Symrise : PE firm TorQuest to sell chemicals maker Pinova for $417 million

Symrise AG is one of the world's leaders in developing, producing and marketing scents, flavors and functional ingredients. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - nutritional ingredients (63%): for use in the manufacture of food products (beverages, candies, chocolates, cereals, dairy products, snacks, sauces, instant noodles, etc.) and in the manufacture of animal and fish feed; - perfumes and flavours (37%): perfumes, menthols, aromatic ingredients and chemicals for personal care products, oral care products, cleaning products, cosmetics, etc. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (8.1%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (31.6%), the United States (24.4%), North America (2.1%), Asia/Pacific (20.7%) and Latin America (13.1%).