{"id":25330,"date":"2026-07-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/?p=25330"},"modified":"2026-07-07T07:24:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:24:30","slug":"givaudan-expands-its-encapsulation-capabilities-by-acquiring-a-stake-in-microcaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/givaudan-expands-its-encapsulation-capabilities-by-acquiring-a-stake-in-microcaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Givaudan Expands Its Encapsulation Capabilities by Acquiring a Stake in Microcaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givaudan.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Givaudan<\/a> confirms an investment in Microcaps AG and establishes a strategic partnership with this Swiss company to strengthen its expertise in microencapsulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Focused Technology: Precision Microencapsulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The collaboration combines Givaudan\u2019s fragrance formulation expertise with Microcaps\u2019 patented microencapsulation technology. Microencapsulation aims to improve fragrance longevity and the olfactory experience in fine fragrance, beauty, and personal care products, and is cited as particularly relevant for alcohol-free fragrances.<\/p><div class=\"indus-dans-articles indus-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;display: flex;justify-content: center;\" id=\"indus-3944372503\"><div class=\"indus-adlabel\">Advertising<\/div><div id=\"indus-3237091827\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/ad\/24744\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"site-industries-cosmetiques Promotional graphic for Siemens&quot; &quot;The Beauty Thread&quot; videocast series, with French text about faster formulation and better control thanks to enterprise recipe management. Launch in April 2026, with a blue &quot;Discover Episode 1&quot; button. Abstract background.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200.jpg\" alt=\"site-industries-cosmetiques Promotional graphic for Siemens&quot; &quot;The Beauty Thread&quot; videocast series, with French text about faster formulation and better control thanks to enterprise recipe management. Launch in April 2026, with a blue &quot;Discover Episode 1&quot; button. 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Jeremy Compton, Global Head of Science &amp; Technology for Fragrances, notes that encapsulation is among <em>\u00abthe most transformative technologies\u00bb<\/em> in the industry, and that this collaboration will help explore ways to improve the performance and sustainability of fragrance and skincare products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u00abThe partnership with Microcaps is a strategic step that further strengthens our innovation capabilities.\u00bb<\/em>, says Maurizio Volpi, President of Fragrances and Beauty at Givaudan. The collaboration is aimed, in particular, at improving the longevity of non-alcoholic fine fragrances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combining these areas of expertise should make it possible to explore new formulations and improved consumer applications; financial details and the industrialization timeline were not provided in the information reviewed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Givaudan announced an equity investment and a strategic partnership with Microcaps AG to strengthen its microencapsulation capabilities, with a particular focus on the performance of alcohol-free fragrances and beauty applications.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"external_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[61],"class_list":{"0":"post-25330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formulation","8":"tag-info-marche"},"acf":{"nc":"claudia.pedretti@givaudan.com","nc2":"melanie.duprat@givaudan.com","nc3":"sara.neame@givaudan.com","nc4":"givaudan.media@givaudan.com","nc5":"michael.hagander@microcaps.ch"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25330","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=25330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25331,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25330\/revisions\/25331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}