SensoryEffects Aquired by PCI

CHANNAHON, Ill.—Performance Chemicals & Ingredients (PCI), based in St Louis, purchased the SensoryEffects™ business unit of Loders Croklaan USA LLC; the divesture allows Loders Croklaan to focus on its lipid-based inclusions operations. The acquisition of SensoryEffects (www.sensoryeffects.com) is the second for PCI in 2006, following the May acquisition of Diehl Food Ingredients Inc., a manufacturer of specialized spray-dried food ingredient systems. This transaction reinforces PCI’s plan to build a specialty food ingredients business through target acquisitions and organic growth. “The SensoryEffects business is a great example of our objective to add complementary specialty food ingredients product lines,” said Charles A. Nicolais, president of PCI. Peter Holocher, product development and innovation manager, SensoryEffects, added: “The SensoryEffects team is excited to become a lead business in the PCI portfolio.”