{"id":24554,"date":"2026-03-05T17:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/?p=24554"},"modified":"2026-03-05T17:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:53:50","slug":"solabia-acquires-seqens-botanicals-and-diagnostics-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/solabia-acquires-seqens-botanicals-and-diagnostics-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Solabia acquires Seqens' botanical actives and diagnostics business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solabia.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solabia<\/a> announces the acquisition of the botanicals and in vitro diagnostics business of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seqens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seqens<\/a>, reinforcing its position in the cosmetics ingredients market.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Solabia recently acquired Seqens\u00ab botanical actives and in vitro diagnostics (\u00bbIVD\") business, a move which will enable the company to develop active plant ingredients for cosmetics, as well as plasmas and serums for diagnostic applications. The production site, located in Limoges, is renowned for its expertise in botanical extraction and high-end manufacturing. Solabia sees this acquisition as a strategic opportunity to strengthen its product portfolio and secure essential supplies for its diagnostics activities.<\/p><div class=\"indus-dans-articles indus-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;display: flex;justify-content: center;\" id=\"indus-1700543646\"><div class=\"indus-adlabel\">Advertising<\/div><div id=\"indus-1069168492\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/ad\/24742\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"site-industries-cosmetiques Two men speak during a Siemens videocast. The Siemens logo and French text promote an episode on corporate revenue management in April 2026, with a button labeled &quot;Discover Episode 1&quot; at the bottom.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN1_1200x1200.jpg\" alt=\"site-industries-cosmetiques Two men speak during a Siemens videocast. The Siemens logo and French text promote an episode on corporate revenue management in April 2026, with a button labeled &quot;Discover Episode 1&quot; at the bottom.\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN1_1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN1_1200x1200-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN1_1200x1200-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN1_1200x1200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN1_1200x1200-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN1_1200x1200-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN1_1200x1200-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN1_1200x1200-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN1_1200x1200-1068x1068.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A natural addition to the group<\/h2>\n<p>Jean-Baptiste Dellon, CEO of Solabia, said: \u00ab&nbsp;<em>We are delighted to welcome Seqens' Actifs Botaniques and IVD teams to Solabia. Because we operate in common activities, this acquisition is a natural and highly complementary development. By combining our capabilities, we will strengthen our market position, secure key supply chains and offer our customers even more robust and innovative solutions.<\/em>&nbsp;\"<\/p>\n<p>This integration is designed to foster the development of innovative solutions in the cosmetics and diagnostics segments, sectors in which Solabia is already committed to sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Evolving with a long-term vision<\/h2>\n<p>Pascal Villemagne, CEO of Seqens, added: \u00ab&nbsp;<em>This operation is fully in line with our long-term strategic vision. It will enable Seqens to focus more on its key priorities, while ensuring that the Limoges teams join a group whose industrial and scientific culture is strongly aligned with their activities.<\/em>&nbsp;\u00bbThis partnership is presented as a key step in the ongoing development of skills and know-how at the Limoges site. The market for cosmetic ingredients continues to evolve, and players like Solabia are striving to meet the growing demands for innovation and sustainability for the benefit of their customers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solabia annonce l&rsquo;acquisition de l&rsquo;activit\u00e9 d&rsquo;actifs botaniques et de diagnostic in vitro de Seqens, renfor\u00e7ant ainsi sa position sur le march\u00e9 des ingr\u00e9dients cosm\u00e9tiques. Solabia a r\u00e9cemment acquis l&rsquo;activit\u00e9 d&rsquo;actifs botaniques et de diagnostic in vitro (\u00ab IVD \u00bb) de Seqens, une op\u00e9ration qui permet de d\u00e9velopper des ingr\u00e9dients actifs v\u00e9g\u00e9taux pour la cosm\u00e9tique ainsi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"external_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[61],"class_list":{"0":"post-24554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ingredients","8":"tag-info-marche"},"acf":{"nc":"emmanuelle.morillon@solabia.fr","nc2":"","nc3":"","nc4":"","nc5":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24556,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24554\/revisions\/24556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}