---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001722482-23-000207"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVTR"
cik: "0001722482"
company_name: "Avantor, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T16:17:22.606775+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avantor realigns into Laboratory Solutions and Bioscience Production; targets $300M in cost savings by 2026

## Summary
- New segments: Laboratory Solutions (~$4.7B revenue) and Bioscience Production (~$2.3B revenue), effective Q1 2024.
- Randy Stone named EVP Laboratory Solutions; Benoit Gourdier EVP Bioscience Production; Jim Bramwell EVP Sales, effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Sheri Lewis (EVP Global Supply Chain) and Frederic Vanderhaegen (EVP Europe) to depart in 2024 after transition.
- Cost optimization initiative targets $300M run-rate savings by end of 2026 through efficiency, footprint, and procurement.
- FY2023 guidance reaffirmed; two years of historical segment data to be provided in February 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001722482-23-000207
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVTR
- cik: 0001722482
- company_name: Avantor, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000207/0001722482-23-000207-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000207/avtr-20231201.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001722482-23-000207.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frederic Vanderhaegen departed as Executive Vice President, Europe at Avantor, Inc..
  - Action: depart
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Europe
  source text: on December 1, 2023, the Company informed each of Sheri Lewis, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain, and Frederic Vanderhaegen, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Europe, that each would depart from the Company in 2024 after supporting the Company’s transition to its new operating model.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000207/0001722482-23-000207-index.htm
- Executive change
  Sheri Lewis departed as Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain at Avantor, Inc..
  - Action: depart
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain
  source text: on December 1, 2023, the Company informed each of Sheri Lewis, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain, and Frederic Vanderhaegen, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Europe, that each would depart from the Company in 2024 after supporting the Company’s transition to its new operating model.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722482/000172248223000207/0001722482-23-000207-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.