"largest spirits maker. The acquisition was completed on April 30, 2014, when it was also announced that Beam would be renamed as Beam Suntory. Also in January 2014, Suntory purchased the drinks division of British GlaxoSmithKline. This included the brands Lucozade and Ribena, however, the deal did not include Horlicks. From the early 1990s, Suntory has collaborated extensively with Melbourne biotechnology firm Florigene to genetically engineer the world's first true blue rose, a symbol often associated with the impossible or unattainable. In 1991, the team won the intense global race to isolate the gene responsible for blue flowers, and has"
"Lucozade, up for sale. The eventual sale, announced in September, was for £1.35 billion. Ribena Ribena ( ) is an English-origin brand of blackcurrant-based uncarbonated and carbonated soft drink and fruit drink concentrate that until 2013 was produced by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The brand originally had a strong reputation as a healthy product for children, stemming from its distribution to children as a vitamin C supplement during World War II by the British government. Beecham (a company that has been part of GSK since 2000) bought the brand in 1955 and developed many soft drink versions. A series of scandals in"
"Ribena Ribena ( ) is an English-origin brand of blackcurrant-based uncarbonated and carbonated soft drink and fruit drink concentrate that until 2013 was produced by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The brand originally had a strong reputation as a healthy product for children, stemming from its distribution to children as a vitamin C supplement during World War II by the British government. Beecham (a company that has been part of GSK since 2000) bought the brand in 1955 and developed many soft drink versions. A series of scandals in the 2000s, concerning vitamin C levels, sugar levels, and the amounts of actual fruit"
"(now in Gunnersbury Park Museum). Lucozade originally was available in only one variety, which was effervescent with a distinctive sweet citric flavour. It was sold in a glass bottle with a yellow cellophane wrap until 1983, when Lucozade was rebranded as an energy drink to shift the brand's associations away from illness. The slogan ""Lucozade aids recovery"" was replaced by ""Lucozade replaces lost energy"". The glass bottle was replaced by a plastic (polyethylene terephthalate, PET) one. After the rebranding, between 1984 and 1989 UK sales tripled to almost £75 million. In 1989 the Beecham Group and SmithKline Beckman merged to"
"Terry Labonte at the helm for the Daytona 500. The event was the first time the product has backed Labonte. The company is the sponsor of Koma Unwind Modified Madness Series, which began in 2014. Koma Unwind was the primary sponsor of Shameless Racing, a Hydroplane racing team, for the 2013 American Canadian Hydroplane Association season. Koma Unwind sponsored competitive fisher David Cooke for five events in 2013. Bebida Beverage Company Bebida Beverage Company is a company which manufactures Koma Unwind, a carbonated, berry flavored relaxation drink with melatonin, milk thistle, rose hips and valerian root as ingredients. Koma Unwind"
"for $980 million. Coca-Cola acquired a 50% stake in Aujan's brands, and a 49% stake in its bottling and distribution company. Aujan retains control of the Vimto license, and also its manufacturing and distribution operations in Iran. The deal was completed on 24 September 2012. Following the deal, the two companies established Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Company (ACCBC) and Rani Refreshments in 2012. Rani Refreshments holds the global brand rights for Aujan's original brands such as Rani and Barbican. Both companies are headquartered in Dubai. ACCBC will serve as the manufacturer and distributor of the brands owned by Rani Refreshments and"
"Rakuten In 2005, Rakuten started expanding outside Japan, mainly through acquisitions and joint ventures. Its major acquisitions include Buy.com (now Rakuten.com in the US), PriceMinister (France), Ikeda (now Rakuten Brasil), Tradoria (now Rakuten Deutschland), Play.com (now Rakuten.co.uk in the UK), Wuaki.tv (now Rakuten TV in Spain), Kobo Inc. (now Rakuten Kobo in Canada), Viber (now Rakuten Viber), Ebates, Viki (now Rakuten Viki), OverDrive, Inc. (now Rakuten OverDrive), Slice (now Rakuten Slice) and The Grommet. The company also has an online marketing business, Rakuten Marketing, and has investments in companies such as Pinterest, Ozon.ru, AHA Life, Lyft, Cabify, Careem, Carousell and"
