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News from Abroad

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

API China 2025 reports strong visitor turnout

in Guangzhou

The 92nd edition of API China, a
leading pharma ingredients-focussed
exhibition in China, concluded success-
fully in Guangzhou from May 21-23.

The show was co-located with
the 90th edition of PharmChina and
the Spring edition of the China Inter-
national Natural Health & Nutrition Expo
(NHNE) 2025. The three events serve

services, medical devices, and nutri- a dedicated showcase on excipients and
tion and wellness products. Spanning formulation solutions, while Pharm-
170,000 square metres across 19 exhi- pack highlighted sustainable packaging
bition halls, the co-located shows designed for the pharmaceutical indus-
featured nearly 4,000 exhibitors and try. Sinophex presented cutting-edge
recorded around 200,000 visitors from pharmaceutical manufacturing equip-
across China and beyond. ment and production systems.

as an integrated meeting platform for At the heart of API China 2025 Beyond the show floor, a conference
the pharmaceutical, health, and nutri- were four thematic zones that defined programme spanned 13 themed tracks
tion industries bringing together re- the show’s breadth and depth. The main covering topics like regulatory reforms,
presentatives from APIs, intermedi- exhibition, API China showcased inno- green manufacturing, drug innovation
ates, and excipients to formulations, vation in active pharmaceutical in- and digitalisation. The 93rd edition of
biopharma, natural extracts, packag- gredients and upstream technologies. API China will be held from November
ing, manufacturing equipment, CDMO Pharmex complemented this focus with 12-14, 2025 in Chongqing.

Givaudan announces Brazilian fragrance

acquisition

Givaudan, the Swiss fragrance and forward, as part of the agreement with not be disclosed, Vollmens Fragrances
flavours firm, has reached an agreement Givaudan. Ltda’s business would have repre-
to acquire a majority stake in Brazilian sented approximately Swiss Francs
fragrance house, Vollmens Fragrances Gilles Andrier, CEO of Givaudan (CHF) 25-mn of incremental sales to
Ltda. commented, “Acquiring a majority Givaudan’s results in 2024 on a pro-
stake in Vollmens Fragrances fits per- forma basis. Givaudan plans to fund
Operating since 2004, Vollmens fectly with our 2025 strategy to expand the transaction from existing resourc-
Fragrances is based in Saltinho (Brazil) our presence with local and regional es and the transaction is expected
and operates across the Latin Ameri- customers. This partnership will to close in the second half of 2025.
can region as well as Central America, also further strengthen our business Under the terms of the agreement,
Africa and North America. The found- in the high growth markets of Latin Givaudan and the founding family of
ing family executives, Nestor Francisco America.” Vollmens have the option to further
Mendes and Rinaldo José Mendes, increase Givaudan’s shareholding in the
will continue to lead Vollmens going While the terms of the deal will future.

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