(Reuters) - Clariant completed the $810 million acquisition of Canada's ingredients and cosmetics maker Lucas Meyer Cosmetics from International Flavors & Fragrances, the Swiss specialty chemicals firm said on Wednesday.
($1 = 0.9079 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Andrey Sychev)
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