"of corrective advertisements and place a statement on its website. GSK maintained the issue only affects Australia and New Zealand, and Ribena sold in other markets, such as the United Kingdom, contain the levels of vitamin C stated on the product label. In 2007, a study conducted by the Australian Consumers' Association for ""Choice"" magazine in January 2007 revealed blackcurrant juice (from concentrate) only constituted 5% of the Ribena Fruit Drink product. By 2013, the brand had annual worldwide sales of about £500 million, and was considered to be similar to other soft drinks. and GSK put Ribena, along with"
"Kopp (CTO) with a degree of engineering (École Centrale Paris) and PHD in astrophysics. With 11 years of software development experience, they previously spent 5 years running the Application Networks startup in London and founded Aquafadas in 2006. Rakuten Aquafadas first base was Cap Omega, a business incubator.[5] Today, Rakuten Aquafadas' headquarters is in MIBI (Montpellier International Business Incubator) in Montpellier. The subsidiary company of Aquafadas, transforms and publishes comic books on smartphones, tablets and web readers. Aquafadas has an international presence with 25 partner companies across the world: The Canadian e-reading company acquires Aquafadas in 2012. In 2015 becomes"
"were concerns in the 2000s about the sugar and vitamin content of Ribena, a blackcurrant-based syrup and soft drink owned by GSK until 2013. Produced in England by H.W. Carter & Co from the 1930s, the company's unbranded syrup was distributed to children as a source of vitamin C during World War II, which gave the drink a reputation as good for health. Beecham bought H. W. Carter in 1955. In 2001 the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) required GSK to withdraw its claim that Ribena Toothkind, a lower-sugar variety, did not encourage tooth decay. A company poster showed bottles"
", and . On July 14, 2009, Kirin announced that it was negotiating with Suntory on a merger. On February 8, 2010, it was announced that negotiations between the two were terminated. In 2009 they acquired Orangina, the orange soft drink for 300 billion yen, and Frucor energy drinks for 600 million euros. On 2 July 2013 the company debuted on the Tokyo stock exchange and raised almost US$4 billion in the process. In January 2014, Suntory announced an agreement to buy the largest U.S. bourbon producer, Beam Inc. for US$16 billion. This deal would make Suntory the world's third"
"Corona, Stella Artois, Beck's, Leffe, Hoegaarden, Skol, Brahma, Antarctica, Quilmes, Victoria, Modelo Especial, Michelob Ultra, Harbin, Sedrin, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivske, Cass and Jupiler. Anheuser Busch Company also owns a soft drinks business that has bottling contracts with PepsiCo through its subsidiary, Ambev. In December 2016, Coca-Cola Co. bought many of the former SABMiller's Coca Cola operations, including those in Africa. As part of the agreements made with regulators before Anheuser-Busch InBev was allowed to acquire SABMiller, the company sold the Peroni, Meantime and Grolsch brands to Asahi on 13 October 2016. After acquiring SABMiller, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV agreed on"
"business unit of Konica Minolta, Inc., with global headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Konica Minolta Healthcare provides product and service based solutions across the USA, Canada and Latin America. In 2012, Konica Minolta bought the Japanese operations of FedEx Kinko's. The deal consisted of the sale of 61 printing offices across Japan. Subsequently in 2013, Konica Minolta bought FedEx Kinko's operations in South Korea. The Kinko's operations in both countries were later rebranded to remove a reference to FedEx, but retained the Kinko's name. In Japan, the Kinko's stores in Kyushu, Chugoku and Shikoku regions are continued to be operated by"
"service/company that is one of the largest in Europe and the market leader in Spain; as of July 2017, it has 5 million users across 12 markets in Europe. The purchase opened new opportunities, directly challenging Amazon, Netflix and others for domination of the VOD market, starting in Europe. In November 2012, Rakuten bought French online retail delivery company Alpha Direct Services, to increase speed and quality of delivery. On 10 October 2012, Rakuten acquired French electronic publishing company Aquafadas via its Kobo subsidiary to strengthen its position in rich media categories. In May 2013, Rakuten acquired a majority share"
