Perfetti Van Melle
Perfetti Van Melle is an Italian-Dutch multinational company of confectionery and gum, It was formed in 2001 with the merger of the Perfetti of Italy, and the Van Melle of the Netherlands. Perfetti Van Melle is headquartered in Lainate, Italy, and Breda, Netherlands. Perfetti Van Melle is the sixth largest confectionery manufacturer in the world. It employs 17,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 159 countries.

Mentos sugar-free manufactured by Perfetti Van Melle
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Type | Dual-listed company (S.p.A./B.V.) |
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Industry | Confectionery |
Predecessors | Dolcificio Lombardo (1946-1963) Perfetti SpA (1963-2001) Van Melle NV (1840-2001) |
Founded | 2001 Italy/Netherlands |
Founder | Ambrogio and Egidio Perfetti (Perfetti) Izaak, Michael and Pierre Van Melle (van Melle) |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | Confectionery |
Revenue | €2.65 billion[1] (2019) |
Owners |
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Number of employees | 17,900[1] (2019) |
Website | www |
Products
Some of the brands are:
- Airheads
- Alpenliebe
- Aprilla
- Big Babol
- Brooklyn
- Center Fresh
- Center Shock
- Chlormint
- Chocoliebe
- Chupa Chups[2]
- Filly Folly
- Frisk
- Fruittella
- Golia
- Happydent
- Klene
- Marbels
- Meller
- Mentos
- Smint
- Vigorsol
- Vivident
References
- "Perfetti Van Melle | Who we are | At a glance". Perfetti Van Melle.
- "Perfetti Van Melle agrees to buy Spain's Chupa Chups for undisclosed sum". Forbes. 2006-07-03. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008.
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