January 23, 2008
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, January 23, 2008 – BASF Crop Protection today announced it has agreed to provide limited access to triticonazole fungicide to Bayer Environmental Science for United States and Canadian turf and landscape ornamental uses. The supply agreement between BASF and Bayer is for certain uses including professional sports turf, golf, landscaping, and professional lawn care. BASF maintains all the rights to the active ingredient to sell the compound in all the markets where it is registered.
Triticonazole is the active ingredient in Trinity™ fungicide; BASF will continue to support the successful launch of Trinity and will continue to develop additional differentiated triticonazole product offerings. Trinity is a key element of BASF’s fungicide strategy, and BASF is investing in the continued growth and development of the molecule.
"BASF sees this as an opportunity for the expanded use of the triticonazole compound, as customers demand leading technology to replace older turf fungicides,” said Markus Heldt, group vice president, BASF Crop Protection. “By providing access to Bayer we at BASF are enlarging the opportunity for this powerful new chemistry.”
“We are excited about the addition of Chipco Triton™ to our market-leading fungicide portfolio,” said Josh Weeks, vice president, professional products, Bayer Environmental Science. “This agreement allows Bayer to bring an even broader range of valued chemistry to our customers.”
Bayer Environmental Science, a business unit of Bayer CropScience, is a leader in environmental science and provides innovative products to professionals and consumers for turf and ornamentals, termite control, general insect control and vector control applications.
For more information about BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals visit betterturf.basf.us and betterplants.basf.us.
About BASF
With sales of €3,079 million in 2006, BASF’s Crop Protection division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to the farming industry providing well-established and innovative fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these products and services to improve crop yields and crop quality. Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control, turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and forestry. BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market success. The vision of BASF’s Crop Protection division is to be the world’s leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality of life for a growing world population. Further information can be found on the web at www.agro.basf.com.
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas. As a reliable partner to virtually all industries, BASF’s high-value products and intelligent system solutions help its customers to be more successful. BASF develops new technologies and uses them to meet the challenges of the future and open up additional market opportunities. It combines economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, thus contributing to a better future. BASF has approximately 95,000 employees and posted sales of €52.6 billion (approximately $66.1 billion) in 2006. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.
About Bayer CropScience
Bayer CropScience LP is the U.S. business of Bayer CropScience AG.
Bayer AG is a global research-based and growth-oriented enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of about EUR 5.7 billion (2006), is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer CropScience has a global workforce of about 17,900 and is represented in more than 120 countries.
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