"of commerce and Friendship Society between the years 1998-2004 and was reelected to the same post in September 2009. Rakuto Kasei Rakuto Kasei is a Japanese multinational chemicals company, with their headquarters in Otsu City, Japan and offices in Yokneam, Israel. They produce chemical products, including animal feed additives, dishwashing detergent, fertilizer, and color deepening agents for blue jeans. Rakuto's Japanese operations are based in Otsu City, in the Konan region, south of Lake Biwa. The company employs approximately 50 people, and performs biotechnology research in addition to manufacturing, for which it holds patents in the EU. Rakuto Kasei is"
"espresso, cappucino, and latte brewer, the Rivo, co-developed with the Italian coffee company Lavazza. In the fall of 2013, the company released a full-pot brewer, the Keurig Bolt, for use mainly in offices. In February 2014, The Coca-Cola Company purchased a 10% stake in the company, valued at $1.25 billion, with an option to increase their stake to 16%, which was exercised in May 2014. The partnership was part of Coca-Cola's support of a cold beverage system to be developed by Keurig that allows customers to make Coca-Cola and other brand soft drinks at home. In January 2015, the company"
"products ""could completely counteract exercising more, playing football more, going to the gym more"". The drinks are marketed as soft drinks; a soft drinks industry spokesman said in response ""By helping people participating in sport to perform better and to recover more quickly, sports drinks can encourage people to exercise more"". In May 2016, Liverpool City Council started a campaign against so-called ""sugary drinks"". The ""name and shame"" campaign, entitled “Is your child’s sweet tooth harming their health?”, claimed that Lucozade was the worst offender, containing 62 grams of sugar in a 500 ml bottle, followed by Coca-Cola with 54"
"sugary drinks in May 2016. The campaign entitled “Is your child’s sweet tooth harming their health?”, names Lucozade as the worst offender, with 62 grammes of sugar in a 500ml bottle, followed by Coca-Cola. Frijj chocolate milkshake was the third most sugary drink identified with 50.8 grammes in a 471ml bottle. Posters will be displayed in doctors' surgeries and hospitals. Frijj Friji is a brand of milkshake sold mainly in the United Kingdom. Today it is produced by Müller. It was first launched in 1993 by Dairy Crest. Friji is sold in five permanent flavours: strawberry, chocolate, banana, fudge brownie"
"the Coca-Cola Company, as well as Vimto under license. Mirroring the system used by Coca-Cola and its global bottling partners, Rani Refreshments will supply ACCBC with proprietary concentrate and the latter will produce and distribute the beverages. Coca-Cola and Aujan held a ceremony in Dubai in March 2013 to mark the one billionth can of Rani produced by ACCBC. In July 2014, ACCBC announced that it had completed a deal to acquire an 80% stake in the National Beverage Company, the manufacturer and distributor of Coca-Cola and Pampa products in Lebanon, for an undisclosed sum. As a result, the National"
"generally view the FMBs as substitutes for beer, ... This research also concludes that consumers are not likely to consume more than two or three FMBs on any occasion because of the products' sweetness. In March 2018, Coca-Cola announced it would be launching an alcopop product for the first time, a ""chūhai"" beverage in Japan. Brands of coolers are numerous and their alcoholic base vary greatly. Some notable brands include: VK Vodkakick, Smirnoff Ice, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Bacardi Breezer, Palm Bay, Skyy Blue, Jack Daniel's Hard Cola and in the UK WKD Original Vodka. The Australian government increased the tax"
"is pending with IPAB. In March 2009, at the core factory in Thailand, which produces nucleic acids and the umami seasoning ""Ajinomoto®,"" the company introduced a biomass boiler that was fueled with rice husks, announcing plans to switch from an existing heavy oil boiler to clean energy. In late 2012, the Company sold its Calpis beverage unit to Asahi Breweries for . In 2013, the Company acquired the contract manufacturing organization Althea Technologies for in a bid to expand biopharmaceutical manufacturing in the United States. In October 2017, Ajinomoto introduced a “Global Brand Logo” for use throughout the Ajinomoto group."
