Dec. 06, 2019Topics
The chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries in Switzerland — organized in the Scienceindustries trade association — account for 45% of total exports with around 70,000 employees and are thus the undisputed ...
Oct. 28, 2019News & Opinions
Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta, part of ChemChina, has announced it will spend $2 billion over the next five years to help farmers tackle the threats posed by climate change. ...
Sep. 09, 2019Topics
The Together for Sustainability (TFS) initiative was launched in 2011 as a joint program of chemical companies for sustainable supply chains. Its goal is to develop and implement a global agenda to evaluate and improve sustainable ...
Sep. 04, 2019News & Opinions
Syngenta has completed its acquisition of the Cropio Group, gaining access to a technology platform that allows farmers to monitor their crops and field operations. The Swiss agrochemicals giant said approximately 10 million hectares of ...
Aug. 20, 2019News & Opinions
With the debate over the possible carcinogenity of Monsanto’s (now Bayer’s) Roundup herbicide continuing to rage, a peer-reviewed research paper partly funded by Swiss agrochemicals giant Syngenta – now owned by ChemChina ...
Apr. 11, 2019Topics
The chemical industry is one of the most international sectors with activity dominated by cross border transactions. Chinese and other Asian firms have been particularly busy expanding their global footprint and taking advantage of the ...
Apr. 17, 2018Topics
For the global specialty chemicals sector, the past two years have been among the most exciting of the young millennium. Many mergers and acquisitions were in the spotlight in 2017 and more have moved into it in 2018. Two of the biggest ...
Mar. 05, 2018News & Opinions
The discussion of whether to turn the current EU moratorium on neonicotinoid-based insecticides (neonics) into a permanent ban is expected to be revived before the end of the month in light of last week’s assessment by the European ...
Feb. 28, 2018News & Opinions
Swiss seeds specialist Syngenta, part of the ChemChina group since June 2017, has entered into a global licensing agreement with Nippon Soda for Picarbutrazox, a fungicide with a novel mode of action that has been developed by the Japanese ...
Feb. 22, 2018News & Opinions
US grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta have settled a lawsuit over Syngenta’s launch of a biotech corn strain that had negative effects on the US company’s grain exports to China.
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