Takii Acquires Global Flowers
Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. This is Takii’s second acquisition of a European flower breeding company, following its acquisition of K. Sahin, Zaden B.V. in September 2007.
According to Takii, the acquisition of Global Flowers will strengthen its breeding capacity and sales in the flower seed industry. Denichi Takii, President of Takii & Co., Ltd., says the partnership will prove to be “highly beneficial to our customers and end users.”
Villy Christiansen, managing director of Global Flowers A/S, adds, “The highly specialized products from the Global Flowers breeding will benefit from Takii’s financial and technical strength, and will strengthen Takii’s position as one of the world’s leading seed companies.”