoladensektor hat Leaf in Finnland (mit der Eigenmarke „Tupla“) und im Süßstoffmarkt in Italien (mit der Eigenmarke „Dietor“) bedeutende Marktanteile. Im Jahr 2012 fusionierte die Leaf Holland B.V. mit dem schwedischen Süßwarenhersteller . Als Tochterunternehmen in Deutschland wurde 2013 die Leaf Deutschland GmbH in die Cloetta Deutschland GmbH umfirmiert. Cloetta ist derzeit einer der führenden Süßwarenhersteller in Skandinavien, den Niederlanden und Italien. Sitz des niederländischen Tochteruntehmens ist Oosterhout; Sitz der Cloetta Deutschland ist Bocholt. (de) Leaf International BV was a confectionery company founded in the 1940s. Leaf had sales of approximately €527m (2010) and 2,400 employees. It had 11 factories in seven countries. Leaf was owned by CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital, and management. Bengt Baron was the CEO of Leaf. After several mergers and acquisitions Leaf merged with the Swedish confectionery company Cloetta, and dropped the Leaf name. Leaf was also notable for its trading cards, more specifically the baseball cards sets, with the first of them released in 1948. (en) Leaf International was een Nederlandse multinational en de moedermaatschappij van de Leaf-groep, een internationaal opererende snoepgoedfabrikant. Het hoofdkantoor was gevestigd in het Nederlandse Oosterhout met snoepfabrieken in Sneek, Roosendaal en Turnhout. Leaf was eigendom van investeringsfondsen CVC Capital en Nordic Capital die de snoepwarendivisie RSB Leaf in 2004 overnamen van CSM. Onder CVC Capital/Nordic Capital was Leaf International opgedeeld in twee divisies genaamd Leaf Holland en Leaf Holland Distribution. Onder Leaf Holland vielen de produktielokaties en enkele merken. Leaf Holland Distributie was verantwoordelijk voor de marketing en distributie van de Leaf merken alsmede enkele merken van andere fabrikanten en de herverpakking voor huismerken. Beiden divisies bezaten enkele merknamen. In 2007 ging Leaf Holland Distributie zelfstandig verder na een managementbuy-out onder de naam , wat staat voor Confectionery Partners Netherlands. Copar neemt enkele merken mee en koopt later nog wat merken over, waaronder , en is gevestigd in Raamsdonksveer. Op 15 februari 2012 fuseerde Leaf met de Italiaans/Zweedse onderneming en verdween de naam Leaf. (nl) Leaf var en tillverkare av sockerkonfektyr med varumärken som Läkerol, Malaco och Ahlgrens bilar. Företaget stod även bakom det sockerfria Dietorelle. Leaf ingick i Leaf International-koncernen. Koncernens produkter såldes i fler än 50 länder. Företaget ägdes av Nordic Capital och CVC partners. Leaf Scandinavia (eller tidigare Malaco Leaf) hade sitt huvudkontor i Malmö. Företaget grundades i sin nuvarande form i mars 2005. År 1999 bildades dåvarande Malaco Leaf efter en sammanslagning av Malaco och Leaf Sverige (f.d. Ahlgrens). I december 2011 köpte Cloetta Leaf. (sv) |
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| rdfs:comment | Leaf International BV was a confectionery company founded in the 1940s. Leaf had sales of approximately €527m (2010) and 2,400 employees. It had 11 factories in seven countries. Leaf was owned by CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital, and management. Bengt Baron was the CEO of Leaf. After several mergers and acquisitions Leaf merged with the Swedish confectionery company Cloetta, and dropped the Leaf name. Leaf was also notable for its trading cards, more specifically the baseball cards sets, with the first of them released in 1948. (en) Leaf var en tillverkare av sockerkonfektyr med varumärken som Läkerol, Malaco och Ahlgrens bilar. Företaget stod även bakom det sockerfria Dietorelle. Leaf ingick i Leaf International-koncernen. Koncernens produkter såldes i fler än 50 länder. Företaget ägdes av Nordic Capital och CVC partners. Leaf Scandinavia (eller tidigare Malaco Leaf) hade sitt huvudkontor i Malmö. Företaget grundades i sin nuvarande form i mars 2005. År 1999 bildades dåvarande Malaco Leaf efter en sammanslagning av Malaco och Leaf Sverige (f.d. Ahlgrens). I december 2011 köpte Cloetta Leaf. (sv) Leaf war einer der größten europäischen Hersteller, Vermarkter und Distributoren von Süßwaren und Lebensmittelzusatzstoffen (vor allem für die Süß- und Backwarenindustrie). Die sechs operativen Hauptgesellschaften der international agierenden Gruppe wurden von der niederländischen Holding Leaf International B.V. geführt. Leaf unterhielt 15 Produktionsstätten in Europa. (de) Leaf International was een Nederlandse multinational en de moedermaatschappij van de Leaf-groep, een internationaal opererende snoepgoedfabrikant. Het hoofdkantoor was gevestigd in het Nederlandse Oosterhout met snoepfabrieken in Sneek, Roosendaal en Turnhout. Leaf was eigendom van investeringsfondsen CVC Capital en Nordic Capital die de snoepwarendivisie RSB Leaf in 2004 overnamen van CSM. Op 15 februari 2012 fuseerde Leaf met de Italiaans/Zweedse onderneming en verdween de naam Leaf. (nl) |
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