Week in F&F: Givaudan, Symrise Double Down on Asian Production and Innovation Hubs
Major F&F houses expanded their Asian footprint this week, with Givaudan opening a CHF 50 million flavour plant in Indonesia and Symrise launching a new creative center in Singapore alongside a fragrance ingredient capacity increase in India. In commodities, Madagascar's vanilla sector faces a crisis as export earnings halved due to a price collapse, prompting discussions of government intervention. Meanwhile, new technical and packaging standards in China are pushing the domestic essential oils market toward greater supply chain discipline and compliance.