Liberty Orchards, Inc.
Liberty Orchards, Inc. On ANI website KDV USA - KDV Group
We are pleased to announce that Liberty Orchards, the 100 year-old manufacturer of confectionery products including the iconic Aplets & Cotlets product line, has been sold to KDV USA, a division of KDV Group. KDV Group is #80 on Forbes' Top 200 Russian companies and is one of the largest international confectionery companies. KDV has 14 plants operating in Eastern Europe and sells their product globally. By acquiring Liberty Orchards, KDV now has a beachhead in North America to not only grow Liberty Orchards' operations, but to began distributing 100's of KDV products. This was a challenging project in that one of the criteria for potential acquirers was to keep the Liberty Orchards operations in their existing locatioin in the state of Washington. Several companies wanted to buy the brand, but KDV was the only potential acquirer that committed to remain in their existing locsation.
KDV USA - KDV Group
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Acquisitions Northwest, Inc. (ANI) is one of the oldest and most active boutique M&A advisory firms in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, dedicated to advising buyers and sellers of lower-end middle-market companies. Since being founded in 1974, the firm has compiled an impressive record of successfully consummated projects not only in the Northwest, but nationally and internationally as well. ANI has successfully directed a multitude of corporate divestitures, management buyouts, strategic acquisitions, sale of family or privately-owned companies and partial equity transfers. Typical transaction sizes are from $3 million to $40 million. Acquisitions Northwest?s focus has primarily been in manufacturing, however distributors and service companies in a broad range of industries have been part of their overall client mix. Majority of clients are family-held or privately-held companies, however, ANI has also been engaged by public companies, such as General Electric, for special divestiture projects. Cordell Berge, the Managing Director of ANI, was a co-founder of AICA and previously, had been President and Chairman of IMAP twice. In addition, Mr. Berge was the co-founder of ACG Portland and was a recipient of the Meritorious Service Award from the Association of Corporate Growth.
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