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Givaudan Celebrates 19.5% Growth

Swiss fragrance and flavour business Givaudan has said that net profits lifted by 19.5% in 2013, reaching CHF490m for the period on full-year sales of CHF4.37bn. Fragrances reported revenue growth of 3%, while flavours grew by 2.3%.

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