20.08.2015
- Leading agrochemicals company Syngenta has announced its intention to divest its premium flowers seeds business from its lawn and garden operating unit. The Swiss-based company...
05.08.2015
- German chemical giant BASF has lined up a loan package from large multinational banks to finance a potential takeover offer for Syngenta, the news agency Reuters says, citing...
31.07.2015
- Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta, currently being pursued by US giant Monsanto, is” not a logical acquisition target for Bayer,” Marijn Dekkers, CEO of the German group, said in...
20.07.2015
- A European Commission (EC) proposal to allow member states to restrict or prohibit the import of genetically modified crops for food or feed, even if they have been approved by the...
24.06.2015
- Syngenta’s supervisory board chairman Michael Demaré has taken the Swiss agrochemicals giant’s case against a takeover by Monsanto to YouTube. In a more than 12-minute video...
22.06.2015
- A merger of agrochemicals giants Monsanto and Syngenta would force their competitors to reconsider their own strategies and review cross-licensing deals, Liam Condon, CEO of Bayer...
14.06.2015
- Tessenderlo Kerley, part of Belgium’s Tessenderlo group, has acquired the global herbicide assets belonging to the weed killer norflurazon (Solicam) from Swiss agrochemical giant...
09.06.2015
- As US agrochemicals behemoth Monsanto appears to be pulling out all stops in its quest to take over European leader Syngenta, reports say a dark horse or white knight – depending...