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Unilever, the maker of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Signal toothpaste and Lipton tea, has made its biggest acquisition in China for more than a decade with the purchase of a majority stake in Qinyuan Group, a water purification business.
聯(lián)合利華(Unilever)完成了十多年來(lái)其在中國(guó)的最大一筆收購(gòu)，將凈水企業(yè)沁園集團(tuán)(Qinyuan Group)的多數(shù)股份納入囊中。聯(lián)合利華是Ben & Jerry's冰淇淋、潔諾(Signal)牙膏和立頓(Lipton)茶飲的生產(chǎn)商。
The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company said the acquisition would more than double the size of its water purification business, which has been based on its Pureit home purifier.
這家英荷消費(fèi)品企業(yè)表示，此次收購(gòu)將使其凈水業(yè)務(wù)的規(guī)模擴(kuò)大一倍以上。該公司自有的凈水產(chǎn)品為凈水寶(Pureit)家用凈水器。
The company did not disclose the price nor the size of its stake but Qinyuan, founded in 1998, had sales last year of 140m.
聯(lián)合利華沒(méi)有披露對(duì)沁園的持股規(guī)模和收購(gòu)價(jià)格。沁園創(chuàng)建于1998年，去年的銷(xiāo)售額為1.4億歐元。
Unilever last hit the acquisition trail in China in 1999 when it bought ice cream maker Mountain Cream.
聯(lián)合利華在中國(guó)的上一次收購(gòu)還要回溯至1999年，那一年它收購(gòu)了冰淇淋生產(chǎn)商蔓登琳(Mountain Cream)。
Paul Polman, chief executive, said Qinyuan, which uses a different purification technology from Pureit, “will bring together complementary technology from Pureit and Qinyuan and leverage Qinyuan’s local marketing insight, manufacturing and distribution strength”.
聯(lián)合利華行政總裁保羅•波爾曼(Paul Polman)表示，沁園的凈水技術(shù)與凈水寶完全不同，此次收購(gòu)“將為凈水寶和沁園帶來(lái)技術(shù)互補(bǔ)，同時(shí)發(fā)揮沁園對(duì)本地市場(chǎng)的洞察力以及生產(chǎn)和分銷(xiāo)優(yōu)勢(shì)。”
Water purification is a relatively small and fragmented market in China.
中國(guó)的凈水市場(chǎng)目前相對(duì)較小且較為分散化。
Under Mr Polman, Unilever is exiting low-growth food businesses in mature markets in favour of greater exposure to emerging markets, as well as putting the accent on healthier products.
在波爾曼的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下，聯(lián)合利華正逐步退出成熟市場(chǎng)低增長(zhǎng)的食品業(yè)務(wù)，轉(zhuǎn)而擴(kuò)大在新興市場(chǎng)的業(yè)務(wù)規(guī)模，并把業(yè)務(wù)重點(diǎn)放在健康產(chǎn)品上。
