Certis USA Enters into an Agreement to Acquire Certain Ecogen Bt Products, Etc.; Certis USA Begins Manufacture of CryMax and Lepinox Biological Pesticides.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers COLUMBIA, Md.--(BW HealthWire)--May 29, 2002 Certis USA, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., entered into an agreement to purchase certain assets of the Bt biopesticide and insecticidal nematode nematode or roundworm Any of more than 15,000 named and many more unnamed species of worms in the class Nematoda (phylum Aschelminthes). Nematodes include plant and animal parasites and free-living forms found in soil, freshwater, saltwater, and even vinegar businesses owned by Ecogen, Inc. of Langhorne, PA. Certis USA, one of the world's leading producers of biological pesticides, will add CryMax(R), Lepinox(R), Condor(R) and other Bt biological insecticides to its Integrated Pest Management Integrated Pest Management (IPM), planned program that coordinates economically and environmentally acceptable methods of pest control with the judicious and minimal use of toxic pesticides. (IPM (1) (Impressions Per Minute) Generally refers to document scanners that scan both sides of the page at the same time. Thus, a scanner that scans at 100 ppm (pages per minute) can provide 200 ipm. See ppm and document scanner. ) product line. Under a business transition arrangement between Certis USA and Ecogen, Certis USA will immediately begin manufacturing and selling certain of the Ecogen Bt products. Certis USA expects volume quantities of the products will be available to the growers of high-value crops as soon as July. In addition to the biological insecticides, Certis USA will also purchase Ecogen's rights in Bt strain libraries for use for microbial microbial pertaining to or emanating from a microbe. microbial digestion the breakdown of organic material, especially feedstuffs, by microbial organisms. applications, and its related product registrations, trademarks, patents or licenses and certain fixed assets. Dennis Banasiak, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Certis USA, said, "Certis USA will be purchasing some of the most potent strains of Bacillus bacillus (bəsĭl`əs), any rod-shaped bacterium or, more particularly, a rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Bacillus. Some bacterium in the genus cause disease, for example B. thuringiensis (Bt). We'll apply our formulation know-how to these strains and be able to offer growers an ever-expanding product line of improved Bt products in the near future." Bt bioinsecticides are the most widely used biological pesticides. Bt products are characteristically low in risk to humans, animals and the environment, yet they are highly lethal to Lepidopteran lepidopteran Any of the more than 155,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: “scaly wing”): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The name refers to the dusting of minute scales that covers the wings and bodies of these insects. (caterpillar) pests, the primary insect threat to crop production. Certis USA was established by Mitsui in April 2001. Its products were previously sold under the name of Thermo Trilogy Corporation. Mitsui & Co., Japan's largest trading company, markets and distributes crop protection products and services directly and through its Certis marketing subsidiaries in Europe, Japan, Africa and the U.S. Global crop protection sales exceed $400 million annually. Headquartered in Columbia, MD, Certis USA manufactures environmentally friendly crop protection products for vegetable, tree fruit, nut, grape, citrus and mushroom crops grown both conventionally and organically. Certis USA product brands include: Agree(R), Deliver(R), Javelin(R), Teknar(R) and Thuricide(R) bioinsecticides; Azatin(R) and Neemix(R) botanical insect growth regulators; Trilogy(R) botanical fungicide/miticide; BioVector(R) insecticidal nematode, and GemStar(R) and Spod-X(R) insecticidal virus products. Note: A digital copy of this release is available at www.certisusa.com. |
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