DCC Health and Beauty Solutions, a manufacturer of nutritional, cosmetic and pharmaceutical products, agreed to acquire Ion Laboratories, a provider of contract manufacturing and related services to the growing health supplements and nutritional products market in the US, for $60m. "DCC Health & Beauty Solutions provides high-quality services to leading health and beauty brand owners, specialist retailers, and direct sales organizations. The acquisition of Ion significantly enhances our presence in the US market, and Ion will work closely with both Elite One Source and DCC Health & Beauty Solutions' European businesses to cross-sell the full breadth of the Group's comprehensive offering for health & beauty brands," Donal Murphy, DCC Chief Executive.