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FRAGRANCES & FLAVOURS
France’s Robertet acquires Bengaluru-based

Sonarome

French-based fragrance, fl avour
and ingredient company, Robertet S.A.,
has acquired Bangaluru’s fl avours and
fragrances manufacturing company,
Sonarome. The move is intended to
expand Robertet’s fl avour offerings
and grow its market presence in India,
South-East Asia, and East Africa.

“The acquisition of Sonarome all-cash deal, said Mr. Bruhat, without India in the years to come because we
is strategic for us because fragrance divulging any fi nancial details. believe in this market,” said Mr. Bruhat.
and fl avours are both our mission and
expertise. We are very interested in Sonarome, founded in 1979, reported The French fi rm sources natural in-
localisation of our creative teams to over €15-mn in sales in 2022 and claims gredients from farmers, and transforms
understand exactly what consumers to have been reporting double-digit them into ingredients that are sold or
want. Additionally, Sonarome’s quality annual growth for the past three years. included in fragrance and fl avours
of products due to its fantastic industrial With this acquisition, Robertet is target- for customers. “We have the broadest
capabilities, along with extreme agility ing a turnover of €80-mn to €100-mn range, and, probably, the best naturals
are important synergies,” said Mr. from its India business. in the world,” the company’s CEO said.
Jerome Bruhat, CEO, Robertet. This is
the company’s sixth acquisition in the “With our unique positioning in Mr. Bruhat said Robertet is wit-
last fi ve years. natural products, new local industrial nessing a huge appetite for brands with
capacity and enhanced expertise in fl a- natural fl avours. “The world of fl avours
Consolidating footprint vours, we have all the assets to become used to be chemical, but it’s changing
Robertet is a family-owned company a major player in this specifi c market,” rapidly. Ten years ago, even in Europe
with a presence in more than 50 coun- he said. “The acquisition is the starting or the US clients sought 80% synthetics
tries. Sonarome, also a family-owned point of a much bigger operation and and 20% naturals. Today it is the oppo-
fi rm, has been acquired through an we want to invest quite massively in site.”

Cosmo First launches metallised capacitor grade

BOPP fi lms

New Delhi-based Cosmo First cations, power electronics, auto- capacitor fi lms from countries like
(erstwhile Cosmo Films), has recently mobile, electric vehicles, renewable China. “With growing demand of
launched metallised electrical grade power systems, etc. high-quality capacitor grade fi lms,
biaxially oriented polypropylene there is a large potential for these fi lms
(BOPP) fi lms for capacitor applica- The metallised capacitor grade in both domestic and exports market.
tion. fi lms will be manufactured under clean
room conditions with micro-slitting The current installed capacity of
These fi lms are used for capacitor capability and thickness ranging from these metallised fi lms is approximately
manufacturing of various types of AC 2.5-microns to 12-microns. 750-tpa, and Cosmo First will look
and DC capacitors. These capacitors to scale up this product category in
have diverse applications including Presently, India imports a signifi - future,” the company informed in a
electronics appliances, industrial appli- cant volume of these electrical grade press note.

130 Chemical Weekly December 26, 2023

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