-- IMAP advised Brazilian beverage manufacturer and bottler Companhia Brasileira de Bebida in the acquisition of beverage manufacturer and bottler Maguary, a Kraft Foods subsidiary. -- IMAP advised the French milk-products producer Alsace Lait in the acquisition of milk products producer Savoie Yaourt, also based in France. -- IMAP advised Bimbo, a Brazil-based bakery and food manufacturer and distributor in the acquisition of an undisclosed Chinese food bakery and commercial brand company. -- IMAP advised U.S.-based food flavors and ingredients manufacturer Flavor Specialties in its sale to Israeli food flavors and ingredients manufacturer Frutarom. -- IMAP advised engineering consultancy services Tano FoodCon Group of Denmark in its sale to the Danish engineering consultancy services company Alectia.IMAP periodically conducts reports on all major industries, providing a global perspective on M&A activity for a given period. IMAP's reports are a result of internal information gathered for completed M&A projects from IMAP's more than 400 advisers in nearly 40 countries throughout the world, as well as external industry sources. To view IMAP's complete Global Food and Beverage report, visit www.imap.com. About IMAP IMAP is an exclusive global organization of leading merger and acquisition advisory firms. Formed in 1973, IMAP is composed of 55 offices in nearly 40 countries throughout North and South America, Eastern and Western Europe, Australia and Asia. In 2008, IMAP advisers completed 252 transactions, with an aggregate transaction value of more than $13 billion. IMAP advisers provide strategic merger, acquisition, divestiture and related corporate finance services. Sellers of mid-size companies and corporate acquirers alike rely upon IMAP for essential local market knowledge and industry expertise delivered with unparalleled global reach. Every business day, somewhere in the world, an IMAP adviser is completing an M&A transaction. More information is available via the Internet at www.imap.com.
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