Bayer to Sell Norwich Manufacturing Plant

Posted by Matt Hopkins|11 April 2011

Bayer CropScience will sell its manufacturing plant located in Norwich and shift their operations elsewhere, according to a press release.

The 114-acre site in Sweet Briar Road in the north west of the city employs 280 people and produces and formulates crop protection chemicals for sale worldwide, as well as specialist industrial chemicals.

“The decision to seek a buyer for the site is part of the on-going global consolidation of manufacturing of agrochemical products for Bayer CropScience,” said Tim Green, site manager. “We are confident that a purchaser of this site would find excellent manufacturing facilities with a second-to-none workforce”.

The decision is in line with Bayer CropScience’s global strategy and part of the global restructuring announcement by the Bayer Group in November 2010 to finance the expansion of growth areas by redirecting resources, improving efficiencies and reducing costs, according to the release.

The company is consulting with employee representatives and expects to complete its divestment by the end of the March 2012.