Staphyt to acquire 100% equity of Peracto

Staphyt, one of the fastest-growing international Agroscience businesses and Peracto, the leading Australian & New Zealand Agricultural Contract Research Organisation (CRO) recently announced they will merge. On July 1st, Staphyt will acquire 100% equity of Peracto Pty Ltd.

This merge creates a global group highly specialized in agrosciences whose combined resources offer clients an unparalleled array of agricultural research & consultation services.

Staphyt has established itself since 1989, as a growing global leader in agronomic research & regulatory advice, with some 70 sites across Europe and operating in 12 countries.

With this acquisition Staphyt’s footprint is extending in Asia Pacific and can offer a full range of services, managed in-house across Australia, New Zealand and beyond. Staphyt can propose off season offers enabling an acceleration of customer’s development.

Peracto, founded in 1976 and headquartered in Devonport, provides a range of independent research, development and related technical services to agribusiness clients across Australia, New Zealand and beyond. Peracto’s specialty services include new product development for agricultural inputs, field residue trials, plant pathology research, laboratory diagnostics, crop variety trials, product registration trials and cooperative research work. It is the leading employer & developer of agricultural science graduates via their 12-month Graduate Development Program. Peracto employs 65 people throughout 14 sites across Australia and New Zealand.

Olivier Marchioro, General Manager of Staphyt said: “With this first acquisition outside Europe, Staphyt enters into a new region and expands its geographic reach and our in house service portfolio in the southern hemisphere. Once again, we stick with our strategy to provide Excellence to our clients. Peracto is well known for its high quality service and expertise. We have common values and vision. We put our people first. We are invested in helping our agricultural clients get the best outcomes possible. We have an unwavering commitment to quality, and we are committed to continuous improvement & innovation.”