Stock Report: Sensient Technologies Corp. (SXT) Report Updated: May 20, 2013 | Print This Page

Sensient Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries engage in the manufacture and sale of colors, flavors, and fragrances worldwide. Its products include flavors, flavor enhancers, and bionutrients; fragrances and aroma chemicals; dehydrated vegetables and other food ingredients; natural and synthetic food and beverage colors; cosmetic and pharmaceutical colors and additives; and technical colors, inkjet colors and inks, and specialty dyes and pigments. The company’s Flavors and Fragrances Group segment produces systems products comprising flavor-delivery systems, and compounded and blended products; and ingredient products, such as essential oils, natural and synthetic flavors, and aroma chemicals. It serves food industries, which include savory, beverage, dairy, confectionery, and bakery flavors; and non-food industries that comprise personal and home care-markets, and pharmaceuticals markets. This segment sells its products under the Sensient Flavors, Sensient Dehydrated Flavors, and Sensient Fragrances brands. The company’s Color Group segment provides natural and synthetic color systems for use in foods, beverages, and pharmaceuticals; colors and other ingredients for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; and technical colors for industrial applications and digital imaging. This segment sells its products under the Sensient Food Colors, Sensient Pharmaceutical Coating Systems, Sensient Cosmetic Technologies, and Sensient Industrial Colors trade names. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.