# Givaudan to acquire cosmetics business of AMSilk GmbH

Givaudan has reached an agreement to acquire the cosmetics business of AMSilk GmbH, a supplier of vegan silk biopolymers based near Munich, Germany. Terms were not disclosed.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-04-29
- Where: near Munich, Germany, Germany
- Status: announced
- Products: vegan silk biopolymers, cosmetic ingredients
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Givaudan](https://endata.com/companies/5959.md) (acquirer)
- [AMSilk](https://endata.com/companies/30350.md) (target)

## Sources

- [amsilk.com](https://www.amsilk.com/givaudan-to-acquire-cosmetics-business-of-amsilk/), 2019-04-29: "The acquisition of the cosmetics business of AMSilk fits very well our long term strategy for Active Beauty."

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