V3 Group’s Health and Wellness Supplements Brand LAC Acquires MASQUELIER’S® French Pine Bark Extract; Continues Business Expansion Across East Asia, the Middle East and Africa
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 18 August 2026 – V3 Group Limited, the Singapore-based holding company with a diversified portfolio spanning well-being, luxury gourmet, capital markets, real estate, and integrated healthcare services segments, announced today that its health and wellness supplements arm, LAC Global ("LAC"), has completed the acquisition of MASQUELIER'S® French Pine Bark Extract ("MASQUELIER'S®").
By acquiring MASQUELIER'S® patented technology, LAC brings over 70 years of pioneering European nutritional science into its portfolio, combining proven scientific heritage with an Asian platform to build a mass-premium wellness proposition for global consumer.
Rooted in the work of renowned French scientist Professor Jack Masquelier, a pioneer in the research and development of oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs), MASQUELIER'S® is distinguished by its proprietary fingerprinted format's extraction expertise, and decades of scientific research into the antioxidant properties of OPCs, supported by clinical studies.
Ron Sim, Founder and Executive Chairman, V3 Group, said, "Health is becoming one of the defining priorities for consumers globally. People are living longer, but the opportunity is to help them live better. The acquisition of MASQUELIER'S® brings decades of European nutritional science into LAC, strengthening the scientific foundation of our portfolio. Singapore remains our home market, and we are grateful for the trust our customers have placed in us over the years. We remain committed to serving them through our extensive retail presence across Singapore's malls, even as we take LAC into new markets and pursue our ambition to build a health and wellness brand born in Asia for consumers globally."
MASQUELIER'S® is also the originator and trademark holder of MASQUELIER'S® Anthogenol, one of the most widely recognised OPC supplement brands across Asia Pacific. LAC's acquisition extends beyond a single product line to bring the foundational intellectual property and scientific heritage behind an established category into its portfolio. To date, MASQUELIER'S® French Pine Bark Extract has sold over 250 million tablets, making it one of LAC's most significant and enduring product platforms across its Asian markets.
Accelerating LAC Global's Regional Expansion
LAC has continued to accelerate its regional expansion since the start of 2026, building on nearly three decades of organic growth across Asia Pacific. Today, LAC operates more than 250 retail stores across Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan China, Hong Kong and Vietnam, complemented by franchise operations in Mongolia, India, Indonesia and Thailand. Its physical footprint is supported by a growing e-commerce business, extending access to LAC's portfolio of health and wellness solutions across the region. Beyond Asia, LAC products are also available in select markets across Africa, the Middle East and South America.
This expansion reflects LAC's ambition to become Asia's defining homegrown health and wellness brand. Through its directly owned retail and e-commerce network, supported by continued product innovation, LAC is making science-backed nutrition and supplementation more accessible to consumers across the region. As ageing populations, rising health consciousness and growing wellness expenditure reshape consumer priorities, LAC is well positioned to meet increasing demand for preventive health and everyday wellness solutions.
Looking ahead, LAC will deepen its presence in existing markets while pursuing new growth opportunities across Asia Pacific and internationally. Alongside its geographic expansion, LAC will continue to invest in product innovation and science-backed nutritional solutions, with a focus on preventive health, healthy ageing and the evolving wellness needs of consumers.
As LAC's parent company, V3 Group will continue to support its growth through strategic capital, operational capabilities and regional connectivity. Across its broader portfolio, V3 Group remains focused on businesses with strong fundamentals and long-term growth potential, with the aim of building category-leading brands and platforms from Asia for the world.
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About LAC Global
Headquartered in Singapore, LAC Global is one of Asia's largest specialty retailers in nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals, herbal, and other specialty supplements in Anti-ageing and Beauty, Immunity, Weight Management, Sports Nutrition, and Energy.
The Company owns the LAC brand, short for Leader in Antioxidative Control™, a leading health and wellness supplement brand with a global presence. Since its founding, LAC has embarked on a pioneering journey to develop scientifically based formulas, harnessing the best of eastern wisdom and western technology to fight free radicals, combat ageing brought forth by oxidative stress, and support you daily in looking, feeling, and functioning at your best. Having established a global presence since 1997, LAC's reach includes Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Vietnam, U.S., Central and South Americas, Africa and the Middle East.
About V3 Group
V3 Group is a Singapore-based holding company with a globally diversified portfolio that includes leading brands and businesses in the well-being, luxury gourmet, capital markets, real estate, and integrated healthcare services segments.
The Group is guided by three Vs – the Vision to create exceptional brands of distinctive quality, nurtured by leaders with Valour, and anchored by our Values of innovation, ownership, and excellence. V3 refers to these three core qualities, as well as the three units that drive our growth – V3 Assets, V3 Brands, V3 Capital.
Collectively, our brands and businesses engage over 3 million customers worldwide with a combined footprint of over 5,000 retail touchpoints in 118 cities across 26 countries.
The Group has its roots in the iconic OSIM brand founded by visionary entrepreneur Ron Sim over 40 years ago. A pioneer in well-being technology in Asia, Ron has forged ahead on the success of OSIM to create valuable brands and assets in sectors that include e-commerce, nutrition, gourmet lifestyle, real estate assets and integrated healthcare services.
