date:Nov 14, 2018
deal valued the French-headquartered supplier at around 1.3 billion (US$1.61 billion), or a roughly 42 percent premium over its market capitalization, before it was announced at the beginning of the year.
We were the world leader in natural flavors before the acquisition of Naturex. We have been selling the largest portfolio of natural flavors for a long time. We are strengthening this, Hartnacke stresses.
Givaudans roots go back 250 years to Grasse, France, where perfume was used to offset od