"was owned by SABMiller. On 21 December 2016, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV agreed to sell Pilsner Urquell to Asahi Breweries Group Holdings, Ltd. Ursus Breweries was a subsidiary of SABMiller plc, is one of the top brewers in Romania. After acquiring SABMiller, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV agreed on 21 December 2016 to sell Ursus to [Asahi Breweries] of Japan. Southern Sudan Beverages Limited runs White Bull, a lager. Swaziland Beverages Ltd brews Sibebe Lager. All of the Miller brands and subsidiaries were sold to Molson Coors on October 11, 2016 as required by regulators before the forming of the new company, Anheuser-Busch"
"firms. On 11 September 2015, PEP purchased New Zealand health company Manuka Health for a reported $110 million (NZD). Among the firm's most notable investments are Hoyts (sold to Wanda Cinemas in 2015), REDgroup Retail (Angus & Robertson, Whitcoulls, Borders Pacific Region, defunct in 2011), Independent Liquor (sold to Asahi Breweries in 2011), Godfreys, Griffin's Foods (acquired from Danone in 2006 and sold to Universal Robina in 2014), Frucor (sold to Suntory in 2008), Peters Ice Cream (sold to R&R Ice Cream in 2014) and Tegel Foods (acquired in 2005 from Heinz and sold to Affinity Equity Partners in 2011)."
"Food) was sold to Ajinomoto. Despite these divestitures, Danone continues to expand internationally in its three core business units, emphasising health and well-being products. In July 2007, it was announced that Danone had reached agreement with Kraft Foods Inc (now Mondelēz International) to sell its biscuits division, including the LU and Prince brands, for around €5.3 billion. Also in July 2007, a €12.3 billion cash offer by Danone for the Dutch baby food and clinical nutrition company Numico was agreed to by both boards, creating the world's second-largest manufacturer of baby food. In 2009, the company changed its name from"
"drift racing, SuperGT, and MotoGP, including the Aspar Racing Team and the Moto3 racing team SIC Racing Team. Drive M7 has chosen former MotoGP World Champion, Nicky Hayden to be their world brand ambassador in 2014 and 2016 respectively. M7 Japan M7 Japan is a brand of auto parts and energy drinks. The lubricant brand is M7 Japan and it was founded in 2006. The brand has expanded its line of car and motorcycle engine oil to semi-synthetic and fully synthetic specifications. In 2011, M7 Japan started to develop their own energy drink and vitamin drink named Drive M7. The"
"Brahma, Antarctica, Quilmes, Victoria, Modelo Especial, Michelob Ultra, Harbin, Sedrin, Klinskoye, Sibirskaya Korona, Chernigivske, Cass and Jupiler. Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV also owns a soft drinks business that has bottling contracts with PepsiCo through its subsidiary, Ambev. In December 2016, Coca Cola Co. bought many of the former SABMiller's Coca Cola operations. Prior to the acquisition of SABMiller by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the company owned the following brands; they have since been sold or are made by a company that is now a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV. ""Chibuku Shake Shake"" (so called because it separates out and must be shaken) is"
"buy ""Brown & Polson"" and ""Rex Jelly"" brands from Hindustan Lever. According to ""Piruz Khambatta"", Chairman and managing director of Rasna, the deal offered was a licensing deal rather than an outright buyout, hence it fell through. India was the first market where Coca-Cola launched its soft drink concentrate brand, Sunfill. This brand too did not do well and was withdrawn in 2004, failing to break Rasna's monopoly in the segment. Like Tang, Sunfill too has been recently relaunched in India, in 2011. Rasna Rasna is a soft drink concentrate brand owned by ""Pioma Industries"" which is based in Ahmedabad,"
