USA: Castle Harlan Inc. acquired ConAgra Malt Division
Analyst reported September 01 that Castle Harlan Inc., New York, have acquired the ConAgra Malt Division, consisting of Canada Malting Co (Calgary, Canada), Great Western Malting Co (Vancouver, Washington USA), Barrett Burston Malting (Melbourne, Australia) and Bairds Malt Ltd. (Witham, UK, of which Scottish & Newcastle Breweries owns 40 %) with a total capacity of 1.1 million t.
Castle Harlan are competent investors. It is expected that they will leave the organization of the group unchanged.
Castle Harlan was founded in 1987. It is a leading private equity investment firm distinguished by its disciplined focus on investing in control positions in middle market private companies.