Arysta LifeScience and Chemtura extend partnership in West Africa

Chemtura AgroSolutions and Arysta LifeScience South Africa announced they are extending their cooperation in West Africa to include Arysta LifeScience distribution rights for Chemtura’s crop protection products. In 2012, Chemtura had granted Arysta LifeScience distribution rights for its malaria larvicide control products under the Dimilin® brand name.

“We are delighted to extend the cooperation with Chemtura in West Africa and see this as an important step in strengthening our leadership position in that region,” said John Barnes, Arysta LifeScience’s Business Unit Head of Africa & Western Europe.

“Our cooperation with Arysta LifeScience has started off well with the Dimilin range of products, giving us the basis to expand our partnership to include our Crop Protection products,” added Dave Cote, Chemtura AgroSolutions Director, Product and Asset Management. “We expect solid growth now that our products are part of the overall Arysta LifeScience offering in West Africa.”

Arysta LifeScience has an extensive footprint in key West African countries with subsidiaries in Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger and Cameroon. The Chemtura products will benefit from Arysta LifeScience’s extensive distribution network and regional formulation sites, which will provide the capability of producing smaller packs to expand customer reach as well as enabling better response time to changing customer needs. Arysta LifeScience is able to expand/complement its range with the Chemtura products, including specialties like Silwet® Gold and Pantera®.

• Silwet Gold is a foliar adjuvant with high performance wetting action. It can be mixed with all crop protection products, which will be quite interesting for West and Central Africa where versatility and efficacy are key requirements.
• Pantera is a highly effective post-emergent grass herbicide for use in cotton and vegetable crops.