Gowan Acquires DNA Herbicides from Dow AgroSciences
November 30, 2015 Gowan Company is acquiring the entire global dinitroaniline (DNA) herbicide portfolio from Dow AgroSciences.
The acquisition includes global product registrations, trademarks – including Treflan, Edge, Team, Bonalan and Sonalan – plus intellectual property and labels for herbicides based on trifluralin, benfluralin and ethalfluralin.
A formulation and packaging facility in Sturgeon County, Alberta, Canada, is also part of the transaction.
The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2015. Agreement and financial terms were not disclosed.
DNA herbicides were one of the first families of selective soil herbicides and have been a part of weed management programs for over a half century. The global DNA business to be acquired by Gowan has a broad regulatory presence, with active registrations in 22 countries including the U.S., Canada, Japan, Australia and parts of Europe. These products provide proven control of annual grasses and small seeded broadleaf weeds in a wide range of crops including cotton, beans, canola, cereals and vegetables.
“We are enthusiastic to be able to acquire these proven products in this critical era for herbicide resistance management,” said Juli Jessen, Gowan Group CEO. “The products are particularly significant for us in Canada and Europe, where our growing sales force is centered on extending the utility of herbicide programs. This move is part of Gowan’s continued efforts to deliver solid chemistry to help solve our customers’ needs.”
“These products have been essential to modern weed control” stated Ramiro De La Cruz, Vice President, Crop Protection, Dow AgroSciences. “Our sale of the DNA business doesn’t diminish this history, as we look to the future and invest in innovative and differentiated products.”
Sources – Gowan, Dow AgroSciences
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