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Dabur acquires US firm Namaste Laboratories for $100 mn
MUMBAI: FMCG major Dabur India has acquired US based Namaste Laboratories, maker of organic root stimulator, for $100 million in an all-cash deal.
The deal signed through Dabur’s US-based wholly owned subsidiary Dermoviva Skin Essentials is expected to close by the end of 2010.
It will enable Dabur to gain greater foothold in the Asian and African markets.
“This acquisition is in line with our strategy to build a global presence in the international consumer goods market,” said Dabur chairman Anand Burman.
“It will serve as a gateway to the US market for our portfolio of consumer products. This transaction will also enhance our profitability, increase stakeholder value and substantially add to Dabur‘s already strong presence in Africa, serving as one of the key pillars in strengthening our position in the African continent,” Burman added.
The current management team, led by Namaste founder and CEO Gary Gardner, will continue to run the operations of the Namaste business. Namaste will continue to operate in its current facility in Blue Island, with business as usual.
Namaste founder and CEO Gary Gardner said, “In Dabur, Namaste has found a strategic partner that can help accomplish its goal of becoming the hair care brand of choice for people of African descent worldwide. This partnership offers synergy in mission, as both companies focus on healthful, holistic offerings, and in market platforms with Namaste‘s stronghold in the US and Dabur‘s strengths outside North America. We know our employees, customers, distributors and retailers will benefit from this great growth opportunity.”
Houlihan Lokey served as a financial advisor to Namaste.
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Ember Cookware appoints Amit Singh as chief of supply chain
10-year veteran to lead operations as brand scales across D2C, quick commerce and retail.
MUMBAI: Ember just handed its supply chain the perfect seasoning because when your cookware is non-toxic and non-stick, the operations behind it better be fast and flawless. Ember Cookware has appointed Amit Singh as chief of supply chain and Services, bolstering its leadership team at a pivotal growth phase. Singh brings over a decade of experience in supply chain strategy, operations and large-scale network buildouts.
He began his career at Singapore-based retail giant Giant Hypermarket before joining Pharmeasy in 2015, where he played a foundational role in building and scaling its pan-India supply chain across B2B and B2C channels. At API Holdings, he later led supply chain operations for North India, managing end-to-end execution across complex, multi-city networks.
In his new role, Amit will oversee Ember’s complete supply chain and service ecosystem including sourcing, manufacturing coordination, logistics, last-mile delivery, post-purchase support and workforce development. His mandate focuses on building cost-efficient, resilient operations that shorten fulfilment times, strengthen inventory management and deliver a consistently high-quality consumer experience as the brand expands nationally.
Ember Cookware co-founder & CEO Siddharth Gadodia said, “Supply chain is where growth either holds or breaks. As we scale across channels and geographies, we need operations that are efficient, resilient, and built for speed, without ever compromising on the consumer experience. Amit has done this before, at real scale.”
Ember Cookware co-founder & CMO Himanshi Tandon added, “As we scale, supply chain efficiency becomes as important as product and brand. Amit’s mandate is to build the operational foundations that make our promise consistent at scale.”
Amit Singh commented, “Ember is building something genuinely different, a category-defining brand with a clear purpose and the ambition to match. I’m looking forward to building supply chain infrastructure that doesn’t just keep pace with growth, but enables it.”
The appointment forms part of Ember’s broader push to deepen leadership across key functions as it invests in its Innovation Lab, proprietary material technologies and operational backbone to support national expansion.
In a kitchenware world where non-stick promises are easy but delivery is hard, Ember isn’t just cooking up products, it’s cooking up an operation that keeps every promise sizzling from factory to fork.
