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Biobest Set to Acquire Brazilian Company Biotrop
September 2023
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest Group is set to acquire Brazilian biologicals company Biotrop Participações s.a for USD$ 570 million. Biotrop is controlled by Aqua Capital, a São Paulo-based […]

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Biobest Group N.V. has acquired Austria-based Agrotech Gartenbautechnik
August 2023
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest Group N.V. has acquired Austria-based Agrotech Gartenbautechnik. Agrotech was founded in 1998 and is specialized in the supply of horticultural and crop protection products. […]

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Biobest Completes Acquisition of BioWorks
July 2023
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest has announced the completion of the transaction to acquire BioWorks, Inc, following the letter of intent signed on May 4, 2023. The BioWorks acquisition […]

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Biobest Acquires US-based BioWorks
May 2023
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire BioWorks, Inc., a Victor, NY-based manufacturer and marketer of biopesticides. The proposed acquisition will accelerate […]

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Biobest Announces the Appointment of Dr. Lara Ramaekers
March 2023
Personnel

Biobest has announced the appointment of Dr. Lara Ramaekers to the role of business development director of biopesticides. Lara joins Biobest from UPL where she […]

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Biobest and its Holding Company Floridienne Reach Agreement with Sofina
February 2023
Company News

Biobest and its holding company Floridienne have reached an agreement with Sofina and several private investors to increase the capital of Biobest by a minimum […]

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2022 State of the Industry Interviews With Top Executives
December 2022
Executives Speak

In our December 2021 Issue, we introduced a special end-of-the-year feature in which we reached out to executives across the biocontrol and biostimulant industries to […]

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Biobest’s Biofungicide Asperello Gains Approval
November 2022
Regulatory

Biobest’s biofungicide Asperello has gained approval in Denmark for preventative use against Fusarium, Pythium and Didymella in protected ornamental and vegetable crops, and in Morocco […]

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Biobest Wins the 2022 Bernard Blum Award
November 2022
Company News

Biobest won the 2022 Bernard Blum Award for the most innovative biocontrol product at the recent ABIM conference in Basel, Switzerland. The award was given […]

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Biobest Takes Bernard Blum Award
October 2022
BNA - Breaking News Alert

Biobest has won the Bernard Blum Award, for the most innovative biocontrol product, at ABIM 2022, taking place this week in Basel, Switzerland. The award was for a […]

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Biobest Appoints Gerry Huygens
October 2022
Personnel

Biobest appointed Gerry Huygens to the position of chief operations officer (COO) and member of the Biobest C-Board. Huygens will focus on Biobest’s global production […]

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Biobest Acquires Agronológica Unip. Lda.
August 2022
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest has acquired Agronológica Unip. Lda., and announced a name change to Biobest Portugal. Founded in 2016, Agronológica Unip. Lda. has served growers in Portugal […]

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Biobest Introduces its pnp PATS-C Scouting System for Use in Strawberry crops
June 2022
Company News

Biobest has introduced its plug-and-play PATS-C scouting system for use in high-tech strawberry crops. PATS-C is capable of detecting moth pests – including Duponchelia fovealis […]

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Biobest Acquires 60 Percent Stake in Biopartner
May 2022
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest has acquired a 60 percent stake in Biopartner. Biopartner was established in 1992 and became the first distributor in Poland for Biobest Group NV. […]

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Biobest Aligns with PATS for Real-time Flying Pest Detection, PATS-C
May 2022
Company News

Biobest has entered an alliance with technology company PATS for the use of that company’s scouting tool. From May 16, growers can take advantage of […]

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ANSES Grants New Uses for Biobest Biofungicide ASPERELLO T34
May 2022
Company News

In France, ANSES has granted new uses for Biobest’s biofungicide ASPERELLO T34 Biocontrol to cover an array of protected crops, including cucumbers grown under protection, […]

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Biobest Group and FytoFend Collaborate on FytoSave
May 2022
Company News

Following a new collaboration between Biobest Group and FytoFend, the biofungicide FytoSave – which triggers plants’ natural defenses against powdery mildew and downy mildew – […]

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Biobest Launches Micromus-System
March 2022
Company News

Biobest has launched Micromus-System which is composed of both adults and larvae of the brown lacewing Micromus angulatus, a generalist predator that preys on all […]

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Chris Stickles President of Newly Formed Plant Products
February 2022
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest and the Stickles family will become joint owners of Plant Products, with Biobest holding a majority stake. Subsequently, the activities of Plant Products Inc., […]

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Biotalys and Biobest Enter Long Term Partnership
January 2022
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biotalys and Biobest have entered into a long-term partnership whereby Biotalys will offer Biobest a right of first negotiation to reach an exclusive distribution agreement […]

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2021 State of the Industry Interviews with Top Executives
December 2021
Executives Speak

​Instead of our typical interview this month, we thought it would be interesting to pose a year-end State of the Industry survey to our subscribers […]

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BioBest New CTO Karel Bolckmans
November 2021
Personnel

Karel Bolckmans has taken up the new position of chief technology officer (CTO) with BioBest. He was previously chief operating officer with the company. As […]

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Biobest Granted Label for Use in Greenhouse-grown Ornamentals in California for ASPERELLO T34
September 2021
Company News

Biobest’s biofungicide ASPERELLO T34 Biocontrol has been granted a label for use in greenhouse-grown ornamentals in California. Used preventatively, it provides protection against major root […]

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Biobest Redesigns Packaging for Orius-System
August 2021
Company News

Biobest has redesigned the packaging for its Orius-System, which contains the predator Orius laevigatus to control thrips. Orius-System will be available in units containing 2,000 […]

