On October 30, 2024, Chicago-headquartered Edlong Corporation announced its acquisition of Brisan Group. The acquisition will close on November 4, 2024.
“Our aligned vision at Edlong, ’To empower the food and beverage industry to unleash the taste of dairy,’ makes our acquisition of Brisan Group a key strategic step towards delivering the next generation of dairy taste technologies. We are also very excited about the expertise that Brisan Group brings, specifically regarding their Ingredient & Consumer Research experience and their Innovation processes,” stated Michael Natale, Edlong president.
“I’ve spent the last 27 years building Brisan Group, with a strategic focus on Dairy and Sweet Flavors, so it is very exciting for me to see us join an industry leader as well respected and prestigious as Edlong,” commented Brisan Group’s CEO Brian Vogt. “Edlong’s company culture is customer-obsessed, driving unprecedented value in the development of next-generation flavor technologies for Food and Beverage Manufacturers across the globe. Their exclusive focus on dairy taste and their ability to deliver cutting-edge solutions for Dairy and Dairy-free food and beverage products makes Brisan the perfect strategic fit as they continue to grow.”
“I’m very proud of Edlong’s history of pursuing growth and innovation in the food and beverage industry while pushing the limits of everything dairy can be,” stated Laurette Rondenet, CEO and owner of Edlong. “The acquisition of Brisan Group will help us provide even further value in delivering on our company’s Customer Obsessed mindset. We are also happy to announce that, with this acquisition, we are welcoming Brian Vogt to Edlong’s Executive Leadership team with his new responsibility as Vice President for Business Development, U.S. and Canada.”
