Made, The Netherlands
May 25, 2007
We are pleased to announce that as
of July 1st 2007, vegetable seed company
Nickerson-Zwaan B.V.,
with headquarters in Made, The Netherlands will take over all
onion activities of Limagrain Advanta Netherlands B.V. located
in Rilland, The Netherlands.
Both companies are part of the
Limagrain Group, with
headquarters in France, which is one of the largest seed
companies in the world.
Nickerson-Zwaan B.V. is an
international organisation dedicated to the research,
production, processing and commercialisation of a wide range of
high performing vegetable seed varieties. Limagrain Advanta
Netherlands B.V. is a specialist in research and development of
field crop seeds and is market leader for these crops in the
Benelux.
Nickerson-Zwaan as well as Limagrain Advanta breed and market a
wide range of onion varieties, and both have good market
positions in various European countries. The products are sold
under the Nickerson-Zwaan, the Advanta and the Agri brand. After
the take-over Nickerson-Zwaan will continue the use of the
Advanta brand and the current distribution channels in the
various onion markets.
Both companies have onion breeding facilities in respectively
Tuitjenhorn (Noord-Holland, NL) and Rilland (Zeeland, NL). As
far as onions are concerned, all breeding activities in Holland
will, from the 1st of July, be integrated and concentrated under
Nickerson-Zwaan management at the research centre of Limagrain
Advanta in Rilland.
This take-over and integration of activities will strengthen the
position of Nickerson-Zwaan in the various onion markets in
Europe, but will also function as a strong basis for further
international expansion of Nickerson-Zwaan in the onion
business. Concentration of all research activities in one
location will place the company in a better position to bring
more innovative and high performing onion varieties to the
market. |
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