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US agrochemical company American Vanguard agreed to acquire US rights to three pesticides from ChemChina subsidiary Adama Agricultural Solutions. The move was aimed at satisfying US Federal Trade Commission approval of ChemChina’s acquisition of Syngenta.
BASF agreed to acquire the US digital agricultural intelligence company, ZedX.
Bayer CropScience agreed a partnership with anti-malaria fundraiser and educator Goodbye Malaria in southern Africa.
Belgian company Belchim Crop Protection acquired German agrochemical company Proagro.
FMC agreed to acquire part of DuPont’s crop protection business, including certain research and development capabilities. The move was aimed at satisfying commitments to the European Commission over its approval of DuPont’s merger with Dow Chemical.
German agrochemical company Jebagro agreed to acquire part of Israeli biopesticide company Stockton’s generic registrations and distribution rights for various countries in Central and South America.
Mitsui & Co’s agrochemical distribution company, Certis Europe, and Greek firm K&N Efthymiadis’ joint venture, KNE Certis, agreed a distribution deal with Nufarm covering certain Nufarm products in Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Albania.
Chinese agrochemical company Limin Chemical agreed to acquire a 79.5% stake in Chinese agrochemical firm Hebei Shuangji Chemical.
Japanese agrochemical company Nihon Noyhyaku’s US subsidiary, Nichino America, agreed a licensing deal with Japanese company Kyoyu Agri for its rice herbicide, pyraclonil.
Brazilian agrochemical company Ourofino Agrociencia signed a partnership deal with the Brazilian Ministry of Science’s innovations funder agency, the Finep, to fund formulation improvements and an industrial facility for water-dispersible granule formulations.
Chinese agrochemical company Sanonda shareholders approved combining the company with Adama Agricultural Solutions. Both companies are subsidiaries of ChemChina.
Source: Agrow
An overview to the most relevant transactions that have taken place in the crop protection industry and across the globe on 2017.... Just pure M&A.