Dufry

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Dufry International is a Duty Free company that is based in Basel, Switzerland. This company was owned by Patrick Laurent until March 2004 when it was sold to a joined venture led by Advent Mexico. This Wordwide company owns stores in Airports, Trainstations, Ports, Airlines and Cruises. Some of the principal locations of the company are: Benito Juárez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico, Malpensa International Airport, Italy, All of Milan's Trainstations, Italy, Belgrade Airport, Serbia, Sharjah International Airport, UAE, Tunis-Carthage International Airport, Tunisia, Mohammed V International Airport, Casablanca, Morocco, Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange (ticker: DUFN).

In February 2006 Dufry bought Brasif, the major duty free company in Brazil for more than 500 millions US Dollars and in December 06 acquired all the Duty Frees in Puerto Rico for 158 million dolars.

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