International Flavors & Fragrances was founded in the United States in the 1930s as ‘Van Ameringen-Haebler’ and is headquartered in New York City.
This American company had it origins in a small business created by Arnold Lewis van Ameringen, a Dutch man who had emigrated to the United States in 1917. After working briefly for a Dutch exporter of essential oils to the United States he set up his own firm in New York and then merged his company with Morana Inc. Morana Inc. a producer of perfumes was established in 1909.
As its employees were highly skilled, highly paid and sworn to secrecy, the company became during the 1920s a leader in its unique small specialized niche.
After the company joined with the Dutch fragrance firm Polak & Schwarz in 1958, the name became International Flavors and Fragrances.
The new company became an immediate success in Europe, where it focus on food flavors.
By 1963 International Flavors & Fragrances had sales of %47 million, of which perfumery accounted for $32.5 million, making it the single largest supplier firm to the fragrance industry.
Its major manufacturing plants are in Europe, Asia and South America. By the 1980s, International Flavors & Fragrances had catalogued more than 30,000 different fragrance and flavor molecules.
In 2000, International Flavors & Fragrances acquired Bush Boake Allen, making International Flavors & Fragrances the largest flavor and fragrance house at that time. Bush Boake Allen was about one-third the size of International Flavors & Fragrances.
The flavor division of the company is a leading creator of flavor solutions for beverages, sweet goods, and savory and dairy products around the world.
The fragrances division develops scents and fragrances that are key component in many of the world’s finest perfumes and best-known consumer products brands including beauty care, fabric care, home care and personal wash products.
International Flavors & Fragrances
