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Cloetta
Cloetta is a Swedish confectionery and nuts company. The company manufactures and sells local confectionery brands on its main markets Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany and the UK. The company has 8 factories in five countries, and the head office is in Solna. History In 1862, Christoph Cloëtta (1836–1897) and his two brothers Nutin Cloëtta and Bernard Cloëtta founded Danish chocolate manufacturer Brødrene Cloëttas steam chocolate factory. In 1873, Nutin Cloëtta established a Swedish subsidiary in Malmö, Sweden and one subsidiary in 1896, in Oslo, Norway. Cloetta has seven factories in five countries. The two largest factories are in Levice, Slovakia, and Ljungsbro, Sweden. The company is listed on the Stockholm stock exchange. In 2016, Cloetta finalized a deal to acquire pick & mix supplier Candyking, which operates in the United Kingdom and the Nordic countries. In 2017, Cloetta bought the bulk candy company Candyking. Some of the brands owne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoph Cloëtta
Christoph Cloëtta, (24 September 1836 - 30 March 1897) was a Swiss-born Danish chocolatier and founder of the Cloetta, Brødrene Cloëtta chocolate factory in Copenhagen. Cloëtta was appointed as Swiss consul in 1888. Early life and education Cloëtta was born on 24 September 1836 at Bergün in Graubünden, Switzerland, the son of local farmer Nuttin Cloëtta (1803–83) and Jacobea Janett (1810–99). Christoph and his brothers Bernhard and Nuttin moved to Copenhagen. They started out by operating various smaller Swiss-style ''conditoreis''. Career On 3 November 1862, Christoph Cloëtta and his two brothers opened a chocolate factory under the name Brødrene Cloëtta (Cloëtta Brothers) in which he soon came to play a dominant role. The factory was initially based in a building at Sortedam Mill outside the city but was after a few years moved to a building at Niels Hemmingsens Gade 32. This led to a period with rapid growth. Brødrene Cloëtta was in 1983 granted a royal warr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Läkerol
Läkerol is a Swedish brand of candies. The candies are sugar-free pastilles with the major ingredient being gum arabic. The candies are produced in a variety of flavors. The candy is produced by the Swedish confectionery company, Cloetta. Läkerol's primary markets are the Scandinavian areas of northern Europe and Finland, after that Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Singapore, and Hong Kong. In 1909, Adolf Ahlgren (1872-1954) introduced Läkerol. To this day, most Läkerol candies are stamped with the imprint of the letter "A". The name "Läkerol" comes from the Swedish word ''läka'', which means "heal". In the 1980s, Swedish tennis player Björn Borg Björn Rune Borg (; born 6 June 1956) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. Between 1974 and 1981, he became the first man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles with six at the French Open and five consecutively at Wimb ... did a series of advertisements for Läkerol. References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaco
Malaco is a Swedish brand of confectionery products owned by Cloetta. Their products are sold in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the US, Israel and the Netherlands among others. Products include Brio, Fruxo, Pim Pim,Swedish Fish, Djungelvrål, Gott & Blandat, and Malaco Crazy Face Malaco is a Swedish brand of confectionery products owned by Cloetta. Their products are sold in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the US, Israel and the Netherlands among others. Products include Brio, Fruxo, Pim Pim,Swedish Fish Swedi .... References External links * {{Authority control Brand name confectionery Swedish brands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljungsbro
Ljungsbro () is a locality situated area in Linköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 6,620 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 15 kilometers from the city of Linköping. Through Ljungsbro runs Motala ström (stream) and Göta Canal. In the stream are the power stations of Nykvarn and Malfors. Malfors has a height of drop of 28,3-meter and Nykvarn has one of 4,3, however, Nykvarn is no longer running. The canal can be crossed via a navigable aqueduct, Sweden's second after Håverud, but also via a bridge, Malforsbron (''Malfors Bridge''). Since 2005, a summer café called Malfors Café och Brygga (''Malfors Café and Bridge'') is located by the bridge. Ljungsbro Fritidscenter (leisure center) is located about 400 meters from the bridge. Here you can stay the night, train at gym or go swimming. There is also an indoors ice hockey rink. The confectioners Cloetta is the largest industry in the area. On weekdays and Saturdays there is a popular market selling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkki
Jenkki ("Yankee") is a Finnish chewing gum brand developed in 1951 by Huhtamäki. Nowadays Jenkki is in ownership of Cloetta. In 1975 Jenkki introduced the first chewing gum in the world that included xylitol. Xylitol gum was invented in Turku, Finland. The xylitol was originally derived from birch trees. Nowadays Jenkki xylitol gum is available in numerous different flavours, including peppermint, spearmint, eucalyptus, lemon, tutti frutti, strawberry and salmiakki Salty liquorice, salmiak liquorice or salmiac liquorice, is a variety of liquorice flavoured with the ingredient "salmiak salt" (sal ammoniac; ammonium chloride), and is a common confection found in the Nordic countries, Benelux, and norther .... Chewing gum Finnish brands Finnish confectionery Finnish inventions {{Food-product-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states, and therefore have associations and formal designations which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation (though a corporation need not be a public company), in the United Kingdom it is usually a public limited company (plc), i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solna Municipality
Solna Municipality ( sv, Solna kommun or , ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is one of the richest municipalities in Sweden. The municipality is a part of Metropolitan Stockholm. None of the area is considered rural, which is unusual for Swedish municipalities, which normally are of mixed rural/urban character. Solna is the third smallest municipality in Sweden in terms of area. Solna borders Stockholm Municipality to the south, southeast and northwest; to Sundbyberg Municipality to the west; to Sollentuna Municipality to the north; and to Danderyd Municipality to the northeast. The boundary with Danderyd Municipality is delineated by the Stocksundet strait. There are two parishes in Solna Municipality: Råsunda (population 29,677) and Solna (population 28,317). Solna Parish once included parts of present-day City of Stock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm Stock Exchange
Nasdaq Stockholm, formerly known as the Stockholm Stock Exchange ( sv, Stockholmsbörsen), is a stock exchange located in Frihamnen, Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863, it has become the primary securities exchange of the Nordic countries. As of March 2021, a total of 832 companies are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm with 385 companies on the main market and additional 447 listed on secondary markets (Nasdaq First North and Nasdaq First North Premier). History The Stockholm Stock Exchange was acquired by futures exchange OM in 1998. After OM merged with the Helsinki Stock Exchange to form what is now OMX in 2003, the Stockholm and Helsinki exchanges' operations were merged. Since 2008, the Stockholm Stock Exchange has been part of Nasdaq, Inc. (formerly called ''Nasdaq OMX Group'') and its Nasdaq Nordic markets. As of October 2014, the exchange operated under the legal name ''Nasdaq OMX Stockholm AB'' (renamed ''Nasdaq Stockholm AB'' in 2015). Prior to the introduction of electroni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the southwest, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about , with a population of over 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the fifth and sixth centuries. In the seventh century, they played a significant role in the creation of Samo's Empire. In the ninth century, they established the Principality of Nitra, which was later conquered by the Principality of Moravia to establish Great Moravia. In the 10th century, after the dissolution of Great Moravia, the territory was integrated into the Principality of Hungary, which then became the Kingdom of Hungary in 1000. In 1241 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
