Biobest steps up presence in Austria
Added on 14 August 2023
The acquisition will allow enhanced access to Biobest’s technical expertise, Biobest Academy, a comprehensive innovative product portfolio including high-tech IPM solutions and R&D collaboration.
Agrotech, specialised in the supply of quality products for the high-tech horticultural vegetable industry, is distributing next to Biobest biological solutions, also fertilizers, cocopeat substrates, crop protection products, vegetable young plants, horticultural equipment, and machinery.
Roman Kölbl, Managing Director of Agrotech, commented: “We are delighted to see the biocontrol industry increase rapidly worldwide. Growers are becoming more experienced with biological crop protection and generally explore all the biocontrol options before applying any agrochemical alternatives. With tailored frequent advice and a preventative (pro-active) approach, growers in Austria are introducing more beneficial organisms year by year. In addition, the increasing availability of biopesticides is helping to ensure the growth of IPM control strategies. Agrotech offers reliable biocontrol advice and fast supply of quality products to growers in Austria. My company has a long-standing collaboration with Biobest, and I am happy to see this relationship strengthened with Biobest now as the sole shareholder.”
Marc Mertens, CSO of Biobest Group NV agreed: “We strongly believe in the growth potential of the Austrian market. Therefore, we have taken this step to acquire Agrotech. With such a longstanding and strong relationship, we will further strengthen our offer and position in Austria. Biobest will increase its support to Agrotech and the Austrian growers to further promote the use of biocontrol crop protection.”
Dirk Aerts, Sales & Market development manager of Biobest Group commented: “I’m excited with this important step in Austria. Agrotech will benefit from the synergies with Biobest and continues to focus on the needs of growers. Agrotech will assist customers in choosing the best solutions, from an integrated portfolio of products and services, to efficiently manage their crops. Our strong position in the market is largely due to the excellent service of Agrotech towards their customers. The company will of course stay a reliable partner for its suppliers.”
About Biobest
Biobest Group NV is a global player in biological pest and disease control and bumblebee pollination of high value greenhouse and berry crops, Biobest exports weekly to over 70 countries worldwide. Biobest has local production and/or distribution subsidiaries strategically sited in 22 countries worldwide, plus an extensive network of local specialized distributors located in an additional 50 countries on six continents. Employing +2.000 employees worldwide, our extensive production, supply chain, sales and technical advisory network provides an efficient global service delivering fresh quality product to countries every week using our highly specialized cold chain logistics.
Today our product portfolio features a comprehensive range of IPM solutions - including beneficial insects, predatory mites, bumblebees, insect pathogenic nematodes and biopesticides as well as monitoring, scouting, Hight-tech IPM tools and pheromone products.
Our highly skilled technical team – comprising 185 in-house and 250 distributor advisors – assists growers worldwide to provide best-in-class customized technical advice. To further enable the best possible results for growers, Biobest continually invests in research and development projects to innovate and improve our products and solutions as well as to develop digital tools to help growers collect and record information on pest and disease incidence, severity, and distribution.
To learn more about Biobest, please visit Biobestgroup.com or connect with us on LinkedIn.
For more information, please contact Biobest Group NV (lise.verachtert@biobestgroup.com) or Agrotech Gartenbautechnik Gmbh (office@agrotech.co.at).
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