Crop Protection
UK technical manager for Life Scientific
Off-patent crop protection business Life Scientific has appointed Ruth Stanley, previously campaign manager for cereal herbicides and PGRs at BASF, to the post of UK technical manager. The company says Mrs Stanley’s appointment reflects the growing portfolio of its...
read moreUPL completes Arysta acquisition
Generic agrochemical manufacturer UPL has completed its acquisition of Arysta LifeScience which creates a “new UPL” with combined earnings of some $1 billion on revenues of $5 billion. The Indian multinational agreed to buy US-based Arysta from Platform Specialty...
read moreUK country head for new UPL
Following UPL’s acquisition of Arysta Life Science, Alan du Rieu becomes country head for UPL UK & Ireland. He was previously Arysta’s commercial director for north west Europe. Mr du Rieu has more than 25 years’ experience in technical and commercial agriculture. He...
read moreAdrian Percy to advise Terramera
Dr Adrian Percy, the former global head of R&D at Bayer Crop Science, is to advise the Canadian natural plant nutrition and crop protection business Terramera. He will chair the Vancouver-based company’s science and technology advisory council, with a remit to provide...
read moreNew chief for Procam
Crop protection product distributor and agronomy services company Procam has appointed Diane Heath as its managing director. She joined the business in November, and will succeed UK managing director John Bianchi after a handover period. Mr Bianchi is retiring after...
read moreMSG seeks realistic metaldehyde withdrawal
The Metaldehyde Stewardship Group (MSG) comprising manufacturers and distributors of the molluscicide is calling for a more commercially realistic withdrawal period for the product. Defra announced last December that the active ingredient is be withdrawn, allowing it...
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