Gowan Crop Protection has appointed Barrie Hunt as its UK & Ireland technical manager from next month. He replaces Robert Plaice, who has moved to Gowan’s headquarters in Yuma, Arizona to take up the post of global technical development lead. Mr Hunt arrives from...
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New FMC positions for future growth
Agrochemical manufacturer FMC became a pureplay agricultural science business last month. The company is now adding biological crop protection to its traditional pesticide chemistry as it builds a global market presence. The business was first established in the US...
Life Scientific launches first Atlantis generic in the UK
Generic agrochemical manufacturer Life Scientific will be ramping up its UK market presence from January 2018 through the launch of two new winter wheat herbicides based on a combination of the mesosulfuron and iodosulfuron active ingredients.
Life Scientific set for UK expansion
Life Scientific, the Dublin-based specialist in off-patent crop protection chemistry, is expanding the range of products available in the UK from this autumn.The business was created by founder and chief executive Nicola Mitchell in 1995 as a contract R& D firm....
Goldcrop adds agchem strength through Croplink buy
Goldcrop Holdings, Ireland’s leading seeds business, has agreed to acquire the country’s largest generic plant protection product supplier, Croplink (Ireland), subject to approval from the country’s competition regulator.
