Category: General
Focus International leads successful sale of Nardev Chemie to Barentz
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M&A amongst Distribution companies continues unabated with Nardev Chemie, a leading Cosmetic Ingredients distributor in South East Asia acquired by Barentz. So happy to have completed this complex deal for the Nardev Shareholders, across 4 countries in South East Asia, during the worst Pandemic in over a 100 years. Working
The “next normal” – what will this mean for the Flavor & Fragrance industry?
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What will the “next normal” mean for the F&F Industry?
IFF / Frutarom Update
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I wanted to continue to comment on the IFF Frutarom deal following the overwhelming support and agreement from nearly everyone in the industry about this Folly, and so from time to time I will make comments where I see the need and obviously I see the need today. Recently Andreas
KH Roberts opens its $20 million facility in Singapore
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I would like to congratulate the Ong family of KH Roberts, not only for their 50 year anniversary but also the successful construction and launch of their new $20 million, 100,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility. It is such a pleasure seeing such commitment and drive to invest in the industry
Simon French – Fragrance Strategist
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Very pleased to introduce Simon French on the Focus International website. Simon and I have been working together for a number of years and I can honestly say that Simon is a true expert in all things Fragrance and am very pleased to partner with him to support SME companies.
Focus International leads the successful sale of Taytonn Pte Ltd.
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As the exclusive sell side advisor to Mr. Joe Boy Tay, Founder and Managing Director of Taytonn Pte Ltd, I am very pleased to congratulate Joe and his fellow shareholders on the successful sale of Taytonn, to the ASCC Group of Companies based out of Australia who have acquired 80%
World Perfumery Congress, Nice, June 2018 by Simon French
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Friendly, Vibrant, Conflicted The three words I came away with from this year’s WPC. It seemed as though half the perfume industry of Barcelona was on the flight from Barcelona to Nice. Lots of hugs, kisses, handshakes and friendly chats. The other half was on the return flight! This continued
The biggest folly in the F&F Industry.
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“May we live in interesting times” came to mind immediately i saw that the other weeks rumours that IFF was seriously considering acquiring Frutarom, had actually come true. The fact that the lid was blown off this deal before the fact is another story but have the Board and Senior
Hilary Kevin – Singapore
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Hilary Kevin is the Managing Director of Focus International (Singapore). A specialist in marketing, strategy development, and strategy execution he has led projects across the globe. Recent projects have included primary market research for a food ingredients supplier, customer strategy and market research for a pharmaceutical manufacturer, and a number
China business leapfrogs again!
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It is now 2018 and one of my key New Year Resolutions is to get on top of my Blog and be more consistent in writing and sharing topics with you, that I hope you will find at least mildly interesting. Case in point is this article which I started