"other three shareholding companies are Showa Shell Sekiyu, TonenGeneral Sekiyu, and Sumitomo Corporation, all with 25% of the ownership. Cosmo operates three refineries, all of which are located in Japan: In August 2012, the company announced that it will close its Sakaide plant, in southwest Japan. The refinery, which was closed and turned into an oil terminal in July 2013, was a former Asia Oil refinery with a capacity of . Cosmo Oil Company Cosmo traces its corporate roots to Maruzen Petroleum (丸善石油株式会社), a company established in 1931, although the oil business operated by Maruzen was originally established by Zenzo"
"Oral Contraceptives, Dermatology and Ophthalmics. The company’s presence in France is by way of a trade partnership; in Germany, it operates through its acquired entity Hormosan Pharma GmbH. ] (Hormosan); while the UK business is a direct-to-market initiative. Japan<br> Lupin is the fastest-growing Top 10 generic pharmaceuticals player in Japan (IMS) . It operates in Japan through its subsidiary, Kyowa Pharmaceutical Industry Co. Ltd. (Kyowa), a company acquired in 2007, and I’rom, Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd (IP), acquired in 2011. Kyowa has an active presence in Neurology, Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology and the Respiratory therapy segments. I'rom is a niche injectables company. In"
"have continued to strengthen their global production and sales structure, including the establishment of Ajinomoto Jawo Sp. z o.o, a joint venture in Poland in 2014, and the acquisition of French S.A.S. in France in 2017. In 1973, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. entered the coffee business through a joint venture with General Foods Corporation in the United States and developed products in new categories such as instant coffee, regular coffee, bottled coffee, and stick coffee. It became a 100% subsidiary of Ajinomoto Co., Inc. in October 2015, changing the name from "" Ajinomoto Co., Inc. General Foods"" to ""Ajinomoto AGF Corporation"""
"Pilbara Iron Pilbara Iron is a wholly owned subsidiary of the multinational Rio Tinto Group, that manages assets for Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, and Robe River Iron Associates, an unincorporated joint venture between Rio (53% and operator since 2000) and three Japanese steel companies Mitsui Iron Ore Development P/L (33%), Nippon Steel Australia P/L (10.5%) and Sumitomo Metal Australia P/L (3.5%). All of these companies are involved in the mining of iron ore, predominantly from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In 2004, Rio Tinto announced that Robe and Hamersley would start merging"
"through wholesale companies to restaurants. In 2009, the company bought the trademark to the Marskin ryyppy shot. The company has had disputes with the EU court about the word ""konjakki"" (cognac). According to the EU court, genuine French cognac may not be called """"konjakki"""", but must be called by its original French name ""cognac"". This dispute started with the ""Hienoa Konjakkia"" product (″""Fine Cognac""″), containing cognac made in the French region of Cognac. Products name was changed to ""Ranin Cognac"", according to Gustav Ranin, the founder. Lignell & Piispanen Lignell & Piispanen (L&P) is a Finnish company from Kuopio, manufacturing"
"distributed by the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. All Sport was marketed by PepsiCo until 2001, when Gatorade's maker, the Quaker Oats Company was acquired by PepsiCo. All Sport was sold to the Monarch Beverage Company soon after. Powerade and All Sport have each been distributed through their own direct store deliver channels. It was subsequently purchased by Gary Smith, the Chairman & CEO of All Sport, Inc. based in Austin, Texas. Outside the United States the Lucozade energy drink (manufactured since 1927 by the pharmaceutical company now known as GlaxoSmithKline) competes with Powerade. Lucozade's formulation differs in that it uses"