Aventis CropScience, a company formed by the merger of M/s. Hoechst Schering AgrEvo and M/s. Rhone Pulenc, is a leading company in the field of plant protection chemicals. The company now jointly holds an array of pesticide molecules comprising mainly of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and plant growth regulators, which are extensively being used by Indian farmers with utmost satisfaction for more than two decades. The strong research based chemistry has provided solutions to many of the plant protection problems in Indian agriculture.
Aventis has offered to Indian farmers a complete package for the control of pests in important crops like Cotton, Rice, Chilli and Vegetables. At present Aventis is a leading manufacturer of many specialty products like Decis, Hostathion, Spark, Regent Gr, Regent SC, Larvin, TopStar etc. Further, the company has additional products in pipe line which are under active development stage. The major emphasis of Aventis is in development of new molecules which are not only effective in controlling crop pests but also are very safe to the environment and all the personnel involved in plant protection operations. Company also has high regards in implementing the concept of ‘Integrated Pest Management’ on the farmer’s filed.
The company has a production facility at Ankaleshwar (Gujarat) which is governed by the stringent German safety regulations.
