DIANA, an international leader in sensorial and nutritional performance and world leader in natural solutions for the food and pet food industry, has been awarded the CF NEWS Prize of the best external growth in the “best international growth – Mid cap” category.

DIANA, an international leader in sensorial and nutritional performance and world leader in natural solutions for the food and pet food industry, was awarded the CF NEWS Prize of the best external growth in the "best international growth – Mid cap" category.

The CF News Prize was delivered to Olivier Caix, CEO of the DIANA Group and Bastien Guelton, M&A director following the external growth operations realised in the past three years.

DIANA is a growth project. Acquisitions act as a catalyst on the Group’s positioning on high potential markets. Each operation plays a key role either in the strengthening of our leadership on our strategic platforms, in our international development, or in the acquisition of new technologies » Olivier Caix declared.

After thanking the active support of DIANA’s shareholders, Axa Private Equity and Motion Equity Partners, Olivier Caix indicated that DIANA continues its external growth in 2013 with three acquisition projects in progress in Latin America and Asia.