Azelis, a service provider to the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industry, has announced its acquisition of Quimdis, a French distributor of ingredients for nutraceuticals, flavours & fragrances and more. The acquisition is aimed to strengthen Azelis’ offering to growing markets, while also enhancing the company’s position in the life sciences sector. 

Quimdis specialises in ingredients distribution and formulation development, with a solid position in the French market and sales into more than 45 countries. It complies with Ecocert, ISO 9001: 2015 and ISO 22000: 2005. The company’s 78 employees serve more than 1,000 customers and roughly 400 suppliers. 

Dr Hans Joachim Müller, CEO & President at Azelis, said: “Following our recent acquisition of Vigon in North America and now Quimdis, Azelis is well positioned to develop, structure and implement a global strategy for flavor & fragrance market with the aim to become a market leader. Quimdis will be our EMEA pilar of that strategy and a crucial part of creating a global flavour & fragrance platform. Quimdis and Azelis will combine its relationships with top tier principals, with the aim of extending mandates in existing and new countries for a number of attractive product groups.” 

Jean-François Quarré, Founder and CEO at Quimdis, commented: “We are delighted about the opportunity to continue to grow our business under Azelis’ ownership. As well as benefitting from Azelis’ global principal relationships, Quimdis will have access to Azelis’ digital marketing and technical capabilities which will allow us to develop and promote innovative and sustainable solutions for the life science industry. Becoming part of the Azelis family provides many synergistic opportunities that will help secure our future.” 

Benoit Fritz, MD of Azelis France, adds: “Azelis will leverage Quimdis’ expertise to complement our lateral value chain with reliable and natural products like essential oils, amino acids, active ingredients, vitamins and minerals. We will further benefit from their strong presence across EMEA, expertise and product portfolio in attractive target market segments and geographies.”