Tarkett, a flooring and sports surfaces solutions company, has reached an agreement with Bencis Capital Partners and minority investors to acquire 100 percent of Desso, according to a news release from Tarkett. Desso serves the sports market with artificial turf and a reinforced natural grass system, GrassMaster, under Desso Sports Systems in Europe. “We are very excited to join Tarkett with... read more
Bayer CropScience purchased certain crop protection and land management assets from DuPont in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2014, subject to customary regulatory approvals. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. This acquisition allows Bayer’s Environmental Science business unit to expand its product portfolio to include weed... read more
FMC Corp. named Bethwyn Todd to a newly created role and Pramod Thota to lead FMC Professional Solutions, the business unit within FMC Agricultural Solutions serving the pest, turf and ornamental industries. Todd’s role includes leadership of FMC’s new biosolutions and seed treatment businesses while retaining executive oversight of FMC Professional Solutions as global business director. Among other advantages, this position... read more
Brandt announced that it has a definitive letter of intent to acquire Grigg Brothers, a leader in the golf and sports turf industry since 1995. The acquisition of Grigg Brothers fits Brandt’s corporate strategy of providing superior worldwide products. The combined company has sales in 48 U.S. states and 45 countries. Brandt offers a broad range of specialty products for... read more
GREENSBORO, N.C.—On Oct. 2, Syngenta closed the acquisition of the DuPont Professional Products insecticide business. As a result of this transaction, Syngenta now owns insecticide brands Altriset, Advion, Arilon, Acelepryn, Calteryx and Provaunt. A number of DuPont Professional Products employees have also joined Syngenta. “These key assets will provide the Lawn & Garden Turf and Landscape business with new offerings... read more
