Sumitomo Chemical and Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe express concern about the EU Decision to ban Neonicotinoids for outdoor uses
On April 27, 2018, the EU Commission adopted by a majority of votes a Regulation to restrict the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam) to permanent greenhouses only. This restriction follows the [...]
Sumitomo Chemical Joins Four Other Leading Crop Protection Companies in Joint Statement on Eradicating Malaria by 2040
April 19, 2018 Sumitomo Chemical, together with four other leading crop protection companies—BASF, Bayer, Mitsui Chemicals, and Syngenta—issued a joint statement, at the London Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held this week, that they will [...]
Sumitomo Chemical Establishes Sustainability Promotion Committee
April 9, 2018 Sumitomo Chemical has newly established a Sustainability Promotion Committee, an enhanced body of its former CSR Promotion Committee, to strengthen its Group-wide integrated initiatives toward achieving a sustainable society through business activities. [...]
Sumitomo Chemical submits registration application for new INDIFLIN™ fungicide
February 13, 2018 Sumitomo Chemical has submitted applications for registration of its new fungicide INDIFLIN™ (ISO common name: inpyrfluxam) to regulatory authorities in Japan, Argentina, the United States, Canada and Brazil. INDIFLIN™, a novel fungicide [...]
DuPont and Sumitomo Chemical Company Announce Global Seed-Applied Technology Agreement
Global Collaboration Accelerates the Advancement of Seed-applied Technology to Bring New Innovation to Growers. DES MOINES, Iowa, and WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Dec. 4, 2017 – DuPont and Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited announced today a global [...]