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Buyer for a fragrance ingredient manufacturing company

Company to buy

• Size: small or medium-sized business
• Revenue: 2 – 10 million EUR
• Location of the target manufacturer: Europe, preferably Western Europe
• Reason for acquisition: The owner of the buyer company the wants to gain synergies and benefit from having a perfume ingredients manufacturing activity under its roof
• #CFIE CHB046

Overview of this buyer for a fragrance ingredient business in Europe

An international perfumes & chemicals company started looking for opportunities for acquisition in Europe.  The buyer aims to diversify its geographic reach and indirectly increase its market share in the business. The company is looking mainly at targets manufacturing fragrances, essential oils, oil extract manufacturer as well as fragrance ingredient specialty chemical producers.

Profile (strategy) of the buyer for a fragrance ingredients manufacturer

The buyer is a well-established family-owned business operating for more than 50 years. The buyers' main activities are in distribution in the field of specialty chemicals and fragrances. The company has group sales of more than 15 million EUR and has a strong financial position, with bank financing they are capable of middle-sized acquisitions. 

The buyer company is specialized in the distribution of e.g.

• Fragrances
• Leather chemicals
• Cosmetics chemicals
• Textile chemicals
• Food chemicals
• Oils etc.

The company is strongly oriented at innovation, its in-house research and development department and laboratory is successful in continuous improvement of its fragrance products.

The buyer is open to co-investments of multiple buyers, they are also open to an asset sale, portfolio sale or share sale. The buyer has already considered multiple targets in Europe, but they are still looking.

Activities and products of an ideal target

The management of the company is looking for interesting opportunities in the fragrance chemicals & raw fragrance materials production industry. The company is open to evaluate any opportunity, however, they will not consider end product manufacturers or perfume manufacturers.

Among ideal targets are the producers of essential oils, oil extracts or cosmetic specialty chemical fragrance manufacturers. The target must have extensive experience in fragrance specialized chemicals.

Geographically, it would be most suited if the target was based in Western Europe, especially one of the following countries:

• France
• Spain
• UK
• Germany
• Netherlands
• Benelux

Highlights of this buyer for a fragrance ingredient manufacturer 

• The buyer is a successful fragrance and specialty chemicals distributor well-known in the region
• The buyer is ready to diversify its business geographically in Europe 
• The buyer is financially prepared and is ready to start the acquisition process right after a suitable target occurs

Information about this buyer for a fragrance ingredient manufacturer in Europe

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