Sensient Technologies

Sensient Technologies Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and fragrances, with a diverse portfolio serving various industries, including food and beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and personal care. The company operates through three main segments: Flavors & Fragrances Group, Color Group, and Asia Pacific Group. Sensient produces a wide range of products, such as flavor-delivery systems, essential oils, natural and synthetic flavors, as well as fragrances and dehydrated vegetables like parsley and celery. Additionally, it offers natural and synthetic color systems for food, beverages, and cosmetics, along with pharmaceutical excipients and specialty inks. Founded in 1882 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sensient leverages advanced technologies across its global facilities to deliver specialty ingredients tailored to the needs of its international clientele.

Steve Morris

President, Flavors and Extracts Group

18 past transactions

BIOLIE

Acquisition in 2025
Biolie is a developer of plant-based natural ingredients aimed at the cosmetics and nutrition-health industries. The company employs a unique aqueous enzymatic extraction technology that is solvent-free and enzyme-assisted, allowing for the extraction of high-quality ingredients from various types of plant materials. This innovative approach supports the creation of authentic and health-oriented products with enhanced nutritional value. Biolie's process is designed to valorize all outputs, including oils, aqueous phases, and emulsions, within a bio-refinery framework, maximizing the utility of the raw materials used.

Endemix

Acquisition in 2022
Endemix is a vertically integrated company specializing in natural colors and extracts for the food and beverage industry. It produces a range of color solutions tailored to various applications, including beverages, confectionery items such as jellies, hard candies, toffee, coated candies, and laces, as well as seafood, bakery products, dairy, ice cream, and soups and sauces. All products are formulated exclusively using natural pigments sourced from agricultural resources, ensuring a commitment to quality and sustainability in food coloring and extraction.

Mazza Innovation

Acquisition in 2018
Mazza Innovation, located in Summerland, BC, specializes in developing advanced extraction technologies to obtain high-value phytochemicals from plants. The company utilizes a novel pressurized low polarity water extraction method that produces clean, solvent-free ingredients. This technology allows for the extraction of bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, alkaloids, glycosides, and specialty carbohydrates. By focusing on environmentally sustainable practices, Mazza Innovation enables manufacturers, from small firms to large multinationals, to create innovative and high-quality products for use in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. The company's approach not only ensures the purity of ingredients but also promotes energy and cost savings in the production process.

GlobeNatural

Acquisition in 2018
GlobeNatural is a natural food and natural ingredients company with more than 25 years of experience sourcing, manufacturing and exporting to over 30 countries. In 2010 it was acquired by a family of entrepreneurs, Michell Group, with over 90 years of history doing business in Peru. Michell Group pioneered the alpaca yarn industry and now is leading in several business fields. We are a company that believes in change. We believe the best giving back is promoting direct trade markets; we believe that Peru is an endless and sustainable source of exceptional wealth. Globenatural produces to the highest international standards. We strongly believe in product traceability. We source from the most experienced and profesional farmers and cooperatives, processes and then package in our own fully-certified facilities in Lima, Arequipa and Piura. This allows us to directly control our products in every stage, and better meet our clients needs."

Sensient Natural Colors Peru SAC

Acquisition in 2018
Sensient Natural Colors Peru SAC operates as a natural color business company.

Xennia Technology

Acquisition in 2015
Xennia Technology Limited specializes in providing digital printing and manufacturing solutions, focusing on specialty inks and advanced printing systems. The company offers a range of products, including inkjet inks and fluids, as well as digital printing software such as Xennia Cygnus. Its hardware solutions include Xennia Carnelian, which supports inkjet development, and Xennia Sapphire, a scanning XY inkjet printer. Additionally, Xennia Technology produces various digital modules, such as Xennia Auriga, a print engine, and Xennia Lyra, an automated printhead maintenance station. The company also develops digital textile inks suitable for printing on silk and polyamide fabrics, catering to diverse industries like textiles, ceramics, laminates, and digital manufacturing. Xennia Technology serves a broad international market, including sectors such as fashion, sportswear, healthcare, and food and beverage. Founded in 1996 and based in Letchworth, United Kingdom, Xennia Technology has been operating as a subsidiary of Sensient Technologies Corporation since 2015.

Formulabs Iberica

Acquisition in 2003
Formulabs Iberica is a manufacturer and marketer of specialty inks, primarily for inkjet applications. Formulabs Iberica products include color lead pencils, ribbon inks, carbon paper paste, writing instrument inks, digital imaging inks, and industrial inks.

Cadre

Acquisition in 2002
Cadre, Inc. operates as a manufacturer of specialty ingredients used in cosmetics including surface-treated pigments for specialized cosmetic applications.

ECS Specialty Inks and Dyes

Acquisition in 2002
ECS Specialty Inks and Dyes is a producer and marketer of inks for specialty printing applications.

SynTec

Acquisition in 2002
SynTec is a manufacturer of specialty dyes and chemicals for the imaging industry.

Crompton - Industrial Dye Business

Acquisition in 2001
Crompton - Industrial Dye Business is a producer of dyes for a variety of non-food applications.

Kimberly-Clark Printing Technology

Acquisition in 2001
Kimberly-Clark Printing Technology is a manufacturer of specialty inks for ink-jet and industrial applications.

Monarch Food Colors

Acquisition in 2000
Monarch Food Colors is a manufacturer of colors for the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.

Dr. Marcus GmbH

Acquisition in 2000
Dr. Marcus GmbH operates as a manufacturer of natural colors. Dr. Marcus provides new technologies in the extraction and purification of natural colors and have enabled rapid growth in the beverage, dairy and snack food segments.

Les Colorants Wackherr

Acquisition in 1999
Les Colorants Wackherr engages in the distribution of cosmetic ingredients including colors, flavors, and fragrances for nail polish, make-up and skin care products.

Reggiana Antociani

Acquisition in 1998
Reggiana Antociani is a company which specializes in the production of anthocyanin, which is extracted from grape skins and black carrots for use in fruit juices, flavored teas, wine coolers and fruit fillings.

Arancia Ingredients Especiales

Acquisition in 1998
Arancia Ingredients Especiales is a manufacturer of savory flavors and other food ingredients, improving access to the rapidly growing Latin American savory flavor market.

Tricon Colors

Acquisition in 1997
Tricon Colors provides inks for computer printers and dyes for agriculture, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.
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