Frontier Scientific Expands into Agchem Market
21 January 2015 Frontier Scientific, a specialty chemical developer and manufacturer, said it has acquired the assets of the entomology division of Bio-Serv, Inc. — a leading provider of insect rearing supplies and diets for agricultural research, where insect-resistant seeds, engineered crop traits and bio-friendly pest control solutions promote increased growth for agricultural-chemical research.
“This continues our strategic move into the agricultural-chemical market segment,” said W. Tim Miller, president and CEO of FSI, “leveraging our chemical and logistics capabilities through this expanded offering of products and services.”
“The growing demand for chemical and modified seed solutions presents a strong worldwide growth platform for Frontier’s capabilities,” said Miller.
FSI said its successful history and current expansion are supported by state-of-the-art infrastructure, which is reflected through “expert-level experience and core capabilities in custom chemistry, assay development, protein expression and sample management.”
FSI has existing agricultural projects, including novel compounds in development and in-field tests of citrus greening disease, fungal growth and crop problems — wheat rust and fusarium wilt (in bananas) — and prevention of mosquito larvae and cherry fruit flies.
Effective immediately, the operations and assets acquired through this transaction relocate to FSI’s Newark, DE (ag-division) facility, designed specifically to provide operations and production support for FSI’s insect-related agricultural products.
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