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| | BASF and Takeda |
 | | Takeda's bulk vitamin business, operated by its Vitamin & Food Company division, with footholds in the U.S., Germany, Singapore and other locations in Japan and overseas, produces and markets globally a range of water-soluble vitamins such as vitamin C, B1, B2, B6, and folic acid mainly for the pharma and food industries. |
 | | Takeda Vitamin and Food Company's manufacturing technology and patents related to the vitamins B1, B2, B6, C and folic acid will also be transferred. |
 | | The volume of the global vitamins market is estimated to be steadily growing at an annual rate of a minimum of four percent. |
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