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IFF's channel partners extend expertise across the globe. 16 September 2026 in: Home Care IFF's channel partnerships close the gap for home care manufacturers, delivering enzyme innovation to help companies that have historically operated without access to top-tier enzyme science. Through channel partners like IndSpyre Solutions in North America and IMCD across Europe and Latin America, IFF has built a distribution network that circulates expertise, not just products. Quality that travels, speed when it counts. Internal validation testing is the moment of truth for IFF customers bringing a new home care or industrial & institutional formulation to market. IFF's process eliminates surprises during this important stage. Years of methodology alignment, shared training, and mutual investment with channel partners ensures the same tests are run under the same conditions that IFF would run in its own labs, guaranteeing the integrity of the results for each customer. The clock is always running in the home care market, with a typical product facing roughly a one-year development window before the market moves on to something new. IndSpyre and IMCD work proactively to provide their customers with validated solutions and starting formulations benchmarked against leading brand tiers, rather than waiting for challenges to react to. Expertise travels smoothly throughout this network, uncovering trends in isolated supply chains in days, rather than months, offering opportunities to provide solutions sooner. Regional labs, global standards. Behind every validated enzyme-powered home care formulation is rigorous lab work. IFF's channel partners extend this rigor across the globe. IndSpyre's 3,000 sq ft North American home care lab is built to IFF standards. IMCD's newly opened Cologne, Germany facility dedicates 200 sqm to laundry and dish development, reproducing market-relevant methods (e.g., IKW, Ecolabel). And in Brazil, IMCD has become a reference for enzymatic cleaning solutions in a region that was previously without dedicated enzyme support, providing Latin America customers the same quality of technical service as customers anywhere in the world. A complete and trusted path to market. IFF can recommend the right enzyme, but a finished product needs much more, including surfactants, polymers, stabilizers, bio-based options, third-party certifications, and a formulation plan that holds together across the whole ingredient list. IFF's channel partners add complete, tested formulations covering every ingredient on the back of the bottle, with the data to back it up, plus the expertise to make sure sustainability claims actually hold. Channel partnerships rest on mutual expertise and transparent investment. IFF provides enzyme science and application testing, while channel partners contribute formulation knowledge, market access, and broader relationships. Both sides own the results, sustained by regular reporting and shared customer days that keep methods aligned across the global network. Whether it's a boutique brand building its first laundry formula or a regional manufacturer with no lab of its own, IFF's channel partners help close the gap between innovation and impact.

IFF appoints 2 senior leaders to Food Ingredients business. Sep 15, 2026 NEW CENTURY, KAN. - IFF recently announced the appointment of Mark Hotze as chief commercial officer and Thomas Hahlin Ahlinder as senior vice president, Texturizing Solutions, for its Food Ingredients business, strengthening its leadership team as the business prepares to become a standalone company. Both executives bring more than 25 years of industry experience to their new roles. In their respective positions, Hotze will lead the global commercial organization and customer growth strategy, while Ahlinder will oversee the Texturizing Solutions business for food and beverage customers. Hotze most recently held senior leadership roles at Corbion, where he led commercial growth initiatives and expanded strategic customer partnerships. He has also held leadership positions with food industry organizations including the American Society of Baking, Baking Equipment Manufacturers and Allieds (BEMA), the Wheat Foods Council and the North American Meat Institute. Ahlinder was president and chief executive officer of Kerry's Taste & Nutrition business in Europe and has held senior leadership roles with Döhler and DuPont's Nutrition & Health business. He also previously served on the board of FoodDrinkEurope. Get better pet food industry search results. Adding Pet Food Processing tells Google to prioritize Pet Food Processing stories.

India investigates global fragrance giants over price collusion, document shows. Reuters Last Updated: Aug 25, 2026, 06:22:00 PM IST Indian authorities are investigating global fragrance companies for alleged price collusion. This new case follows an ongoing probe into labor anti-poaching deals. The Competition Commission of India is examining cartelization in the fragrance sector. A previously drafted report was recalled due to commercial secret redaction issues. The market for flavors and fragrances in India is projected to grow significantly. NEW DELHI - Global fragrance makers Givaudan, Firmenich and International Flavors & Fragrances face a second antitrust investigation by Indian authorities, according to a regulatory document seen by Reuters. The latest case relates to alleged price collusion since 2024, said a source close to the matter, and follows an ongoing investigation into accusations that the companies struck labour anti-poaching deals. The companies have faced similar investigations over prices charged to their customers in foreign markets. The companies have said they are cooperating with global anti-cartel investigations. You May Like The confidential Competition Commission of India (CCI) document seen by Reuters was dated July 22 and described the new case as one related to "alleged cartelisation in the Indian fragrance industry" by the three companies. The CCI, Swiss-based Givaudan and U.S. rival IFF did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday. DSM-Firmenich, formed from the 2023 merger of Dutch speciality chemicals maker DSM with Firmenich, also did not respond. Swiss and British antitrust regulators said in 2023 that they were investigating the three companies, and the European Commission has said it is looking into "possible collusion" related to supply of fragrances and their ingredients but has not named any targets. Report recalled over unredacted secrets. Details of price-fixing cases are not made public in India during the course of investigations. In the case related to price collusion, the CCI teams drafted an investigation report with its findings and shared it with the companies in February, the watchdog's internal July 22 document showed. But that report was recalled in July after Givaudan and IFF complained that their commercial secrets were not properly redacted, according to the CCI document. The report will now need to be redrafted by the CCI, with the confidential information properly redacted, potentially slowing the two-year-old case. "From a systemic perspective this will be of concern to CCI," said Gautam Shahi, an Indian antitrust lawyer at Dua Associates. "Loss of relevant commercially sensitive data may harm competition in the market." India's flavours and fragrances market is expected to reach $5 billion by 2033, versus $2.5 billion in 2024, according to Grand View Research.