Sumitomo Chemical Acquires Asana Insecticide Business Assets From DuPont Crop Protection

Daniel Jacobs Posted by Dan Jacobs|3 December 2014

Sumitomo Chemical Company and DuPont Crop Protection announced that Sumitomo Chemical has acquired the DuPont Asana Insecticide business in the United States. Asana will be distributed through Valent U.S.A. Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical in the United States.

Asana Insecticide, with the active ingredient esfenvalerate, is a proven control tool for a wide range of insect pests in major field crops, vegetables, tree fruits and nuts. Asana has more than 50 crops on the product label. Its cottonseed oil-based formulation provides superior wash-off resistance and UV Light protection to enhance residual control of insect pests.

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“With the addition of Asana Insecticide into our growing portfolio, we at Valent look forward to bringing growers an even more broad range of proven solutions to meet their insect management needs,” said Andy Lee, CEO of Valent U.S.A. Corp. and Valent BioSciences Corp.

Read more about the deal here.

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