LSG Holding Acquires 50 Percent of All Sky Chefs Kitchens in Europe; Airline Catering Leader Plans Further Improvement In Quality and Service From England to Russia.KRIFTEL Coordinates: Kriftel is a municipality in the Main-Taunus district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 16 km west of Frankfurt (centre). It has about 10.000 inhabitants. , Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 1998--LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG, Kriftel, Germany, today announced it had acquired 50 percent of all European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. kitchens operated by its American partner, Sky Chefs Inc., Arlington, Texas Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas (USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. According to a U.S Census Bureau release, as of July 1, 2006 Arlington has an estimated population of 367,197. . The LSG Sky Chefs LSG Sky Chefs is the brand name of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG, which specializes in airline catering. It is a subsidiary of the German airline Lufthansa AG. Its primary business function is to prepare and deliver meals, beverages and snacks to aircraft for domestic and partnership controls an integrated system of 125 companies with 210 kitchens, approximately 37,000 employees, and total sales of 4.8 billion DM. It serves 260 airline customers throughout the world, making it the market leader in in-flight catering. The acquisition will give LSG LSG Logistic(s) Support Group LSG Lufthansa Service GMBH LSG Little School Girl LSG Life Sciences Glovebox LSG Lunar Surface Gravimeter LSG Lump Sum Grant LSG Local Street Gazetteer LSG Levert Sweat and Gill Holding greater influence over the management and operation of the 11 kitchens, whose 4,780 employees produce about 65 million in-flight meals per year with a turnover of about one billion DM. The kitchens are located in London (Heathrow and Gatwick), Manchester, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca Palma is the major city and port on the island of Mallorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of the island on the Bay of Palma. , Menorca, Malaga, Girona and Moscow. Helmut Woelki, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG, said, "Our investment in the Sky Chefs company has meant that for years we have had a presence around the globe with the recognized name of LSG Sky Chefs. Our network of companies also gives us the opportunity of securing direct holdings -- when this makes sense on a regional basis, as is now the case in these European markets. Our clear quality standards and additional investments are aimed at acquiring new customers and safeguarding existing partnerships for the future."
CONTACT: LSG Sky Chefs
Suzanne Gannon, 972/753-0744
sfgannon@onramp.net
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KCSA Worldwide
Daisy Okas, 212/896-1216
dokas@kcsa.com
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Dani Kolben, 212/896-1294
dkolben@kcsa.com
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