31st March 2025 Sumitomo Chemical is pleased to announce the appointment of Ruth Stanley as Commercial Agro Manager for the UK & Ireland, reinforcing the company’s commitment to growth in one of Europe’s most important crop protection markets. With a strong background in agriculture and crop protection, Ruth brings a wealth of experience and firsthand farming [...]

St-Didier-au-Mont-d’Or (France), December 20, 2023 – Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sumitomo Chemical company, expert in crop protection for 60 years, nominates Alberto Ancora, as General Manager, effective December 1, 2023. He succeeds Shinichiro Imai who will continue to operate within the company as Deputy General Manager.    Alberto Ancora was formerly [...]

Oct. 25, 2023 Sumitomo Chemical has begun construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention as a sustainable chemical raw material. The development of this technology is one of the projects supported by the NEDO* Green Innovation (GI) Fund. The Company will work to [...]

Oct. 24, 2023 Sumitomo Chemical has developed an in-house generative AI service “ChatSCC,” which utilizes ChatGPT*, and has made it available for all of its approximately 6,500 employees. Through this, the Company aims to achieve a dramatic improvement in productivity in the short term, as well as to enhance the competitiveness of its existing businesses [...]

Jul. 31, 2023 Sumitomo Chemical has newly designated five of its Group’s products and technologies as Sumika Sustainable Solutions. This is one of its initiatives to achieve a sustainable society, which marks its eighth anniversary this year. Sumika Sustainable Solutions, now including 71 products and technologies in total, represented annual sales revenue of approximately 682.8 [...]

Jun. 30, 2023 Sumitomo Chemical has received a gold medal in a sustainability assessment by EcoVadis (headquartered in France), which evaluates the corporate ESG-related initiatives, for the fourth consecutive year. The gold medal is given to the top 5% of all evaluated companies. Established in 2007, EcoVadis is a performance rating agency, working to help [...]

Joint News Release May 10, 2023 The easyconnect Closed Transfer System (CTS) wins the Pack the Future Award for sustainable packaging innovations in the category Design for Consumer Benefit and Convenience on 09th May 2023 during the interpack trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. The award is presented by the IK German Association for Plastics Packaging and [...]

20 April, 2023 Crop-Life Europe Anti-Counterfeit Experts Group (ACEG) has edited a video to inform European farmers about the risks in using counterfeited pesticides. Find out why illegal and counterfeit pesticides are harmful for agriculture. The video is available on YouTube and exist in 19 different languages. Original version in English: https://youtu.be/HLNX_um19oY German: https://youtu.be/5OG5pn9_ZpU Polish: [...]

February 25, 2019 Sumitomo Chemical has submitted applications for registration of its new fungicide INDIFLINTM (ISO common name: inpyrfluxam) to the regulatory authorities of the EU. INDIFLINTM, a novel fungicide active ingredient discovered by Sumitomo Chemical, belongs to a class of compounds known as succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHI) that have a mode of action inhibiting [...]

January 17, 2019 Sumitomo Chemical has joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (“AEPW”) as one of the founding members. AEPW is a new alliance of global companies formed to advance solutions to eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean. AEPW, launched on January 16, 2019, is a not-for-profit organization composed of global [...]