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China agrochemical industry weekly

• Dimethomorph
• S-metolachlor
• Pesticide

ACE Colombia&Brazil 2024 will be held in late May 2024.

• Pesticide
• technical
• agrochemical

Last year, Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk briefly became Europe's most valuable company, thanks to its groundbreaking drug.

• Novo Nordisk

In response to the surging demand for weight-loss drugs, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co has unveiled LillyDirect, a user-friendly website that allows individuals to order medications directly from the company.

• Eli Lilly
• weight loss
• Wegovy

Mitsubishi Chemical: On December 22, Mitsubishi Chemical announced a number of news, including the announcement of the planned transfer of 80% of the shares of the Indonesian subsidiary and the appointment of a new CEO and other high-level personnel.

• Mitsubishi
• Lotte chemical
• Ineos

According to Chemanager news on January 4, 2024, water treatment chemicals company Usalco has acquired the coagulant manufacturing business of Brenntag Southwest, the U.S. subsidiary of Germany-based chemical distributor Brenntag.

• Usalco
• Brenntag

Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG) has appointed Manabu Chikumoto as Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2024. He succeeds Jean-Marc Gilson, who assumed the role of President and CEO of MCG in April 2021.

• Mitsubishi chemical

After Sherwin-Williams, the world's largest coatings company, sold its architectural coatings business in China to AkzoNobel last year, it stated that it would continue to develop its industrial coatings business in China.

• Sherwin Williams

Nufarm and IBI-Ag announced a collaboration in which Nufarm received an exclusive license to further develop several specific biocide candidates discovered by IBI-Ag, with the option to exclusively commercialize them.

• Nufarm
• agrochemical
• Pesticide

Recently, the European Union issued a draft regulation on the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance Dimethomorph. The Regulation does not renew the approval of the active substance Dimethomorph under (EC) No 1107/2009.

• Dimethomorph
• Pesticide
• agrochemical

Global beauty group Coty is looking to expand its footprint in India.

• Coty

Hair care brand K18 will be merged into personal care group Unilever's Prestige beauty unit, with the transaction expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2024.

• Unilever
• K18

Eli Lilly & Co has undoubtedly been a highly successful pharmaceutical company, generating significant wealth for investors over the years.

• Eli Lilly
• Novo Nordisk

Wanhua Chemical has newly launched IPDI's quick-drying isocyanate curing agent product WANNATE® IT-170B. This product has excellent weather resistance, color retention and mechanical properties.

• wanhua chemical
• WANNATE® IT

The UAE's ADNOC is preparing to raise its initial offer for Covestro AG, according to media reports. After many previous offers were rejected, ADNOC decided to make concessions again.

• ADNOC

Recently, the CEO of Lavoro Brazil said that the Brazilian agrochemical input distribution market is returning to normal, and the supplier's fertilizer and agrochemical prices have stabilized or rebounded.

• Lavoro
• fertilizers
• chemicals

The Brazilian National Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) has developed a new microbial insecticide using Metarhizium anisopliae, a bacterium extracted from soils in the Amazon region.

• Embrapa
• insecticide
• agrochemical

In the past, consumer goods marketers relied on flashy packaging, vibrant colors, and captivating illustrations to grab shoppers' attention.

• Packaging

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) shares remained relatively stable on Friday, but experienced a decline of around 44% throughout 2023.

• Pfizer

On January 2, China's Changzhou Municipal Natural Resources and Planning Bureau released the design plan for the construction of Jiangsu Yinchun New Material Technology Co., Ltd.'s annual output of 100,000 tons of solvent coatings, 100,000 tons of water-b

• China paint project