Agrochemicals

Oxiteno opens agrochemicals laboratory in Brazil

Brazilian  speciality chemicals company Oxiteno has opened an agrochemicals laboratory in São Paulo. The new laboratory will be used to test and develop products and technologies for the company’s customers, which include universities planning to use the company’s facilities for research aligned with the company’s objectives.
 
Oxiteno’s main crop protection products include emulsifiers, wetting agents, dispersants and solvents. The company has developed a broad portfolio of cproducts that are added to the spray tank by farmers to ensure the effective application of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides.
 

The new labroatory is Oxiteno’s second in Brazil – the other one being located in the state of Bahia. The company also has research centres in the US and Mexico.