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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Confectionery |
| Founded | 1940 |
| Founder | Sol S. Leaf |
| Defunct | February 2012[1] |
| Fate | Merged into Cloetta |
| Successor | Leaf Brands |
| Headquarters | Oosterhout, Netherlands Stockholm, Sweden |
Key people | Bengt Baron (CEO, 2009–11)[2] |
| Products | Candy, chewing gum, pastilles, trading cards |
| Revenue | €527m (2010) |
| Owner | CVC Capital Partners Nordic Capital |
Number of employees | 2,400 |
Leaf International BV was a confectionery company founded in the 1940s. Leaf had sales of approximately €527m (2010) and 2,400 employees. It had 11 factories in seven countries. Leaf was owned by CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital, and management. Bengt Baron was the CEO of Leaf.
After several mergers and acquisitions Leaf merged with the Swedish confectionery company Cloetta,[3] and dropped the Leaf name.[1]
Leaf was also notable for its trading cards, more specifically the baseball cards sets, with the first of them released in 1948.[4][5]
- ^ a b Merger between Cloetta and LEAF – Presentation on Cloetta website, 16 Dec 2011
- ^ Cloetta and Leaf to merge Archived 2021-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cloetta and LEAF to merge - press release on CVC, 16 Dec 2011
- ^ 1948-49 Leaf Baseball Checklist
- ^ Leaf Baseball Cards checklist