Associated British Foods Acquires Fytexia from ArchiMed
February 2, 2022
Associated British Foods (ABF) has acquired French health-ingredients developer Fytexia from transatlantic private equity firm ArchiMed (MED I fund). The deal, which will fold Fytexia into ABF’s ABF Ingredients division, follows strong revenue and profit growth under ArchiMed’s ownership and returns MED I roughly four times its investment.
- Buyers
- Associated British Foods
- Targets
- Fytexia
- Sellers
- ArchiMed, MED I fund (ArchiMed)
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Location
- France
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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