When was syngenta founded

You can find Corporate Watch articles on Syngenta and our Company Profile in the right hand column of this page. Click here to find out what products the company is selling. Syngenta is the largest agribusiness company in the world.

In Syngenta was the worlds largest manufacturer of agrochemicals,[1] the third largest owner of plant biotechnology patents[2] and the third largest seed supplier. Syngenta is a powerful player in the introduction of GM crops both in the UK and globally.

Both invested heavily in acquiring seed and biotechnology companies. The creation of Syngenta has enabled parent companies Novartis and AstraZeneca to make considerable savings, and to rid themselves of their controversial agricultural biotechnology ventures. Other Syngenta seed products include Proshield?

Syngenta supplies two varieties of GM Bt insect resistant corn. It also markets its own version of glyphosate RoundUp , called Touchdown for application on RoundUp ready crops[11]. Syngenta International AG is run by the following board of directors[14]. Smith Holdings PLC. Peggy Bruzelius Director of Syngenta. Senior advisor to Lehman Brothers. Peter Doyle Director of Syngenta. Rupert Gasser Director of Syngenta. Previous appointments include director of Banque Edoard Constant S.

Geneva, Switzerland. Also a board member of Intercom Ltd. London, United Kingdom. He is currently a partner of Pabco International Ltd. Pully, Switzerland. Pedro Reiser Director of Syngenta. Prior to that Reiser held a number of senior and management positions at Sandoz. Martin Taylor Director of Syngenta. He has also chaired and sat upon various United Kingdom government task forces, including heading a Task Force looking at options for the reform of the tax and benefit systems. Peter Thompson Director of Syngenta.

Rolf Watter Director of Syngenta. Felix Weber Director of Syngenta. Weber graduated in from the University of St. Gallen with a Lic. The following companies do not operate under the Syngenta name but are subsidiaries of Syngenta International AG. New Farm Crops www. The company is based in Lincolnshire with satellite breeding stations in Cambridgeshire and abroad.

Northrup King Co NK www. NK supplies maize, soyabeans, sunflower, winter oilseed rape and other field crops seeds worldwide. Currently the 3rd largest suppliers of sugarbeet seed. Rogers www. Rogers supplies Syngenta vegetable seeds in the Americas. In , Sandoz Laboratories began business in Basel, followed in by Ciba.

These three companies ultimately became Novartis in Ciba-Geigy, formed in , had concentrated mainly on crop protection in its agro division, Sandoz more on seeds. ICI was formed in the UK in In 21 October, , a Brazilian peasant organization, the Landless Workers' Movement, led a group of landless farmers on an occupation of one of the company's seed research farms, in protest against genetically-modified vegetables and in hopes of obtaining land for landless families to cultivate.

After the occupation had begun, a group of gunmen arrived in a minibus and attacked the protesters. A security guard was killed, various protesters were wounded, and Valmir Mota de Oliveira, known as Keno, was executed with two shots on the chest. Surviving protesters, and sympathizers Including Sarah Wilson, of the Christian Aid claimed that the gunmen were under orders of Syngenta to kill the occupiers, but the company says that the guards of the security company they contracted were not allowed to carry guns.

The MST claimed further that NF Security was a front company controlled by rural producer organizations linked to the agribusiness. Syngenta recently opposed a Swiss ban on genetically modified organisms. Syngenta and its predecessor companies have been involved in numerous legal actions over the years. Syngenta has historically used the courts to defend its intellectual property and perceived right to free trade. Syngenta declares a policy of not exercising its patents in seeds and biotechnology in the least-developed of developing countries.

In , the US Patent and Trademark Office ruled in favor of Syngenta when the company filed suit against Bayer to protect its patent on a class of neonicotinoid insecticides. In , Syngenta filed suit against Monsanto and a number of other companies claiming infringement of its US biotechnology patents covering transgenic corn and cotton. In , the company again filed suit against Monsanto, claiming antitrust violations related to the US biotech corn seed market. The Syngenta legal record also includes citations by regulators, NGOs, and individuals for health issues related to its products.

Although the World Health Organization WHO classifies it as only moderately hazardous, in the United States it is labeled a restricted use pesticide and it is banned in several countries. The U. Center for Disease Control describes the herbicide as "dangerously poisionous" to humans if ingested, inhaled, or absorbed into the body.

Syngenta has added a blue dye, a foul odor, and a powerful vomit-inducer to Gramoxone to help prevent mistakes and misuse. Production of Galecron stopped between and for new safety assessments, and then halted permanently in after more research showed potential risk. In a class action in the US, Ciba-Geigy agreed to cover costs for employee health monitoring and treatment. Atrazine has been banned in several Wisconsin counties in the United States and in the European Union.

It reflects synergy and synthesis, integration, and consolidating strengths. Zeneca acquires Mogen, a Netherlands-based plant Biotechnology Company. Tomatoes were enhanced to stay ripe in the field longer, resulting in better processing. Sandoz and Ciba merge to form Novartis in one of the largest corporate mergers in history. Sandoz acquires the Zaadunie group of Holland.

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