Swiss Chivaudan is a pioneer in the global daily and edible fragrance fields, and is a long-standing and well-known multinational group. From its historical origins born in Grasse in 1768 to its acquisition of Custom Essence in 2021, Givaudan has always pursued its long-standing policies of invention and acquisition, creativity, passion and innovation, always focusing on the future, using smell and The taste is rich in the world.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, Givaudan has operations in 40 countries and regions around the world. The ever-expanding market size brings Givaudan closer to local and regional customers, with stronger strength through a dedicated to building and maintaining a true partnership. A global workforce to serve customers. Givaudan has 78 production sites and has more than 16,000 employees to work closely with Givaudan’s customers in local, regional and even global markets.

Mature markets: Mature markets such as North America, Western Europe and Japan contribute 56% of Givaudan's annual sales. It is expected that mature markets will grow slowly than emerging markets, but will still provide growth potential as demand for health care products increases.

Emerging Markets: Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Eastern Europe markets have accounted for 44% of Givaudan's annual sales. Emerging markets are expected to achieve higher growth as urbanization processes, lifestyle changes and consumer disposable income increases. Givaudan has deployed dedicated incense and production facilities in various major regions to fully grasp this potential.

Givaudan is always around consumers, bringing deep insights and expertise to develop aromas and flavors that cater to consumers’ changing needs.

Givaudan in China:

The relationship between Givaudan and China began in 1988. For more than 30 years, Givaudan has adopted a very local business model, working hand in hand with many partners in a responsible way, always by their side and for their customers. Provide solutions to provide high-quality products to consumers, mobilize their senses, trigger their emotions, and improve their quality of life.

The Science and Technology Center of the Science and Technology Department of Qivaudan Edible Flavors (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was founded in 2008. It is the basic R&D department of the Swiss Chivaudan Company, based in China and facing the Asia-Pacific. The central research areas mainly include fragrance embedding and natural reactive fragrance development. Among them, embedding technology is a technology that protects fragrances, enhances fragrance stability, or achieves controlled release effects based on processes such as emulsification, drying, and granulation. It has been widely used in various food fields. Since its establishment, the center has created a variety of high-tech embedding technology platforms to develop products needed by the Chinese and Asia-Pacific markets, providing technical guarantees for the development and production of emulsions, pastes, powders and granular fragrances. In recent years, the global R&D department has further focused on investing in establishing a natural reactive flavor development laboratory in China with biotechnology and traditional thermal reaction technologies as the pillars. This provides a technical basis for us to provide a more authentic and traditional flavor to our Chinese customers and consumers. The application and promotion of embedded and natural raw material technologies have contributed to Givaudan's growth in China and Asia-Pacific.

The Daily Fragrance and Fragrance (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.'s Daily Fragrance New Molecule Research and Development Center was established in September 2005 and is an important part of the global R&D strategy of Givaudan, Switzerland. The R&D center adopts advanced green chemistry and biotechnology to conduct research and production process development of new fragrance molecules. Adhering to the fine tradition of leadership in Chivaudan, Switzerland, the R&D center integrates Asian and Chinese market resources to study innovative spice molecules for the global market, conducts fragrance evaluation and screening, and provides more health for perfumers to innovate and perfume. Safe and environmentally friendly solutions. Qivaudan Company attaches great importance to the cultivation of the company's technical talents. The R&D center is composed of a group of scientific researchers with rich experience and high education and professional technical background. The center is also equipped with advanced scientific experimental and analytical instruments such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrument and gas chromatography mass spectrometer (GC-MS). Since its establishment, the R&D center has applied for more than 20 molecular patents for new fragrance raw materials. Some innovative achievements have been successfully industrialized, and have completed global regulatory registration through biological, safety and environmental testing, and are released as a new fragrance raw material for Qivaudan. The global market has also cooperated with domestic and foreign universities and research institutes to conduct scientific research on basic issues of fragrance chemistry, and has jointly published more than 20 scientific research papers in international academic journals.