American Vanguard Acquires European Nematicide Assets

Posted by Dan Jacobs|7 April 2015

American Vanguard Corp., through its international subsidiary AMVAC Netherlands B.V., has acquired Adama Agricultural Solutions Ltd.’s European Nemacur insecticide/nematicide business assets.

The assets acquired include all trademarks, product registrations, associated registration data, and customer information that relates to the marketing and sale of this crop protection product in Europe. Nemacur insecticide/nematicide is used to control soil insects and nematodes on many fruit and vegetable crops. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

“Having previously acquired Nemacur assets outside of Europe from Bayer Crop Science in 2010, this purchase completes our worldwide ownership of this proven crop protection product,” said Eric Wintemute, chairman & CEO of American Vanguard. “It represents an important addition to our existing insecticide portfolio and will significantly enhance our international expansion initiative.”