Sumitomo Chemical to Acquire Part of India’s Excel Crop Care

Transaction brings a range of established herbicides such as Esplanade, Perspective, Streamline, Escort and Cimarron under the Bayer brand.

Belchim Crop Protection will distribute Milbeknock and Kunshi in Europe and has will acquire ISEM’s fungicide technologies valifenalate and IR 8854.

Bayer adds Perspective, Streamline, Escort and Oust to its portfolio of products.

Arysta CEO Wayne Hewett is expected to join Platform’s senior leadership as President.

Contans WG has “become one of the biggest biological fungicides currently used in conventional agriculture in Europe.”

Report says Swiss agchem giant may be open to a deal, whether as an acquirer or as a target.

Together, VanDeMark and Framochem will produce a combined total of 22,000 tons in annual production capacity for phosgene.

Fine specializes in the development and marketing of plant growth regulators primarily in the fruit and ornamental markets.

New products, new facilities and consolidation all outpace recent years for crop protection companies.