Givaudan
The Givaudan SA, based in Vernier, Switzerland, is the world's largest manufacturer of flavors and fragrances. Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, the company has subsidiaries and offices in more than 40 countries and employs around 9400 staff. Givaudan generated 2013 sales of 4.4 billion Swiss francs.
Field of activity
The company supplies among other cosmetic and food manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Colgate with flavors and fragrances and perfumes for Estée Lauder Companies, L' Oréal, and Yves Saint Laurent. Known perfumes include Cacharel " Eau de Eden " Cacharel " LouLou " (1987), Calvin Klein "Obsession " Cartier " So Pretty " (1995), Céline Dion "Pour Femme" (2000), Hermès ' Concentre d' Orange Vert "(2004), Montana " Parfum de Peau "(1986), Nina Ricci " Deci Dela, " Nina Ricci " Les Belles " and Trussardi " Donna " and Paco Rabanne " One Million "(2009).
The main competitors are Givaudan International Flavors & Fragrances, Firmenich and Symrise.
History
Givaudan was founded in 1895 in Zurich by Leon and Xavier Givaudan. 1898 the company moved to Geneva and established a factory in Vernier. However, the Givaudan Group can be traced back through consideration of acquisitions and mergers of companies to the year 1796, where the company was founded Dodge & Olcott Inc. in the United States.
1924, the company Burton T. Bush in New Jersey, USA was acquired.
In 1948 the company acquired, which was founded in 1900 by Abraham Black Chemical Plant Flora AG in Dübendorf near Zurich and renamed it to Esrolko SA.
Givaudan in 1963 was acquired by Hoffmann -La Roche. A year later, the company took over the Roure was founded in 1820 from France.
1980 Givaudan paid by the Italian Government and the authorities of Lombardy around 221.35 million DM for the damages and for the victims of the chemical plant " Icmesa " evoked in Seveso poison gas disaster of 1976.
In 1989 the company Riedel Arom ( founded in 1970 from three predecessor companies from Riedel- de Haen AG) was bought with headquarters in Dortmund. 1991 saw the acquisition of the U.S. company Fritzsche, Dodge and Olcott, New York. ( Subsidiary of BASF).
1991 Givaudan has been merged by the Roche Group Givaudan Roure -.
The company Givaudan Roure, took over in 1997 for 1.1 billion U.S. dollars was founded in 1992 the U.S. flavor manufacturer Tastemaker Inc., headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, becoming the leader of the flavor manufacturer. The Tastemaker Inc. ( Sales 1996: 320 million U.S. dollars ) was created by U.S. companies Mallinckrodt Inc. or its IMCERA Group 's Mallinckrodt Specialty Chemicals Co., St. Louis, Missouri, and Hercules, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware established as both company 's subsidiaries, including Fries & Fries, Inc., Cincinnati, PFW Inc., The Netherlands, Citrus Specialties Inc., Florida, together led.
Givaudan Roure - employed in 1996 a total of 4200 employees and had annual sales of 1.4 billion Swiss francs, the equivalent of 0.86 billion euros ( rate for December 1996).
Givaudan Roure in 2000 was spun off as Givaudan from the parent company and listed on the Swiss Exchange in the Swiss Market Index ( SMI). In 2002, Givaudan finally FIS, the authorities responsible for the area flavors of the Nestlé Group.
On 7 January 2003, the purchase of Bioflavors International Inc. ( IBF) from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, United States took place.
On 22 November 2006, Givaudan announced by the British fragrance manufacturers Imperial Chemical Industries to want (ICI ) take over the Dutch subsidiary Quest International and number 5 in the industry for GBP 1.2 billion (approximately CHF 2.8 billion ). The acquisition was completed in early March 2007. This Givaudan was able to expand its leading position and increase its market share to about 27 percent.
On March 29, 2007, Givaudan SA signed with the Belgian ChemCom SA, established in Brussels a joint venture agreement establishing the company TecnoScent. In addition, Givaudan announced the completion of a collaboration and licensing agreement with the U.S. Redpoint Bio Corporation ( RBCR ) (formerly Linguagen ), headquartered in New Jersey.
In the fall of 2007, Givaudan fell from the Swiss Market Index ( SMI), when the index was reduced from a maximum of 30 on the fixed number of 20 titles.
Givaudan created a creation center for consumer goods Perfumery, which opened in June 2008 for 62 million U.S. dollars in East Hanover, New Jersey, United States.
As of September 19, 2011, Givaudan was resumed in the Swiss Market Index ( SMI).
Ownership
Held at 31 December 2007, the following four shareholders a share of more than the specified in the Swiss Stock Exchange Act threshold of 3 percent:
As of December 31, 2008, following three shareholders a share of more than the specified in the Swiss Stock Exchange Act threshold of 3 percent:
The following shareholders held December 31, 2010 accounted for more than the specified in the Swiss Stock Exchange Act threshold of 3 percent: