Chemovator, the business incubator of BASF, opens its doors for startups outside of the company

Support in the areas of sustainability, process, research and service optimization, as well as next generation materials

17-May-2023 - For five years, Chemovator has been working under the umbrella of BASF to develop scalable and investable business models from ideas that originated from within the company. As of now, the incubator opens its doors to all early-stage startups working on the successful and sustainable future of ...

BASF Venture Capital and Orbia Ventures Invest in Israeli Biotech Startup

New herbicides inhibit the growth of herbicide-resistant weeds and invasive plants

14-Feb-2022 - BASF Venture Capital GmbH (BVC) and Orbia Ventures today announce their Series-B investment in the Israeli biotech startup FortePhest. Founded in 2017, FortePhest is developing a new technology to combat herbicide-resistant weeds and invasive plants. Inspired and informed by natural plant ...

Microscopic crop protection

Max Planck spin-off aims to further develop research into microtechnology-based plant protection products

18-Mar-2021 - Every year, fungal diseases of grapevines cause a loss of one billion euros. Conventional plant protection agents are largely powerless in combating them. A planned spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) is now to further develop research into sustainable, ...

BASF closes acquisition of businesses and assets from Bayer

02-Aug-2018 - BASF has closed the acquisition of a range of businesses and assets from Bayer. The transaction is a strategic complement to BASF’s crop protection, biotech and digital farming activities and marks its entry into seeds, non-selective herbicides and nematicide seed treatments. “This strategic move ...

BASF and Evogene announce multiyear collaboration for the development of novel insecticides

30-May-2018 - BASF and Evogene Ltd. announced a new collaboration focusing on the development of novel insecticides based on new binding areas (Site-of-Action or ‘SoA’) on key insecticidal target proteins. The parties also announced that the collaboration achieved its first project milestone, with the joint ...

Court finds Willowood infringed Syngenta Azoxystrobin patents

Damages will be assessed at trial later this year

13-Apr-2017 - The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina has issued an order finding that agrochemical manufacturer Willowood, LLC and Willowood USA, LLC (collectively, “Willowood”) infringed two valid U.S. patents owned by Syngenta relating to the fungicide azoxystrobin (U.S. Patent No. ...

Bayer becomes partner of the Centre for Crop Health and Protection consortium

14-Nov-2016 - Bayer has joined the Centre for Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) located on the National Agri-Food Innovation Campus, Sand Hutton, United Kingdom. The CHAP serves as an international centre for innovation in crop protection uniting public academic institutions and private companies. The ...

New global crop protection collaboration

Monsanto and Sumitomo Chemical team up for next generation PPO technologies

29-Jun-2016 - Monsanto Company and Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd. announced a new global agreement that will focus on developing and delivering next-generation weed control solutions to further help growers manage tough-to-control weeds. Monsanto has a robust pipeline of multi-generational herbicide trait ...

Lonza Acquires Chemical Company Zelam Based in New Zealand

05-Aug-2015 - Lonza announced that it has acquired Zelam, a research-focused chemical company based in New Zealand, which develops and manufactures products for crop protection, specializing in fungicides, insecticides, herbicides, foliar nutrients and additives. Zelam also develops and manufactures products ...

New Ingredients Prove Game-changing in Pesticide Markets in North America and Europe

Suppliers must communicate the efficacy of biopesticides to bring in more business opportunities, finds Frost & Sullivan

10-Mar-2015 - Escalating demand for food from a burgeoning world population is accelerating the development of the pesticides market in North America and Western Europe. The shift to newer, more expensive chemistries that offer better solutions for pest-resistance further spurs market revenues.New analysis ...