拜耳作物科学已完成对全球创新生物害虫管理解决方案供应商 AgraQuest, Inc. 的收购。所有必需的交易等待期均已届满，相关竞争管理机构未提出异议。
The acquisition of AgraQuest significantly boosts Bayer CropScience´s ability to make available to customers worldwide a comprehensive range of integrated and sustainable crop solutions based on seeds, traits and combined chemical and biological crop protection including seed treatment. Biological pest management solutions, often also referred to as Green Products, will play a significant role in propelling farming`s future. Bayer CropScience plans to achieve EUR 3 billion in its fruits and vegetables business by 2020 – and AgraQuest will add further to this goal.
“This acquisition strengthens our strategically important fruits and vegetables business,” Sandra Peterson, CEO of Bayer CropScience said in a statement. “The global market for Green Products is expected to increase significantly over the years to come and we see additional growth opportunities in all agricultural crops as well as for our Environmental Science business and for Bayer´s Animal Health division.”
2012 年 7 月，拜耳作物科学宣布计划收购总部位于美国加利福尼亚州戴维斯的 AgraQuest，收购价格为 $4.25 亿美元（约合 3.4 亿欧元）加上里程碑付款。
AgraQuest 为 30 多个国家/地区的客户提供成熟的绿色产品。此外，它还有一条很有前途的新型生物防治剂管线。拜耳作物科学计划进一步投资戴维斯的研发基地，该基地旨在成为世界级的绿色产品专业知识和卓越中心。此外，拜耳作物科学计划扩大墨西哥特拉斯卡拉工厂现有的绿色产品生产业务。
“We are pleased to become part of Bayer CropScience and will continue to design new green technologies, now under the Bayer company umbrella,” said Marcus Meadows-Smith, CEO of AgraQuest in a statement. “The combined talents and capabilities of Bayer CropScience and AgraQuest will serve to accelerate the market introduction of highly innovative customized solutions worldwide.”
资料来源：拜耳作物科学，由在线编辑 Stefanie A. Toth 编辑