Maarssen, The Netherlands
June 30, 2008
In line with corporate targets,
Certis Europe has
reported year end results of €113 million, showing a 31%
increase in turnover to March 2008. This continues the
significant year on year growth posted since the company’s
launch in late 2001.
In the first full year of trading after the acquisition of the
Luxan market division in December 2006, the addition of the
Gro-Stop range of CIPC products to the Certis portfolio has
produced excellent results and has strengthened Certis’s
position in the strategically important potato sector.
Additional growth was seen from seed treatment product,
imazalil, with sales increasing in both potatoes and cereals. A
strong performance from Valbon™, in what was a very good year
for potato blight fungicides in Belgium, Netherlands and the UK,
contributed further to the success of the business. A
particularly wet summer in the UK led to record sales of the
Certis range of molluscicides, which were also brought into the
portfolio as a result of the Luxan acquisition.
Introduction of new products and increased sales in all Certis
branch operations have led to growth in excess of the market as
a whole. In Spain Certis has made a major step forward in its
penetration of the protected crops sector. Working closely with
Biological Crop Protection (BCP), Certis Spain has been able to
influence and then respond to an exceptionally high demand for
beneficial insects over the last year, as well as developing
integrated pest management programmes to support grower needs.
From 1st April 2008 Biological Crop Protection Ltd has been
fully integrated into Certis Europe and rebranded BCP Certis.
This change will allow Certis to take full advantage of the
synergies between the two businesses in developing integrated
pest management strategies for high value crops.
Bob Skillicorn, CEO Certis Europe comments “We are pleased to
report another successful year for Certis in the increasingly
competitive environment in which we operate. We see the full
integration of BCP Certis as a key step towards the realisation
of our growth opportunities and targets.” |
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