Danisco leder efter passende opkøbsemner

In an effort to become world leader in the fragmented food ingredients market Denmark´s Danisco continues its hunt for suitable takeovers, the company´s CEO Alf Duch-Pedersen said in an interview with Reuters on Friday January 11.

"We look at acquisition opportunities all over the world, including emerging markets such as China and Russia," Mr. Duch-Pedersen said.

Danisco sales have grown at an average rate of 7.7 percent over the past five years to 23.5 billion Danish kroner ($2.8 billion) in the 2000/01 financial year to end-April. Since 1999, Danisco has taken over Finnish food ingredients company Cultor for more than $1.1 billion, U.S. Florida Flavors and recently Australian Germantown to strengthen its position in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Americas in a $100 million deal.

Danisco has almost completed its 10 billion DKK divestment programme of non-core activities, notably packaging activities, and now focuses on becoming a sole food ingredients, sweeteners and sugar company.