Vivify Specialty Ingredients (Gryphon Investors) Acquires Access Ingredients

Vivify Specialty Ingredients, a portfolio company backed by Gryphon Investors' Heritage Fund, acquired Access Ingredients, a distributor of specialty surfactants and active ingredients for the personal care industry. Access owner Trudi Leung will remain as Managing Director and roll over a meaningful stake; the deal expands Vivify's personal care and cosmetics offerings, adds a West Coast distribution facility, and represents an add-on to Vivify's Sandream Specialties division. Financial terms were not disclosed.