Agrow Awards Open for Nominations

Nominations are now open for this years Agrow Awards, which will honour the best and brightest in the crop protection industry at a gala event in central London.

LAgrow the worlds leading information provider for the global crop protection industry has opened nominations for the 2011 Agrow Awards. This years event will be held on November 1st at Londons Marriott Grosvenor Square, where the most accomplished and knowledgeable people in the industry will witness the awards first-hand.

Agrow Awards features 15 categories that reward innovation and excellence in areas as diverse as product chemistry and technology, business strategy, and corporate responsibility.

The Agrow Awards celebrates the many achievements of our industry and have become the most prestigious event in crop protection, explains Sanjiv Rana, Editor-in-Chief of Agrow. To any company wanting to do business with the leaders in this area, it is also the most significant networking and promotional opportunity of the year.

A great deal of thought and planning has been put into these awards with the intention of honouring both corporations and individuals for their excellence and innovation.

The Agrow Awards provides the industry with the opportunity to showcase the pick of the crop in our business, to honour the nominees and winners, and to take pride in the valuable work that we do, says Sanjiv. We are now calling upon the many experts and innovators in the crop protection industry to come forward with nominations for companies, products, projects and individuals in order to ensure that they are given the recognition they deserve.

A panel of judges will mark each entry and a shortlist will be announced in September 2011. Agrow Awards attendees will enjoy a drinks reception and dinner before the announcement of the award winners in each of the 15 categories.

To enter your company, colleague, team or product in the 2011 Agrow Awards, please log on to: www.agrowawards.com to download an entry form.

2011 Agrow Awards Categories

• Best New Crop Protection Product
• Most Innovative Chemistry
• Best Formulations Innovation
• Best Novel Agricultural Biotechnology
• Best New Biopesticide
• Best Innovation in Non-Crop
• Best Stewardship Programme
• Best Public Outreach Programme
• Best Company from an Emerging Region: Asia and the Rest of the World
• Best Off-Patent Pesticide Strategy
• Best Industry Collaboration
• Best Supporting Role
• Best Supplier
• Best Manager with Strategic Vision
• Lifetime Achievement

ABOUT OUR SPONSORS:

AgriGuard

AgriGuard, is a subsidiary of Mitsui AgriScience International (MASI), is a manufacturer and supplier of off patent plant protection products. The company supplies a wide range of high quality products through established distribution networks in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Poland, Morocco and other North African countries.   AgriGuards uniquely branded products are selectively positioned to meet the ever increasing standards of our customers.

We are committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology and we specialize in the development and sale of high quality cost effective plant protection products.

For further information, please visit: www.agriguard.ie

Exwold Technology Ltd

Exwold Technology Ltd is a UK based speciality chemicals contract manufacturer providing trusted services to major multi-national companies around the world. We are recognised specialists in the formulation and supply of low pressure extruded granule products primarily for the agrochemical industry. We are currently working on a project to extend our manufacturing plants to Brazil, thereby extending our formulation services to the largest crop chemicals market in the world.

We also provide a wide range of powder and granule processing technologies for the speciality chemicals industry including compaction granulation, granule coating and impregnation, blending, milling and classification.

We are a progressive growing company who pride ourselves on forming strong & long term partnerships with our clients. The company operates from 3 sites in Tees Valley in the UK, two of which have COMAH authorisation and one is IPPC approved. We are ISO 9001 and 14001 accredited.

For further information, please visit: www.exwold.com

Indofil Industries Limited

Indofil Industries Limited (formerly known as Indofil Organic industries ltd) is a company with over four decades of committed excellence, having spearheaded Indian agriculture by providing crop-based solutions to the Indian farmers. Indofil is now well-known in more than 55 countries around the world. The company is equipped with an advanced research and development infrastructure, and works in line with GLP guidelines.

For further information, please visit: www.indofilcc.com

Taminco

Taminco,The Amine Company, is the worlds only global integrated specialist alkylamine producer. Alkylamines and their derivatives are key building blocks in a broad array of chemical products that have a wide range of applications. Taminco makes as such a valuable contribution to diverse markets including Food and Nutrition, Personal and Home Care, Energy and Water Treatment through its divisions Functional Chemicals and Agro Sciences

Headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, Taminco owns and operates 8 manufacturing facilities and, together with its global sales network, has approximately 800 employees spread across 16 countries. The Agro Sciences division focuses on Crop Protection, Feed Additives and Amines for the Herbicide markets. Next to the active ingredients Thiram, Ziram and Ferbam as wide spectrum and anti-resistance fungicides, the soil fumigant Metam and the growth regulator Chlormequat, Taminco also offers Formulation Services for water dispersible granules Granuflo,Suspension Concentrates and Seed Treatment Flowables.with  fully automated packaging lines.

For further information, please visit: www.taminco.com