Company Profile
Givaudan
Company Overview
Givaudan is the global leader in the fragrance and flavour industry, offering its products to global, regional and local food, beverage, consumer goods and fragrance companies.
Our Flavour Division has four business units: Beverages, Dairy, Savoury and Sweet Goods. The Fragrance Division has three business units: Fine Fragrances, Consumer Products and Fragrance Ingredients.
Headquartered in Vernier Switzerland, Givaudan holds a 25% market share in an industry which is valued overall at around CHF 17 billion. We have been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since June 2000 and are one of the country's 30 largest companies in terms of market capitalisation.
In 2012, Givaudan achieved sales of CHF 4.3 billion, with a workforce of over 9,000 employees and subsidiaries in over 40 countries. It has a presence in all major markets and a network of 80 sites in mature and developing regions.
We invest more in research and development than any other company in the industry and we have the heritage, scale and the supply chain to serve worldwide customers seamlessly with innovative products and concepts.
Company History
Our story is about the fusing, over time, of the culture and capabilities of several great fragrance and flavour houses.
Leon Givaudan – later joined by his brother Xavier – established a perfumery company in Zürich in 1895. Three years later, when the company moved to Vernier near Geneva they could not have imagined that one day it would be the headquarters of today's world leader in the fragrance and flavour industry.
Through the merger with Roure in the late 1980s, our history can be traced back to 1796, making us the first company to establish itself as a creator of tastes and scents.
The Roure Company established in 1820 in Grasse, France, developed and produced aromatic plants, and provided its clients with essential oils such as jasmine and rose. A century later, Roure secured the services of talented perfumers and began creating its own compositions, introducing 'Shocking' in 1935, one of the first French designer fragrances. Louis Roure (above right), head of the Company from 1898 until his death in 1947, was a visionary in organic chemistry, convinced of its potential in the development of perfumes. Our renowned Perfumery School was founded under the guidance of Roure perfumer Jean Carles in 1946 and still operates today on the outskirts of Paris.
In 2007, through the acquisition of Quest International – a creative, global producer of flavours and fragrances founded in the Netherlands in 1905 – we consolidated our market leadership and extended our global reach further than any competitor.
Three renowned flavour and fragrance houses – Givaudan, Roure and Quest International – are the foundation of Givaudan's success and leadership today.
In case you are interested to learn more about our successful acquisition history, download our acquisition timeline.
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