Kerry Group buys QA Products

Food giant Kerry has bought QA Products, which makes decorations for cakes, from CSM NV of the Netherlands for an undisclosed…

Food giant Kerry has bought QA Products, which makes decorations for cakes, from CSM NV of the Netherlands for an undisclosed sum.

Illinois-based QA has 165 employees and annual sales of about $35 million, Diemen, Netherlands-based CSM, the world's biggest supplier of bakery ingredients, said today in a statement.

Kerry shares rose 25 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to €22.75 in early trading on the Dublin market today.

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