Winners of China Pesticide Industry Awards 2012 Released

In October 2012, China Pesticide Industry Awards 2012 curtain raised in Shanghai. China Pesticide Industry Awards sponsored by the China Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA). Three awards, including Marketing Award, Technology Innovation Award and Responsibility Care Award were set up. The Awards is held per year and designed to encourage innovations in Chinese pesticide industry.

Ningbo TIDE Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd., Shandong Sino-agri United Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and Limin Chemical Co., ltd. obtained the Marketing Award. In the past 10 years, through localized operations, Ningbo TIDE successfully entered the U.S. market, and became the only Chinese member of the Croplife America and CPDA. TIDE has gained 54 U.S. EPA registration certificate, and has their owned patented products. Company’s brand TIDE also has entered deeply into the US agrochemical market and the products are highly adopted by US farmers.

Shandong Sino-agri United Biotechnology Co., ltd. is a professional neonicotinoid insecticides producer. The company has established an integrate distribution network in the domestic market, with 360 primary dealers and 1683 sub-distributors for technical support to end users in 26 regions. For overseas, company has been carrying out the registration in a number of countries and the products are exported to Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East and other regions.

Limin Chemical is an enterprise who is engaged in fungicide business, it also the world's largest mancozeb producer. In 2012, the company has received 128 global registrations, covering more than 80 countries and regions in five continents. Limin has become a stable supplier to Bayer (propineb, pyrimethanil and phosethyl-al), Syngenta (mancozeb) and Helm (FOSETYL-AL).

Yangnong Chemical, Mr. Song Bao’an, Vice-President of Guizhou University and three cooperative enterprises, Jiangsu Sevencontinent Green Chemical, Zhejiang Hisun Chemical and Shanghai Pesticide Research Institute won the Technology Innovation Award. Professor Song Bao’an is the only individual to win the award. He has engaged in the research and development of novel pesticide discovery and engineering for a long time. He discovered the high efficient antiphytoviral pesticide varieties—Dufulin with independent intellectual property rights and approved the registration, as well as transferred patent of invention and implemented industrialization and field applications .

Responsible Care Award was awarded to Wynca, Changqing and Bayer (China), in recognition of their remarkable achievement in the implementation of the health, safety and environment (HSE) management.