Arysta LifeScience starts new SC formulation plant in Vietnam

Arysta LifeScience Vietnam has begun operation of a new suspension concentrate (SC) formulation plant in Song Than II Industrial Zone, Binh Duong province, Vietnam, for production of KASAI-S® 92SC, a fungicide to be launched later this year. KASAI-S is a mixture of kasugamycin and tricyclazole that has proven effective for control of rice blast disease. It will be the first “blasticide” in SC formulation available to growers in Vietnam.

"Suspended concentration formulations are non-powdery, with uniform particle size and are produced with reduced or no use of hazardous solvents,” said Tran Quoc Dan, Arysta LifeScience factory manager. “That makes them one of the most stable and safest formulations for farmers and the environment. With an excellent safety profile, KASAI-S offers rice farmers a total solution by controlling rice blast while also preventing bacteria leaf disease, which is becoming more common in rice in recent years.”

The new SC formulation plant is the first SC formulation plant in Southeast Asia and was established with technical assistance from Hokko Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., a company with more than 40 years of experience in SC formulation technology. Arysta LifeScience has experienced continual growth in Vietnam for the past 12 years.