Gryphon Investors’ Vivify Acquires Access Ingredients

Gryphon Investors' portfolio company Vivify Specialty Ingredients, a leading provider of specialty colorants, additives, and ingredients for the food & beverage, personal care & cosmetics, and industrial end markets, has acquired Access Ingredients, a distributor of specialty ingredients for the personal care industry.

 

 Access will partner with Vivify's Sandream Specialties division to offer a full set of ingredient and color solutions to the personal care industry. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Access represents Vivify's second acquisition in 2023.

 

“We are pleased to support the Vivify management team as they continue to identify strategic acquisitions that build scale and drive growth,” said Craig Nikrant, operating partner on the Gryphon Heritage Fund team. “Access's differentiated product line greatly complements Vivify's already deep palette of customer solutions and will allow for meaningful expansion of Vivify's personal care and cosmetics offerings.” 

 

Access owner and President Trudi Leung will continue to lead the company as managing director and roll over a meaningful financial stake. Vivify is backed by Gryphon Heritage Fund, the small-cap strategy of middle-market private equity firm Gryphon Investors, and is actively seeking to partner with additional businesses in order to expand product offerings and services and add to its position as a best-in-class solutions provider to its customers.

 

Founded in 2012 and based in Arcadia, CA, Access is a distributor of specialty surfactants and active ingredients for the personal care industry. It specializes in providing high service and unique ingredient solutions to its customers, who are primarily personal care brands and manufacturers.