In 1994, Unilever obtained the brand management rights of Zhonghua Toothpaste and Meijiajing from Shanghai Toothpaste Factory.
in March p>2, Danone acquired 92% equity of robust.
In November p>23, Colgate acquired the entire share price of San Xiao Group in Yangzhou, China.
In August p>26, SEB, a famous French small household appliance enterprise, acquired Supor, the first domestic brand.
in p>26, l' oré al France acquired the little nurse.
in April p>27, American Johnson & Johnson acquired Dabao.
in April p>27, Goldman Sachs of the United States acquired Shuanghui, the first brand of meat food.
in August p>23, Nanfu battery was acquired by its competitor, American Gillette Group.
On September 22nd, 26, Shell acquired Uni-President Lubricants. Through this purchase, Shell has become the number one international energy company in China lubricant market.
In p>24, AB Group, the manufacturer of Budweiser, acquired Harbin Beer, the fourth largest brewer in China.
InBev Beer Group of Belgium, the largest beer giant in the world, acquired Fujian Xuejin Beer in p>26. Fujian Xuejin Beer is the eighth largest brewer in the Mainland.
in p>26, AB Group acquired Tangshan Brewery.
in p>24, John Deere of the United States acquired Jiamusi United Harvester. Jiamusi combine harvester factory was once the only enterprise in China that could produce large-scale combine harvesters, and its products accounted for 95% of the market share in China. In 1997, John Deere, an American multinational company, jointly invested with Jiajia. In 24, it became a wholly-owned company, and John Deere replaced Jialian's position in agricultural machinery market. China lost its independent development platform in the field of large-scale agricultural machinery.
Northwest Bearing was once the first-class enterprise in the bearing industry in China, and it was the designated factory of the Ministry of Railways to produce railway bearings. In 21, West Axis was a joint venture with German FAG company, and Germany held 51% of the shares. In the case that German funds have not been in place for a long time and German personnel monopolize the decision-making power, Ningxia requires the West Axis to "proceed from the overall situation of attracting investment and resolutely carry out the joint venture work". After losing money for three years in a row, Germany bought all the Chinese shares, and the largest bearing enterprise in the west fell into the hands of foreign countries, and at the same time took 25% of the market share of China railway bearings. Later, because the profit was too thin, Germany stopped producing railway bearings.
The former Dalian Motor Factory was once the largest motor enterprise in China, and it has been shouldering the heavy responsibility of leading the technical development of domestic small and medium-sized motor industry. The former Dalian No.2 Electric Machine Factory was once the vanguard enterprise in the production of lifting metallurgical motors by the Ministry of Machinery. The two motor factories were acquired by West Singapore and Burton UK respectively.
Wuxi Weifu is the largest manufacturer of diesel fuel injection system in China, which was acquired by Bosch in Germany.
Jinxi Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd. is a famous chemical equipment production base in China. It has established a joint venture with Siemens, a multinational giant, with the foreign party holding 7% of the shares.
Shandong Sangong Machinery Co., Ltd. ranks seventh in China construction machinery industry, and has an annual production capacity of 8, loaders. On November 24th, 24, the company and Caterpillar formally signed a merger and equity transfer agreement, which was the first enterprise wholly-owned by Caterpillar in China.
Best Buy, the largest consumer electronics retailer in North China, bought a 51% stake in Jiangsu Wuxing Electric, the fourth largest home appliance chain in China, for US$ 18 million, thus officially entering the market.
Shuijingfang, a century-old liquor brand in China, is about to be given a "foreign" coat. On March 2, 21, Shuijingfang revealed that its actual controller had reached an equity transaction agreement with Diageo, an international wine giant, and that Shuijingfang would be controlled by foreign investors in the future. Of course, there is also a prerequisite, that is, the approval of the relevant state departments. If it passes the examination and approval, it will be the first case of foreign-owned liquor brands in China.
