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Givaudan company history timeline

1991

1991: Company is merged with Roure, forming Givaudan Roure.

1994

In 1994, in an effort to keep up with the growing flavor demand, the company opened a new flavor manufacturing facility in Hanover, New Jersey.

1996

Givaudan Roure developed its revolutionary technology Scent Trek in 1996, earning the Fragrance Foundation's first Fifi Innovation Technology of the Year Award.

2000

In August 2000, Givaudan opened a new factory in Bangalore, India, which doubled the company's existing production capabilities, and in November of that year, the company opened a new Sensory and Technology Centre in Shanghai.

2000: Roche spins-off Givaudan Roure as Givaudan SA, company listed on Swiss Stock exchange.

2001

At Givaudan's annual shareholder's meeting in May 2001, the company's chairman, Doctor Henri B. Meier expressed optimism about Givaudan's continued growth as a business and as a technological pioneer.

In 2001, the school was the oldest perfumery school in the world, and the company estimated that one out of three fragrances existing in the world had been created by Givaudan-trained perfumers.

In 2001, Givaudan earned a second Fifi award for technological innovation—this time for the Virtual Aroma Synthesizer, which allows for scent composition and modification via computer.

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Givaudan may also be known as or be related to Controlled Release Society Inc., Givaudan, Givaudan Flavors, Givaudan Flavors Corporation and Givaudan S.A.