Sochim International, Milan, Italy, has been Sabinsa's official distributor in the non-English speaking countries of Europe, for about five years. The company, founded by Mrs. Olga Eigenmann over twenty years ago, offers technical formulation assistance to manufacturers of health foods, dietary supplements and natural cosmetic products, in addition to trading in standardized dry herbal extracts. Sochim's participation in the technical discussions featured in Saben'98 acquainted health professionals, traders, manufacturers and others from the health and nutritional products industry in Europe with Sabinsa's wide range of herbal extracts in diverse finished product forms.