Brenntag and Givaudan Join Forces to Bring Innovative Active Ingredients to Thailand’s Beauty and Personal Care Industry

Brenntag and Givaudan Join Forces to Bring Innovative Active Ingredients to Thailand’s Beauty and Personal Care Industry

(IN BRIEF) Brenntag has entered a new partnership with Givaudan to distribute active cosmetic ingredients across Thailand’s fast-growing beauty and personal care markets. The agreement expands Brenntag’s specialty portfolio, supported by its Thailand Application and Innovation Centre, which provides formulation and technical support to local brands. Combining Brenntag’s market expertise with Givaudan’s advanced active ingredients, the collaboration aims to empower Thai manufacturers to develop innovative, high-performance beauty products that align with global trends in wellness, sustainability, and quality. Executives Wissanee Ruangsorn and Bonwook Koo emphasized the partnership’s shared commitment to innovation and customer growth in the region.

(PRESS RELEASE) SINGAPOREN, 30-Oct-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Brenntag, a global leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, has signed a new distribution agreement with Givaudan, the renowned global company in fragrance, beauty, taste, and wellbeing, to supply active cosmetic ingredients for Thailand’s expanding beauty and personal care sector. This collaboration will enable Brenntag to broaden its portfolio with Givaudan’s premium and scientifically advanced active ingredients, offering local customers access to innovative solutions aligned with modern beauty trends emphasizing wellness, quality, and sustainability.

Through its Application and Innovation Centre in Thailand, Brenntag will provide technical expertise, product formulation support, and in-depth market insights to help customers design high-performing, differentiated beauty products. The partnership between Brenntag’s regional reach and innovation capabilities and Givaudan’s deep scientific knowledge in active beauty ensures that Thai brands can accelerate their product development and meet the evolving expectations of consumers seeking effective, ethical, and nature-inspired products.

Wissanee Ruangsorn, Regional President of Beauty & Care Asia Pacific at Brenntag Specialties, highlighted the partnership’s strategic significance:
“This partnership with Givaudan enhances our ability to offer a broader and more innovative range of active cosmetic ingredients to the Thai beauty market. Leveraging the resources of our Application and Innovation Centre, we can deliver customized formulation support and market-driven insights that help our customers create next-generation products with confidence.”

Bonwook Koo, Regional Head of Sales for Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania at Givaudan Active Beauty, commented:
“We are delighted to collaborate with Brenntag in Thailand. Their strong technical foundation and local market understanding make them an ideal partner to expand access to Givaudan’s active ingredients. Together, we aim to empower more beauty and personal care brands to deliver high-quality products that cater to this dynamic and growing market.”

The collaboration underscores Brenntag’s ongoing commitment to strengthening its specialty ingredient portfolio in Asia-Pacific and supporting Thailand’s rapidly developing beauty industry. It also reflects Givaudan’s dedication to creating sustainable, nature-inspired solutions that enhance both consumer wellbeing and product performance.

About Givaudan
Givaudan is a global leader in Fragrance & Beauty and Taste and Wellbeing, celebrating the beauty of human experience by creating for happier, healthier lives with love for nature. Together with customers, the company delivers food experiences, crafts inspired fragrances, and develops beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. In 2024, Givaudan employed over 16,900 people worldwide and achieved CHF 7.4 billion in sales with a free cash flow of 15.6%. With a heritage that stretches back over 250 years, the company is committed to driving long-term, purpose-led growth by improving people’s health and happiness and increasing its positive impact on nature. For more information, visit www.givaudan.com.

About Givaudan Active Beauty
Givaudan Active Beauty crafts avant-garde cosmetic actives and high-end specialties that make people look and feel good. We bring nature’s most precious gifts to the art of personal care in the form of biotech & botanical high-performing molecules, delighting consumers. The company’s extensive portfolio of award-winning skin & hair ingredients spans a variety of benefits for human beauty: from well-ageing and self-tanners to radiance, microbiome-friendly, soothers, hydrators, and more. Backed by solid scientific recognition and consumers’ awareness, the company remains at the cutting edge of this rapidly expanding market to deliver sustainable solutions supporting the growth of their customers. This is Givaudan. Human by nature. Learn more at www.givaudan.com/fragrance-beauty/active-beauty

About Brenntag:
Brenntag is the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution. The company holds a central role in connecting customers and suppliers of the chemical industry. Headquartered in Essen, Germany, Brenntag has more than 18,100 employees worldwide and operates a network of around 600 sites in more than 70 countries. In 2024, Brenntag generated sales of 16.2 billion EUR. The two global divisions, Brenntag Essentials and Brenntag Specialties, provide a diversified and broad portfolio of industrial and specialty chemicals and ingredients as well as tailor-made application, marketing and supply chain solutions, technical and formulation support, comprehensive regulatory know-how, and digital solutions for a wide range of industries. Brenntag pursues an ambitious sustainability agenda and is committed to sustainable solutions in its own sector and the industries served. Brenntag shares have been listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2010, in the DAX since September 2021. In addition, the Brenntag SE shares are listed in the DAX 30 ESG and DAX ESG Target. For more information, visit www.brenntag.com

Media Contacts:

Kaye Lim
Brenntag Asia Pacific
Communications APAC
Telephone: +65 98514750
E-Mail: apac.communications@brenntag.com
www.brenntag.com

SOURCE: Brenntag SE