Bunge Ltd. to buy InterOil

The Americans at Bunge Ltd. are to buy the Oradea-based edible oil producer InterOil, as well, only a week after putting out a tender offer for Muntenia Bucharest on RASDAQ. As in Muntenia’s case, the majority shareholder of InterOil is Prefabricate Vest, which bought it in the winter of 2001. Even though InterOil is not one of the top players on the edible oil market, the deal is significant because the company will be included in the portfolio of one of the leading edible oil producers in the world. Bunge entered the Romanian market last year, following the international acquisition of Dutch Cereol BV Group, main shareholder of Unirea Iasi edible oil producer. ZF