Bayer sets up technology lab at Vapi for euro 2 million

Bayer Group India has inaugurated a new global formulation technology laboratory at its Vapi plant in Gujarat that has come up with an investment of over two million euros.

With this new facility, the company aims to increase resource flexibility in its global formulation activities, helping to increase its capacities for innovations around formulation and delivery technologies.

"With our innovative crop protection products, we are contributing to finding solutions to some of the major challenges of our time including feeding a fast growing world," said Bernhard Grimmig, global head of global formulation technology at crop science, a division of Bayer.

The company has a long presence in India with the development and production of crop protection chemicals as well as the provision of seeds for vegetables and arable crops. Bayer is aiming at provide high yield seeds, effective and safe crop protection solutions and services for farmers worldwide to secure their crops and incomes.

"The transformation and importance of Indian agriculture in the last decades has been a critical factor in determining Bayer's long term investments in the country in order to meet the growing demand for improved seeds, professional pest management products and integrated crop management solutions for major agricultural crops. In the last few years, Bayer has been making strategic investments in various research and development, production and infrastructure projects in India", said Richard van der Merwe, senior Bayer representative for South Asia.

This new lab will focus on developing seed treatments, herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides for local demand of small-holder farmers, and also for regional and global demand.

K R Sekhar, managing director, Bayer Vapi Private Limited said, "The Laboratory is a collaborative effort to provide customers with the best possible, world-class solutions in agrochemicals. It is also an opportunity to demonstrate the technical and scientific skills of our employees at the Vapi site."

Bayer Vapi is a core manufacturing site for Bayer globally. It employs close to 1300 people. The site is engaged in the manufacturing of active ingredients for use in a wide array of products for modern sustainable agriculture, professional pest management and animal health.