as nyse sxt industry colors flavors and fragrance founded 1882 headquarters u.s. bank center milwaukee wisconsin key people paul manning ceo products colors flavors and fragrances revenue 1 468 million 2013 number of employees 3 986 worldwide website www.sensient.com sensient technologies is a global manufacturer and marketer of colors flavors and fragrances based in milwaukee wisconsin . their products are used to make a diverse variety of foods and beverages pharmaceuticals cosmetics home and personal care products specialty printing and imaging products computer imaging and industrial colors . sensient reported revenue of 1 468 million in 2013 . subdivisions include the sensient flavors & fragrances group and the sensient color group . within the flavors & fragrances group is sensient natural ingredients . history edit sensient technologies was founded in 1882 as meadow springs distilling company . in the late 19th century the company changed its name to national distilling company . by 1919 the company was threatened by prohibition but by then it had created a business selling yeast under the red star yeast brand . accordingly the company changed its name to red star yeast and products company . by the 1960s the company had become a highly diversified food company and changed its name again to universal foods corporation . in 1977 the company listed its stock on the new york stock exchange sxt . kenneth p. manning sensient technologies chairman and ceo joined the company in 1987 as group vice president . when manning was named ceo of universal foods in 1996 he began steering the company in a new direction by building upon its strengths and knowledge in the areas of color and flavor and accelerating its expansion by making strategic acquisitions . since 1997 the corporation has acquired 20 companies . in 2000 universal foods changed its name to sensient technologies corporation . following this name change sensient sold red star yeast in 2001 . sensient s acquisitions have dramatically strengthened its existing businesses and allowed it to enter new markets around the world . the acquisitions have provided the foundation for a transformed company whose focus is now on operations . sensient is a specialty chemicals company that concentrates on core technologies and markets where it can add value . sensient natural ingredients received non gmo project verification for its california grown garlic onion and parsley in march 2016 . 1 references edit sensient natural ingredients earns non gmo project verification . non gmo project . non gmo project . 16 march 2016 . retrieved 27 march 2016 . frontfour believes real change is needed at sensient technologies new york times frontfour expresses serious concerns regarding sensient technologies director elaine wedral s apparent conflict of interest new york times sensient responds to frontfour statement new york times sensient technologies corporation announces new president of flavors business new york times sensient announces preliminary results of annual meeting new york times sensient technologies averts board takeover milwaukee business journal external links edit official site company history at funding universe retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sensient technologies & oldid 743559302 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangeflavor companiesfragrance companieschemical companies of the united statescompanies based in milwaukee navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 05 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view