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ajo.gif (628 bytes)AgrEvo - Hoechst Shering AgrEvo GmbH
Hoechst Shering AgrEvo GmbH GmbH, Berlin, Germany, is a global player in Biotechnology, Seeds, Crop Protection and Environmental Health. The company markets a wide range of products for enhancing crop production, together with applications for urban pest control. AgrEvo operates in more than 70 countries with approx. 8600 employees. Sales for 1998 were DM 4,2 billion. Hoechst AG and Rhône-Poulenc SA announced their intention together with Schering AG to merge their agricultural interests to form Aventis CropScience in December 1999.
AgrEvo
ist ein international führendes Unternehmen in der Pflanzenbiotechnologie, der Saatgutproduktion, im Pflanzenschutz und in der Schädlingsbekämpfung. Die Firma vermarktet weltweit eine breite Produktpalette zur Verbesserung der Pflanzenproduktion sowie Anwendungen in der Landschaftspflege und in Haus und Garten. Weltweit beschäftigt AgrEvo rund 8.600 Mitarbeiter in über 70 Ländern. Der Jahresumsatz lag 1998 bei 4,2 Milliarden DM. Die Hoechst AG und Rhône-Poulenc S.A. haben ihre Absicht bekannt gegeben, zusammen mit der Schering AG, noch im Dezember 1999 ihr Agrargeschäft unter dem Dach von Aventis CropScience zusammenzuführen.
December 99

Hoechst shareholders approve distribution of a special dividend / Aventis to be launched on December 15 (2301)

November 99

Research alliance between CPRO-DLO and AgrEvo (2264)

October 99

3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals and AgrEvo announce agrochemical discovery collaboration (2184)

AgrEvo launches Australian seed subsidiary. AgrEvo Seeds Australia forms platform for seed business expansion (2171)
AgrEvo gründet Tochtergesellschaft für Saatgut in Australien. "AgrEvo Seeds Australia" bildet Plattform für erweitertes Saatgutgeschäft

Lynx Therapeutics announces genomics collaboration with AgrEvo (2159)

September 99

AgrEvo reinforces biotechnology competence, acquires majority holding in PlantTec (2139)
AgrEvo stärkt Kompetenz in Biotechnologie - Übernahme der Beteiligungsmehrheit an PlantTec

August 99

Business losses for AgrEvo due to shrinking agricultural market - Growth in Asia, but second half will remain difficult (2095)
Geschäftseinbußen für AgrEvo durch schrumpfenden Agrarmarkt - Wachstum in Asien, unverändert schwieriges zweites Halbjahr erwartet

July 99

Joint Venture agreement of AgEvo and Bilakhia finalised (N2012)
AgrEvo gründet Joint Venture mit indischem Chemieunternehmen

AgrEvo partnership marks first use of NetGenics SYNERGY framework in crop science research (1955)

June 99

Strategic Diagnostics and AgrEvo announces agreement to develop genetically modified food test kit (1851)

May 99

Nunza BV, a subsidiary of AgrEvo, to acquire Rio Colorado Seeds, Inc. (N1833)

AgrEvo´s operating profit in the first quarter at last year’s level despite lower sales (N1785)
AgrEvo-Quartals-Ergebnis auf Vorjahreshöhe trotz rückläufigem Umsatz

April 99

Lynx Therapeutics announces activation of genomics deal with AgrEvo (N1691)

March 99

Joint Venture between Hoechst Schering AgrEvo GmbH & Bilakhia Group (N1678)
AgrEvo gründet Joint Venture mit indischem Chemieunternehmen (N1678)

AgrEvo sales and operating profit 1998 increase in a stagnating market (N1643)

AgrEvo continues to pursue LibertyLink soybean approvals (N1620)

February 99

AgrEvo acquires Proagro, bolsters crop production position with leading Asian seed company (N1644)

Cargill, AgrEvo set aside Cargill Hybrid Seeds sales agreement (N1525)

New Liberty Plus program: $5/acre cash back when you spray Liberty herbicide and Fusion herbicide (N1509)

January 99

Section 18 granted for Liberty Herbicide on LibertyLink Canola in Minnesota and North Dakota (N1508)

MSI, AgrEvo sign software agreement (N1433)

December 98

Authorisation given to AgrEvo to conduct field trials with transgenic rice in Brazil (N1511)
Behörden erteilen AgrEvo Zulassung für Freilandversuche mit transgenem Reis in Brasilien (N1512)

What does the merger of Hoechst AG and Rhône Poulenc S.A. mean for AgrEvo? (N1510)
Was bedeutet die Fusion der Hoechst AG und Rhône Poulenc S.A. für AgrEvo? (N1513)

November 98

AgrEvo announces results for the third quarter of 1998 (N1308)

AgrEvo acquires leading Brazilian rice breeding business (N1309)
AgrEvo erwirbt führendes brasilianisches Reiszüchtungsgeschäft

AgrEvo’s acquisition of Cargill Hybrid Seeds North America not yet closed (N1516)
Erwerb des nordamerikanischen Hybridmais-Saatgutgeschäftes von Cargill durch AgrEvo noch nicht abgeschlossen
(N1516)

US-Gericht weist Klage gegen AgrEvo LibertyLink® Technologie ab (N1311)

Registration granted in Switzerland for corn gluten from genetically improved AgrEvo maize (N1312)

Scientific EU Committee: "No dangers to health or environment by AgrEvo herbicide tolerant oil seed rape" (N1313)

October 98

AgrEvo subsidiary acquires Dutch vegetable seed producer (N1278)

September 98

AgrEvo to acquire Cargill Hybrid Seeds North America (N1232)
AgrEvo übernimmt Cargill Hybrid Seeds Nordamerika (N1233)

Liberty® in Deutschland zugelassen (N1234)
(Liberty gains approval in Germany)

August 98

AgrEvo erweitert Biotech-Forschungszentrum in Kanada - Insekten- und pilzresistente Rapssorten in der Entwicklung (N1235)
(AgrEvo expands its biotech research center in Canada)

July 98

AgrEvo – successful first half-year in 1998 (N1236)
AgrEvo - erfolgreiches erstes Halbjahr 1998
(N1237)

June 98

Gene Logic and Hoechst Schering AgrEvo GmbH enter alliance (N1690)

CSIRO and AgrEvo form strategic research alliance (2172)

May 98

DEKALB - AgrEvo Announce Limited Settlement (N108)

December 97

Garst Seed Company announces agreements with AgrEvo USA (N1004)

October 97

Kimeragen, Inc. licenses "chimeraplasty" to AgrEvo - Agreement covers technology for plant gene repair, replacement and modification (2001)
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