The Orkla bought Hamé

The Norwegian firm Orkla has signed a purchase contract for food maker Hamé for 175 million euros. The transaction will be evaluated by Czech antitrust office ÚOHS, Orkla already owns food maker Vitana, Vitana spokesman Milan Linka and Petr Kopáček of Hamé announced.

The seller is capital holding Decapterus S.a.r.l. based in the Netherlands. The purchasing price will be paid from existing loans.

ÚOHS has not yet received the proposal for the acquisition’s approval, Milena Marešová of its press department told ČTK.

“I see this change very positively. Group Hamé is doing extraordinarily well. Now the company needs a strong experienced owner which will give it a new impulse, will fully use its potential and support its further development and growth,” said Hamé CEO Martin Strupl.