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News from Abroad
TOUGH COMPETITION
Bayer to restructure crop science division in Germany
and a hopeless price competition with
German chemicals and pharma
conglomerate, Bayer, has announced generics manufacturers from Asia, so
that we can maintain production faci-
plans to cut hundreds of jobs as part
of an overhaul of its crop division in lities in Germany and continue to pro-
Germany. duce products competitively for our
customers,” said Mr. Frank Terhorst,
“Manufacturers of generic crop pro- Head of Strategy and Sustainability of
tection products, particularly from Asia, the Crop Science division.
have built signifi cant overcapacity over
recent years and are pushing onto the while others will be relocated to exist- R&D to be focussed at Monheim
market with persistently low prices, ing production sites. Frankfurt am Main Bayer said its R&D activities will
some of which are below the manufac- currently employs around 500 people, be optimised from a cost perspective,
turing costs of crop protection products but Bayer said not all employees would and all essential activities will be relo-
in Europe. This is exacerbated by be aff ected by cuts. cated to the main site in Monheim am
increasing regulatory restrictions and Rhein where R&D for insecticides and,
national export barriers. In the future, The company said that it will also to some extent, for fungicides is already
the focus will therefore be even more discontinue the production of various located.
on strategic, innovative technologies generic active ingredients of crop pro-
and products that off er growers diff er- tection products and their associated About two years ago, Bayer also
entiated value not matched by generics,” formulations, at its Dormagen site, started construction of a facility for the
the company said in a press note. resulting in 200 job cuts. Its Dormagen development of crop protection pro-
site currently employs around 1,200 ducts in Monheim. These measures will
Bayer said it will cut production staff . These changes will be implemented strengthen Monheim as a focused cen-
activities at its Frankfurt am Main site, gradually by the end of 2028. tre for R&D of crop protection products.
which develops herbicide active ingre- “Germany will thus remain Bayer’s most
dients and formulations. The company “These steps are urgently needed to important location for R&D of crop
plans to sell parts of these operations, counteract the signifi cant overcapacity protection products worldwide,” it said.
SPECIALITY MATERIALS
Gelest completes new production facility at US site
Gelest, a part of Japan’s Mitsubishi analysis, packaging, and high-volume
Chemical Group, has opened a new manufacturing of highly specialised
chemistries to support advanced tech-
50,000-square-foot production facility
at its global headquarters in Morrisville, nology markets. To assure quality and
Pennsylvania, US. chemical purity, the facility incorpo-
rates a 3,000-square-foot (278.7 m ),
2
The new building will increase ISO 7 clean room with advanced ana-
Gelest’s production capabilities and lytical instrumentation. The addition of
support customer applications ranging the new production facility underpins
from microelectronics and medical Gelest’s ongoing expansion in Morris-
devices to advanced thermal coatings ensuring a robust supply,” said ville. In 2001, the company established
and mobility. Mr. Edward Kimble, Senior Business its Morrisville headquarters, which
Director /General Manager, Gelest.
now comprises production, R&D, and
“Our main focus will be to develop administration operations. The new
and manufacture precursor chemicals The new facility will feature state- facility extends Gelest’s footprint to nine
for use in dry resist EUV lithography, of-the-art equipment designed for buildings in Morrisville, eight on-site.
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