Ukraine’s MHP Group is moving to acquire Perutnina Ptuj, a Slovenian food company that bills itself as “the most important specialized meat processing corporation in Southeast Europe.”

Ukraine’s MHP Group is moving to acquire Perutnina Ptuj, a Slovenian food company that bills itself as “the most important specialized meat processing corporation in Southeast Europe.” The company has production plants in Slovenia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and sells to 22 counties. Perutnina Ptuj is owned SIJ Group, Slovenia’s largest steelmaker, in turn owned by Russian investors. MHP, Ukraine’s largest poultry producer, says the purchase will “strengthen its position as a global player.” MHP has poultry processing plants in Netherlands and Slovakia and exports to 60 countries.