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Perfetti van Melle is a private owned company, producing and distrubuting candies and chewing gums in more than 130 countries worldwide. The company was established in March 2001 through the merger of Perfetti S.p.A. and Van Melle NV. In July 2006 the group acquired the Spanish company Chupa Chups, thus strengthening its position as the third largest confectionery (sugar confectionery + gum) Group in the world, and becoming the first player in the global sugar confectionery market. It is now the third largest confectionery group in the world, and the first to be present in the main Asian markets.

Employing over 14,000 people and operating 32 companies throughout the world, Perfetti Van Melle has a true global reach: It is

present in the Asia Pacific Region, Europe, Middle East, Africa and he Americas. Its corporate headquarters are located in Lainate (Italy) and in Breda (the Netherlands). Several of its brands are household names and are much-loved throughout the five continents.

Arindam Chowdhury, eminent student of BIBS now also belong to the global family of 14,000 people as he bagged the job in Perfetti Van Melle. He cleared the nerve cracking Interview and finally could taste the sweet flavor of ‘Alpenlieba’ and the healing effect of ‘Mentos’. “I am extremely overwhelmed to have got such an opportunity to start my corporate career with Perfetti .I would like to thank BIBS for giving me such support and helping me throughout the process .It would be merely impossible for me to make it such big without the support of the faculty members of BIBS and parents.” Arindam Chowdhury"

10 February, 2011