M&A Deal Summary

Sensient Technologies Acquires C. Melchers KG

On March 22, 2002, Sensient Technologies acquired marketing company C. Melchers KG

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sensient Technologies’ 1st transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is Sensient Technologies’ 3rd transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2002-03-22
Target C. Melchers KG
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) Sensient Technologies
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

C. Melchers KG

Bremen, Germany
C. Melchers GmbH & Co. KG provides a full support service for businesses wishing to expand their markets in Asia and specifically China, including sales and marketing, back-office, retail, and sourcing as well as for consulting in market expansion and cross border M&A transactions.e applications. Melchers is a German-headquartered company with more than 50 subsidiaries in Germany and Asia.

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Buyer

Sensient Technologies

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Category Company
Founded 1882
Sector Chemicals
Employees3,956
Revenue 1.5B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Sensient's corporate headquarters in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Entrance to Sensient's corporate headquarters in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Sensient Technologies is a manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors and fragrances. Sensient Technologies was founded in 1882 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 20
Sector (Marketing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 15
Country (Germany) 3 of 3
Year (2002) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-01-08 SynTec

Wolfen, Germany

SynTec GmbH is a manufacturer of specialty dyes and chemicals for the imaging industry, which are used in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Syntec opens the door to technologies like electrophotography and organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, which should succeed plasma screens as the fourth generation technology for TVs and active visual displays.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-04-01 ECS Specialty Inks and Dyes

Lausanne, Switzerland

ECS Specialty Inks and Dyes, is a producer and marketer of inks for specialty printing applications. These applications are highly specialized "state-of-the-art" color technologies.

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