Huayao Group: the largest antibiotic production base in China, with sales revenue of 7.8 billion yuan in 24, ranking second in the whole industry. In 25, it fell to the fourth place in the industry, with a loss of 2 million yuan. The company is in debt trouble. Equity reform was carried out in 24. The 47 million state-owned shares of listed company Huabei Pharmaceutical were converted into 1 billion yuan, and the other 58.2 million state-owned shares were sold to Dutch DSM (the largest API manufacturer in Europe) for 2 million yuan, together with the debt owed to Huabei Pharmaceutical. DSM then acquired 7.4% equity of Huabei Pharmaceutical. In February 27, DSM bought 25% equity of Huabei Pharmaceutical with another $35 million. Another $16 million was invested to establish a new company in cooperation with the penicillin and vitamin business of Huayao Group, accounting for 49% of the shares. DSM became the second largest shareholder of North China Pharmaceutical.
Harbin Pharmaceutical Group: In 25, CITIC Capital of Hong Kong and Warburg Pincus Investment Group of the United States jointly invested to obtain the controlling stake.
Gaitianli: In October, 26, Bayer Healthcare (BHC) signed an agreement with Qidong Gaitianli Pharmaceutical Company of Dongsheng Technology to acquire the latter's business and related assets such as "White Plus Black" cold tablets, "Xiaobai" syrup and "Xinli" cough syrup for 1.72 billion yuan (18 million euros). This is the largest foreign merger in the pharmaceutical field.
In February 27, Sumitomo Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation (China) Co., Ltd. purchased 16% and 4% equity of Henan Tianfang Pharmaceutical Group respectively. Tianfang Pharmaceutical has thus changed from a state-owned joint-stock enterprise to a Sino-foreign joint venture. (At present, most domestic pharmaceutical enterprises are foreign-controlled joint ventures)
Hardware and electrical appliances: France SEB acquired Supor, the domestic pressure cooker boss: Supor brand sales accounted for 4% of the pressure cooker market. In 25, the sales of cookware industry in China reached 5 billion yuan, and in the first half of 26, Supor's main business income reached 57 million yuan. Supor has the titles of well-known trademark in China and famous brand in China, with an estimated brand value of 1,624.8 million yuan. In August 26, French SEB (the number one brand of small household appliances in the world) bought 52.74-61% equity of Supor for 24 million euros (Supor and related companies sold 14.38% equity of SEB * * * 25 million shares at 18 yuan/share; Issue 4 million A shares to SEB at the same price, and offer to buy 48.6-66.45 million shares of Supor), and hold Supor. In August 26, six of the eight deputy directors of china national hardware association Cooking Cookware Branch, such as ASD and Shenyang Shuangxi, issued a statement opposing the merger of Supor. They pointed out that Supor's sales in the cookware industry have exceeded 2%. According to the Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Enterprises in China by Foreign Investors, if the merger party's turnover in the China market exceeds 1.5 billion and its market share reaches 2%, and if the merger leads to one party's market share reaching 25%, or if it continuously acquires 1 enterprises within one year, it must report to the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Supor's merger touched three of the four "red lines"; Once this monopolistic merger and acquisition becomes a reality, the benign competition pattern in the industry will become vicious competition led by price wars and advertising wars, and many domestic enterprises will go bankrupt, which will cause a large number of employees to lose their jobs. In Caitang Town, Guangdong Province alone, there are thousands of small cookware and hardware enterprises. After conducting an anti-monopoly investigation, the Ministry of Commerce formally approved the case in April 27.
Nanfu Battery: Since September 1999, through several transfers, 72% of the shares fell to Gillette in 23. Gillette's Duracell entered the China market for 1 years, and its market share was less than 1% of Nanfu's. Nanfu withdrew from overseas markets after being controlled by Gillette, and half of its production capacity was idle. Nowadays, this battery brand, which once occupied more than half of the China market and ranked first in China, is no longer a national brand.
robust: robust was acquired by Danone in 2, and now robust brand has basically withdrawn from the market. In addition, Danone also acquired 5% equity of Shanghai Meilin Zhengguanghe Drinking Water Company and 22.18% equity of Huiyuan Juice in China. It also acquired 5% equity of Mengniu and 2.1% equity of Guangming in dairy industry. These enterprises have well-known trademarks in China, and they are the vanguard of the industry.
Arowana, a brand that appears in almost every kitchen in China, has a market share of over 5%, and its market competitiveness is eight times that of the second place, Fulinmen. However, it is totally a foreign-funded enterprise owned by Singapore Guo Brothers Grain and Oil Private Co., Ltd. and has nothing to do with China.