Generic Agrochemical Leaders: Acquisitions, Collaborations and Investments in 2014

AgroPages recently made a summary of the acquisitions, cooperations and investments from global agrochemical enterprises in 2014, which is outlined in 3 categories—the top 6 global agrochemical multinationals, the generic agrochemical leaders and others. The information will be successively presented in accordance with the single company.

Acquisitions:
FMC Corporation acquires Cheminova for $1.8 Billion
Adama acquires $850m ChemChina businesses
Arysta LifeScience Acquires French-Based Company Goëmar
Platform Specialty Products acquires Arysta LifeScience for about $3.51 billion
Platform Specialty Products Corporation acquires Chemtura's agrochemicals business
Platform Specialty Products acquires European agrochemicals group Agriphar for €300 million
Sumitomo Corporation acquired fungicide Metominostrobin from Bayer CropScience Japan
Sumitomo Chemical Acquires DuPont™ Asana® Insecticide Business

Collaborations:
FMC and Actagro enter agreement to market Actagro Organic Acid® based soil and plant health nutritional products in Asia-Pacific
FMC partners with FLM+ to include the complete portfolio of tree， fruit， vegetable and potato products
FMC expands its partnership with FLM+ on a large amount of products
FMC and Arysta LifeScience signed agreement to develop， market and sell turf and ornamental products
Arysta and Plant Health Care signed development &distribution agreement on protein technology
Arysta LifeScience and Goёmar set up a new organization for biostimulant， biocontrol and innovation nutriment products in French
Isagro and Rotam enter into development， distribution and supply agreement
Nufarm partners with Phytech to develop new plant monitoring technology
Nufarm partners with Verdesian Life Science to market Bloomtime product in U.S. and Canada
Gowan and Azul Natural signed development， registration， marketing and distribution agreement
Gowan USA announces exclusive distribution of Domark fungicide from Isagro

Investments:
FMC Corporation opens new Asia Innovation Center in Shanghai
FMC opens new innovation center‏ in Latin America
Nissan Chemical established an affiliate company Nissan Chemical Products (Shanghai)
Sumitomo Chemical plans to set up fertilizer plant in Kenya
Sumitomo Chemical Establishes a Subsidiary in Tanzania， Africa to conduct market surveys and research and development on agricultural chemicals