The making of AstraZeneca
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Astra of Sweden and Zeneca Agricultural Enterprise of the UK have completed their $37 billion merger, creating a new London-based company, AstraZeneca. The merger of a pharmaceutical company and an agricultural chemical company does result in a lot of synergy, insists Bob Woods, president of Zeneca Ag Products North America. The merger, for one, gives Zeneca access to Astra's molecule library from a purely chemical perspective, says Woods.
Publication Name: Farm Chemicals
Subject: Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
ISSN: 0092-0053
Year: 1999
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Tips from the top
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The top 100 dealers and top 25 cooperatives of the agricultural chemicals industry share some common approaches to reach and maintain sales success. Southern States Cooperative emphasizes customer service as the main focus of operations. Missouri Farmer's Assn Inc places a premium on finding solutions to meet customer needs and wants. Helena Chemical Co adds that a company must also have quality employees as a foundation for success.
Publication Name: Farm Chemicals
Subject: Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
ISSN: 0092-0053
Year: 1998
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New EPA approvals
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved several herbicide products in 1st qtr 2000 These include Griffin LLC's Glyphosate Original herbicide and Aventis Crop-Science Mature Products Division's Connet 20WSP postemergence herbicide. EPA has also allowed Gustafson to market its pre- mixed, ready-to-use fungicide seed treatment for on-farm liquid seeding systems called Raxil MD.
Publication Name: Farm Chemicals
Subject: Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
ISSN: 0092-0053
Year: 2000
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