04.09.2019
- 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...
20.08.2019
- 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...
11.04.2019
- 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...
17.04.2018
- 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...
04.03.2018
- 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...
28.02.2018
- 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...
22.02.2018
- 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...
09.02.2018
- Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta has completed the acquisition of Nidera Seeds, the crop seeds business of Chinese grains trader COFCO International. Terms of the acquisition...
