Lamex Food Group Acquires Liberty Holdings BV

05 Jan 2017 --- UK based Lamex Food Group, one of the world’s largest privately owned frozen and chilled food importers/exporters has acquired Dutch company Liberty Holdings BV, the holding company for meat and poultry business Kappers Foods and a number of other companies operating in Holland.

Mark Ryder, a director of Lamex Food Group told FoodIngredientsFirst: “Lamex Food Group is already a strong player in the meat and poultry import/export market, supplying some of the biggest names in the food industry on a global basis. Kappers Foods has long been active in global markets similar to ours and this acquisition enables Lamex Food Group to further strengthen and broaden the scope of its activity in this sector.”

The deal will see Lamex solidify its position in the growing imported poultry market and add depth to the volume of goods and geographic areas within which it operates. 

Kappers Foods has long been active in global markets similar to Lamex and this acquisition enables Lamex Food Group to broaden the scope of its poultry and meat exports/imports. 

It is planned that both companies will continue to operate independently for the foreseeable future.

by Elizabeth Kenward