Canadean Acquires Landell Mills Consulting to Strengthen its Food and Beverage Packaging Operations

13/05/2008 14:09

PR Newswire

BASINGSTOKE, England, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadean Limited, the international beverage research and consultancy specialists, has acquired Landell Mills Consulting, a leading packaging consultancy, from Landell Mills Limited, of Trowbridge, England.

Commenting on the acquisition, Kelsey van Musschenbroek, CEO of Canadean, said: "this deal will enable us to strengthen our existing beverage packaging services, as well as move quickly into other areas of food and packaging. Landell Mills Consulting (formerly Marketpower Limited) is well known in the packaging industry, and has built up an excellent reputation in its field. We are obviously delighted that they are joining the Canadean team."

Dominic Cakebread, Managing Director of Landell Mills Consulting, will now head up Canadean's expanding global packaging consultancy operations. Regarding the move he said: "We know Canadean well, having already worked with them on joint projects in recent years. I believe we can add even more value to their remarkable beverage databases, and integrate our own food and packaging data with their systems to create a compelling offer for a broad range of packaging companies. This really is a very good fit."

Editor's Note:

Canadean is the leading global beverage industry information and consultancy specialist. With headquarters in the UK but with offices around the world, Canadean has built a reputation as the benchmark for global beverage market intelligence. Local operations are now based in Madrid, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Miami, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney, Moscow.

Landell Mills Consulting is the private sector arm of Landell Mills Limited, itself part of the DCI group (Ireland). Based in Trowbridge, England, the company specialises in international food and packaging market research.

Website: http://www.canadean.com
For further information please call: Kelsey van Musschenbroek tel: +44(0)1256-394-234 or Dominic Cakebread tel +44(0)1225-763-777