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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
Following a new collaboration between Biobest Group and FytoFend, the biofungicide FytoSave – which triggers plants’ natural defenses against powdery mildew and downy mildew – […]
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 […]
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., […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Biobest UK has launched a new osmoregulator – Bluestim – to help optimize marketable yields of high value crops by protecting plants from environmental stresses. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Biobest has been shortlisted by Export Lion 2018, an award presented by Flanders Investment & Trade to companies that excel in export trade. Biobest was […]
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), […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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