09 Oct 2023 --- Symrise has increased its holdings in the US company Kobo Products to 49%. Kobo, based in South Plainfield, US, is a pigment and powder specialist that provides innovative, technology-based raw materials to the cosmetics industry. The companies’ partnership with Kobo began in 2021 and now includes an agreement on the future disposition of shares of Kobo’s capital stock and the governance of Kobo.