Company: SXT
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001140361-25-005084
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Company: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 used in a variety of non-food applications.

As of December 31, 2024, the Group’s principal manufacturing plants are located in Missouri, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

The Color Group operates under the following trade names:

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                  Sensient Food Colors (food and beverage colors);

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                  Sensient Pharmaceutical (pharmaceutical and nutraceutical colors and coatings);

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                  Sensient Beauty (personal care colors, ingredients, and systems); and

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                  Sensient Specialty Markets (paper colors and industrial colors for plastics, leather, wood stains, antifreeze, landscaping, and other uses).

The Company believes that its advanced process technology, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and equipment, world-class application chemists, agronomy program, and complete range of natural and synthetic color
          products constitute the basis for its market leadership position. Given its broad portfolio of natural colors and applications capabilities, the Company believes it has the capability to successfully adapt to any regulatory restrictions on
          synthetic colors.

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Asia Pacific Group

The Asia Pacific Group focuses on marketing the Company’s diverse product lines in the Pacific Rim under the Sensient name. Through these operations, the Company offers a full range of products from its Flavors &
          Extracts Group and Color Group as well as products developed by regional technical teams to appeal to local preferences.

Sales, marketing, and technical functions are managed through the Asia Pacific Group’s headquarters, which is located in Singapore. Manufacturing operations are located in Australia, China, India, Japan, Thailand, New
          Zealand, and the Philippines, with sales offices also located in India and Thailand. The Asia Pacific Group maintains additional offices for local technical support and sales in China and Indonesia as well as for research and development in
          Singapore.

Corporate

Corporate provides management, administrative, and support services to the Company from its headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Company’s corporate expenses, divestiture & other related income, share-based
          compensation, restructuring and other charges, including the Portfolio Optimization Plan costs, and other costs, are included in the “Corporate & Other” category.

Research and Development/Quality Assurance

The development of specialized products and services is a complex technical process calling upon the combined knowledge and talents of the Company’s research, development, agronomy, and quality assurance personnel. The
          Company believes that its competitive advantage lies in its ability to work with