AAK Completes Acquisition of California Oils Corporation

05 Sep 2016 --- AAK have announced the acquistion of California Oils Corporation, which was completed on August 31, 2016. The company, also known as CalOils, is based in Richmond, California and is the leading vegetable oils company on the US West Coast. 

The transaction of CalOils, originally announced on on July 15, 2016, now represents AAK’s fourth production site in the US CalOils will be consolidated into business areas Food Ingredients and Chocolate & Confectionery Fats. 
 
The acquired business had last year revenues of approximately SEK 1,350 million ($157.6 million) and a volume of approximately 110,000 MT, with 65 employees. Integration will begin immediately. 

Acquisition related costs will be charged to the third quarter of 2016. The acquisition cost is estimated to be approximately SEK 15 million ($1.7 million). As earlier communicated, the acquisition is expected to start contributing to AAK’s operating profit from the third quarter 2017.