Casoni Fabbricazione Liquori S.p.A., specialized in the production of private label alcoholic beverages and co- packing activities, entered Gruppo Campari's business in June 2014 within the acquisition of Averna Group, the owner, in particular, of Amaro Averna and Braulio brands.
Following the acquisition, the Group started a reorganisation process of the Averna Group business aiming at achieving synergies via the transfer of bottling and distribution activities relating to strategic brands into Gruppo Campari's existing platform as well as optimising the acquired portfolio via the sale of the non-core brand Limoncetta, finalized in January 2015. By the disposal of Casoni Fabbricazione Liquori S.p.A., the Group continues to implement successfully its divesture program involving non-core and low margin businesses in line with its announced strategy.
The business, which will be sold to a pool of local entrepreneurs, mainly consists of production plants located in Modena, Italy, and Pribenìk, Slovak Republic.
This transaction underlines Gruppo Campari strategy of strengthening its focus on its core high-margin spirits business by streamlining its non-core businesses. Besides the sale of the Limoncetta brand in Italy in January 2015 (consideration of € 7.0 million), Gruppo Campari completed the disposals of the Punch Barbieri brand in Italy in February 2013 (consideration of € 4.5 million), the Jamaican division Federated Pharmaceutical in Jamaica in March 2015 (consideration of € 13.0 million), the Enrico Serafino S.r.l. winery in Italy in June 2015 (consideration of € 6.1 million) and the Agri-Chemicals division of J. Wray & Nephew Limited in Jamaica in July 2015 (consideration of € 7.3 million). Lastly, during the first quarter 2015, Gruppo Campari exited the third party distribution agreements of general merchandise in Jamaica.
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