Keyword: Agrochemistry

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Seed Firm Devgen Signs Syngenta Pesticide Deal

14.05.2012 - Hybrid seed company Devgen has signed a crop protection research pact with Switzerland's Syngenta, the world's largest agrochemicals company, swelling its resources to carry out...

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Super Weeds No Easy Fix for US Agriculture-experts

11.05.2012 - A fast-spreading plague of "super weeds" taking over U.S. farmland will not be stopped easily, and farmers and government officials need to change existing practices if food...

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Latin American Drought Crimps Syngenta Sale

19.04.2012 - Syngenta, the world's largest agrochemicals company, posted a smaller-than-expected rise in quarterly sales, as the impact of a drought in Latin America offset the benefits from...

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AkzoNobel Strengthens its Global MCA Position

06.02.2012 - AkzoNobel has announced two steps in strengthening its global position in the market of monochloroacetic acid (MCA). Recently it has commissioned its expanded Delfzijl MCA facility...

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Saltigo Examines the State of Custom Manufacturing in the New Year

24.01.2012 - Optimism Springs Eternal - 2011 was a year fraught with uncertainties, and many industries are wearily eyeing the year to come. The state of the worldwide economy as well as the...

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MEPI: Process Innovation Serving New Chemical Manufacturing Strategies

- Following the AZF fertilizer plant blast in 2001, a brain-storming group was formed in Toulouse, France, to draw the lines of what would in 2007 become MEPI, la Maison Européenne...

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Syngenta: Key Crop Sales May Double From 2015

21.06.2011 - Swiss group Syngenta said on Tuesday its sales of key crops could double to $17 billion after 2015 and flagged second quarter sales that were robust despite poor weather conditions...

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Israel's MA Industries To Buy Herbicide From DuPont

11.04.2011 - Israel's MA Industries will acquire DuPont Crop Protection's global non-mixture diuron business, the world's biggest maker of generic agrochemicals said on Sunday. Financial terms...