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Shareholders Give Green Light for the Cropscience-Mega-Takeover

Pressure is increasing on the agrarian chemicals sector. The tendency is towards full service provider, i.e., a company that delivers seeds but can also guarantee pesticides. Of course, Monsanto is currently the market leader among agro-chemical and seed vendors, but it is beginning to face the threat of losing its place under the Sun. Dupont and Dow want to merge with an estimated annual turnover of 18 billion dollars in pesticides and seeds, and the merged company has the potential of overtaking Monsanto just like the No. 2 company of the sector Syngenta. After Monsanto came up with the offer of 47 billion dollars in the summer of 2015 for the Swiss company, the Chinese government Group Chem China offered 43 billion dollars for the company. arrow back arrow forward Image Zoom
Pressure is increasing on the agrarian chemicals sector. The tendency is towards full service provider, i.e., a company that delivers seeds but can also guarantee pesticides. Of course, Monsanto is currently the market leader among agro-chemical and seed vendors, but it is beginning to face the threat of losing its place under the Sun. Dupont and Dow want to merge with an estimated annual turnover of 18 billion dollars in pesticides and seeds, and the merged company has the potential of overtaking Monsanto just like the No. 2 company of the sector Syngenta. After Monsanto came up with the offer of 47 billion dollars in the summer of 2015 for the Swiss company, the Chinese government Group Chem China offered 43 billion dollars for the company. (Picture: © Wesley Lai - Fotolia)
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