MERGERS,
ACQUISITIONS
& DEALS IN 2017
September
The US plant biotechnology company, Arcadia Biosciences, signed a global licensing deal with the US non-profit research organisation, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, over CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology.
Bayer’s Crop Science division started a five-year research collaboration with the Greek Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology to discover insect control solutions.
Bayer’s Crop Science division and German technology provider Bosch agreed to collaborate on the development of crop protection spray technology.
Canadian company Bee Vectoring Technologies agreed a sales and distribution deal with US biological products marketing and distribution company Guardian Soil Solutions in the US state of Florida.
US agrochemical company Brandt agreed a distribution deal with US landscape products distributor SiteOne Landscape Supply.
US biopesticide company Marrone Bio Innovations agreed to collaborate on a pilot project with US agricultural technology company AgShift to assess the impact of the use of biopesticides on the quality of fresh produce.
US biopesticide company Marrone Bio Innovations formed a partnership with Swiss technology transfer company Eléphant Vert to distribute two biopesticides in North Africa.
The US agricultural technology development investment company, TechAccel, awarded $60,000 to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to further the development of a sprayable RNAi-based biopesticide for the control of diamondback moths (Plutella xylostella).
US chemical distribution company Univar’s wholly owned subsidiary, Univar Brasil, acquired Brazilian agrochemical custom formulation and packaging services company Tagma Brasil.
UPL acquired a 33.3% stake in Brazilian seed company Serra Bonita Sementes from its Brazilian parent company, SinAgro Produtos Agropecuarios.
Italian biostimulants company Valagro and French crop protection and home garden group SBM Company agreed a distribution deal covering Europe and the US.
Dextra International, on behalf of one of its clients, completes the purchase of a large crop protection products registrations from an Australian Company.
The Japanese federation of agricultural co-operative associations, Zen-Noh, and Mitsubishi Corporation, agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture, tentatively called Z-MC Crop Protection Corporation, for the manufacturing, registration and distribution of agrochemicals.
Source: Agrow