World Agrochemical Network Chinese website reported: BIOPLANET is the first company in Italy to produce beneficial insects and mites for biological control. It has been acquired by Japan's CBC Group and merged into CBC's Italian subsidiary. After the acquisition, BIOPLANET will continue to operate its business of producing beneficial insects. The company name will be changed to CBC BIOPLANET Srl, and products will be supplied through its established branches in France, Greece and Spain. CBC’s subsidiaries around the world will also sell its products Sold to the international market, these products will be included in the sales network of CBC subsidiary BIOGARD.
BIOPLANET has a history of nearly 40 years. It was originally a university spin-off company Biolab founded by Professor Giorgio Celli of the University of Bologna in Italy in 1985, and then developed into BIOPLANET at the end of the last century.
BIOGARD is a subsidiary established after the merger of CBC (Europe) Srl and Intrachem Bio Italia in 2012. The two companies have started to develop and sell biological control products as early as the 1980s, so the subsidiary BIOGARD inherited the two companies With a long history and rich R&D experience, it is regarded as a benchmark enterprise in the European biological control market.
BIOGARD's product portfolio includes a comprehensive range of products, from pheromones produced by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., to pesticides containing natural ingredients such as microorganisms, as well as specialty fertilizers and plant growth stimulants. BIOGARD has developed and registered a number of unique bio-insecticides, bio-fungicides and bio-nematicides in the EU market, such as Naturalis (Beauveria bassiana ATCC74040), AQ 10 (Pyrosporium albicans I10), Lepinox Plus/ Rapax AS (Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki EG2348) and others. Its technical team with many years of experience in biological control product development and support is responsible for technology transfer and sales.
The demand for biological control products in agriculture continues to grow, and companies need to invest more in production and expand the market. In addition, the long-term cooperation between BIOPLANET and CBC has led to this acquisition, which also allows the company to have a broader scope of transnational business. The addition of BIOPLANET will help CBC BIOGARD combine unique products that can play a synergistic effect to complete the strategic goals in the field of agricultural biological control.
Source：AgroPages
