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Software Launched To Monitor Foreign Chemical Quality Online
September 28, 2007
US-based TrueLogic Co. has launched a software package designed to help companies track, monitor, and improve quality in the chemical manufacturing processes, allowing remote monitoring of these production processes by customers, importers, and quality auditors via the internet. Called TrueChem, the software "is particularly promising for Chinese manufacturers and the US companies that import their products," according to a TrueLogic release.
Dow Affiliate Agrigenetics Acquires Duo Maize
September 21, 2007
Dow AgroSciences' affiliate Agrigenetics, Inc. has acquired Duo Maize, a corn germplasm company focused primarily on early maturing germplasm silage applications for northern climates based in Rossum, Netherlands.
Bayer, MANA Settle Patent Disputes
September 20, 2007
Bayer CropScience and Makhteshim Agan of North America (MANA) have settled patent lawsuits around the cotton defoliant Ginstar, according to a MANA release. Under the settlement, MANA will pay Bayer an undisclosed amount for a non-exclusive sublicense under the patents-in-suit.
Origin Acquires Guang Xi Fortuneland
September 20, 2007
Beijing, China-based biotech and seed company Origin Agritech has agreed to take over majority interest in Guang Xi Fortuneland Agricultural Corp. of Nanjing. Fortuneland is a pesticide and fertilizer company with a focus on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of pesticides and fertilizers in southern China. Origin is a supplier of corn, rice, cotton and canola seed.
Arysta To Acquire Grupo Bioquimico Mexicano
September 10, 2007
Arysta LifeScience Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Grupo Bioquimico Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. (GBM), a leading Mexican manufacturer and marketer of inputs for the fruit and vegetable market. The acquisition of GBM increases Arysta's footprint in the fruit and vegetable crop markets of Mexico, Central and South America.
Dow Acquires Gene Technology
September 10, 2007
Dow AgroSciences LLC has gotten exclusive rights to Chlorogen, Inc.'s Chloroplast Transformation Technology (CTT). The technology will allow Dow to enhance its animal health and agricultural biotechnology businesses, according to a release from the company.
Rivendell Expands EU Operations
September 10, 2007
Ireland-based regulatory consultancy Rivendell Consulting has opened an office in Axel, the Netherlands, to be called Rivendell Benelux.
CHS, Land O'Lakes Complete Nutrients And Crop Protection Transfer
September 10, 2007
US-based companies CHS Inc. and Land O'Lakes, Inc. have completed the repositioning of two of their Agriliance LLC joint ventures, according to a Land O'Lakes release. In the deal, the Agriliance crop protection products business has been transferred to Land O'Lakes, and the Agriliance wholesale crop nutrients business has been transferred to CHS.
Dow, Exelixis Sign Research Agreement
September 10, 2007
Dow AgroSciences LLC and Exelixis Plant Sciences have signed a major research collaboration agreement which includes the purchase of selected assets by Dow affiliate Agrigenetics Inc., according to a Dow release.
AENDA Elects New Council President
September 10, 2007
Brazil's generic agrochemical industry association, AENDA, has elected Joao Pedro Engels as president of its council for a two-year term.
International Soybean Alliance Formed
September 10, 2007
Soybean growers from the US, Brazil, and Argentina have agreed to form an International Soybean Growers’ Alliance (ISGA) at the Bienal Annual Agricultural Conference in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil in late August. ISGA is a component of the Global Grower Development Agreements signed between the North and South American soybean producer organizations in 2006.
Punjab To Acquire Pegevo
September 4, 2007
India-based Punjab Chemicals has agreed to purchase the Dutch formulator Pegevo Beheer from its parent companies, Pevobel and Gevobel, for US $54 million through Punjab's Dutch subsidiary, SD Agchem.
Dow Buys Netherlands-Based Duo Maize
September 4, 2007
Dow AgroSciences announced that it will expand its global corn germplasm portfolio and corn business with the acquisition of Duo Maize, a corn germplasm company, through its affiliate Agrigenetics, Inc., a company release stated.
Dow, Hexima Ltd. Collaborate On Cotton Seed
September 4, 2007
Dow AgroSciences LLC and Australia-based Hexima Ltd. are collaborating on cotton plant testing using Dow's proprietary genetics, according to a Dow release.
BASF Signs Deal In Uruguay
September 4, 2007
BASF and Uruguayan distribution company Agrotec (Ciudad del Este) have signed an exclusive deal covering the supply of BASF pesticides in the country.
Bayer Opens Argentine Technology Center
September 4, 2007