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Biobest Launches Bluestim
June 2021
Company News

Biobest UK has launched a new osmoregulator – Bluestim – to help optimize marketable yields of high value crops by protecting plants from environmental stresses. […]

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Herman Van Mellaert, Director of Strategic Alliances for Biobest NV
May 2021
Executives Speak

Herman Van Mellaert, Director of Strategic Alliances for Belgium-based Biobest NV, was elected to the prestigious role of president of the International Biocontrol Manufacturers' Association (IBMA) in November 2020. […]

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Biobest Acquires 51% Stake in Manchil Altmann Pty.
April 2021
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Belgium-based Biobest Group NV has acquired a 51 percent stake in Manchil Altmann Pty. Ltd., the company trading as Biological Services, a biological pest control […]

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Biobest Acquires Beneficial Insectary
December 2020
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest Group NV, through its subsidiary Biobest USA, Inc., has acquired Beneficial Insectary Inc., North America’s independent producer of beneficial insects and mites. Sinthya Penn […]

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Bernard Blum Award Winners
October 2020
BNA - Breaking News Alert

For the first time, there have been joint winners of the Bernard Blum Award, announced today by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) at the […]

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IBMA Announces BB Award Shortlist
October 2020
BNA - Breaking News Alert

The shortlist for the annual Bernard Blum Award has been released by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA). The Bernard Blum Award was launched in […]

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Biobest Teams Up with Vekstmiljø
September 2020
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest has teamed up with horticultural distributor Vekstmiljø AS to acquire the Norwegian bumblebee producer Pollinering AS. Based in Jæren, on the south-west coast of […]

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency Approves Biobest BLUESTIM
September 2020
Company News

Biobest’s BLUESTIM has been approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to use in Canada. BLUESTIM contains a concentration of natural derived glycine betaine which […]

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Maren Homnes Oddane Joins Biobest
September 2020
Personnel

Maren Homnes Oddane has joined Biobest as production manager in Norway. With a master’s degree in plant science from the Norwegian university of life sciences, […]

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Biobest Develops Macrolophus-N-System
July 2020
Company News

Biobest has developed the Macrolophus-N-System, containing the Macrolophus pygmaeus predatory bug for controlling whitefly and Tuta absoluta in tomato crops, along with control of spider […]

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Biobest Gets Label Expansion for Asperello T34
June 2020
Company News

Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency has granted label expansion of Biobest’s Asperello T34 Biocontrol for use on protected cannabis, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, leafy greens […]

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Biobest and VekstMiljø Acquire Majority Stake in Pollinering
November 2019
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest Group NV of Belgium and VekstMiljø AS announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Norway’s Pollinering AS. Pollinering AS, founded in 2003 by […]

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Martin Zuijderwijk Joins Biobest
November 2019
Personnel

Martin Zuijderwijk has joined the Biobest group as Director Technical Support Services. Born and raised in the heart of the greenhouses sector in The Netherlands, […]

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Biobest Receives Netherlands Authorization for SPYRO
April 2019
Regulatory

SPYRO from Biobest is now authorized for use on tomato, pepper, cucumber, eggplant and courgetti in the Netherlands, as authorized by the Dutch Board for […]

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Biobest Acquires Stake in Bugs for Bugs
January 2019
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Biobest Group NV has acquired a stake in Bugs for Bugs Pty Ltd, a leading company in the Australian market for beneficial insects and other […]

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Bee Vectoring and Biobest Announce Technology Agreement
November 2018
Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. and Biobest Group NV announced a global technology sharing agreement which provides reciprocal access to certain patents of each company. […]

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Bee Vectoring and Biobest Enter into Agreement
October 2018
BNA - Breaking News Alert

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. and Biobest Group NV today announced a global technology sharing agreement (the “Agreement”) which provides reciprocal access to certain patents […]

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Biobest Wins 2018 Retailers’ Choice Award for ASPERELLO T34
October 2018
Company News

Biobest’s North America team attended Cultivate. Cultivate provides opportunities for the Biobest team to network. This year, Biobest’s product ASPERELLO™ T34 Biocontrol was selected and […]

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Biobest Appoints Erik Vanderhaegen CFO
October 2018
Personnel

The Biobest Group has appointed Erik Vanderhaegen Chief Financial Officer (CFO), following the earlier appointment of Kristof Truyens to head up their HR team. Erik was […]

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Biobest is on the Export Lion 2018 Award Shortlist
July 2018
Company News

Biobest has been shortlisted by Export Lion 2018, an award presented by Flanders Investment & Trade to companies that excel in export trade. Biobest was […]

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Biobest Launches Asperello T34
June 2018
Company News

Biobest launched Asperello T34 Biocontrol for Canadian ornamental growers to use against Fusarium wilt. Based upon Trichoderma asperellum T34 at a high concentration (1012 CFU/kg), […]

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Biobest and Lallemand Launch Bluestim
June 2018
Company News

Bluestim anti-stress agent, the result of collaboration by Biobest and Lallemand Plant Care, has launched in France, Germany, and Poland. Bluestim® contains extremely high levels […]

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Biobest Opens New Production Facility at Biobest Maroc
May 2018
Company News

Biobest announced the opening of a new €1.2 million  state-of-the-art production facility at Biobest Maroc. With the brand new 2000 m2 hyper modern vertical farming […]

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Biobest Closes 10 Mio € Capital Increase
May 2018
Company News

Biobest announced the closing of a 10 Mio € capital increase, with an option for an additional 10 Mio € at a later point in […]

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