住友化学表示，自 4 月 1 日起，其农用化学品业务将与其生物合理业务运营整合，以加强其全球作物保护业务。
In the company’s global crop protection business, the agchem business has been managed by Japan-based Sumitomo Chemical, and the biorational business by Valent BioSciences Corp. in the United States. Beginning in April, Sumitomo Chemical will directly manage functions related to the biorational business, including marketing, product management, new product development, business development and planning. Sumitomo Chemical also intends to carry out the same operational integration with respect to research and regulatory functions within a year or so.
“We believe that these functional consolidations will enable Sumitomo Chemical to respond to market needs more swiftly and properly in both the businesses through working directly with its affiliated companies around the world,” the company said.
在整合方面，住友化学将组建一个生物理性业务部门，一个负责业务目标设定以及相关研究、制造或供应链管理的团队。 Biorational 业务部门还将从事农业以外的业务，包括公共卫生和林业，以及收获后业务和菌根真菌业务，所有这些业务目前均由 Valent BioSciences 处理。
“Sumitomo Chemical will expand its business across a broad range of fields, from seed treatment to post-harvest phase, thereby contributing to meeting the world’s growing demand for a secured and stable supply of safer food.”