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Brazil Business Launch

18 Oct 2012 14:13

RNS Number : 0263P
Plant Impact PLC
18 October 2012
 



Plant Impact plc

 

("Plant Impact" or the "Company")

 

Brazil Business Launch, Veritas™ Soybean Program, Meliora™ Horticulture Program

Plant Impact is pleased to announce today that it has established business operations in the Brazilian market through the incorporation of its subsidiary, Plant Impact Technologia em Nutrição Limitada ("PI Brazil"). PI Brazil will be based in Sao Paulo and will allow Plant Impact to hold product registrations, employ staff and conduct a full range of operations in Brazil.

John Brubaker, Chief Executive of Plant Impact, commented "We are extremely excited to announce the establishment of Plant Impact's Brazil business and to affirm our long-term commitment to the market. Our management team and board recognise the critical importance of a local presence in this extremely competitive, technically sophisticated and fast-growing agricultural market."

In addition, Plant Impact also announces its 2012/13 pre-commercial demonstration and evaluation program for Veritas™ and Meliora™, the Company's CaT™ technology products for soybeans and high-value horticulture, respectively.

Veritas™ is an innovative foliar spray which delivers significantly improved soybean and dry bean yield in a variety of soils and environmental conditions. Over the course of the 2012/13 Brazilian soybean and cropping season, Plant Impact will conduct grower evaluation trials and additional replicated plot trials to finalise the product's yield potential and market positioning.

Meliora™ delivers enhanced calcium mobility to fruit and vegetable crops with compelling economic impact for technologically advanced growers. Also a part of Plant Impact's CaT™ technology family, the product's composition and design has been optimised to deliver increased efficacy for the Brazilian horticultural market. MelioraTM is under development for target crops such as tomatoes, melons, grapes and apples.

Grower evaluation and replicated plot trials will be conducted for both products in collaboration with key strategic partners and contract research firms in Brazil.

Dr. Steven Adams, Plant Impact's Director of Product Development commented, "Following good field performance with Veritas™ in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons, we are delighted to continue into our third year of development work with plans to demonstrate the product over the 2012/13 soybean season. We expect that this final year of pre-commercial activity will create excitement in the market through a demonstration of the significant benefits to be gained from using Veritas™. In prior years' trials, Veritas™ has delivered statistically significant and economically impactful improvements to soybean and dry bean yields."

Brazil will be the world's largest producer of soybeans in 2013 according to the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA). For the coming 2012/13 season, Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab) estimates that Brazilian growers will plant 26.8 million hectares of soybeans and 3.2 million hectares of dry beans. Brazil is also Latin America's largest producer of fruit and vegetables for both domestic consumption and export. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the production area of the crops targeted by Plant Impact's Meliora™ is 206 thousand hectares.

 

Plant Impact plc

 

("Plant Impact" or the "Company")

 

Início das Atividades da Empresa no Brasil e Programa VeritasTM na Cultura da Soja

 

 

A Plant Impact tem orgulho de anunciar hoje que estabeleceu operações no mercado Brasileiro através de sua subsidiária, "Plant Impact" Tecnologia em Nutrição Ltda ("PI Brasil"). PI Brasil está baseada em São Paulo e possibilitará que a empresa registre produtos em seu nome, estabeleça profissionais localmente e conduza uma operação completa no país.

 

John Brubaker, Diretor Executivo da Plant Impact comentou: "Nós estamos extremamente entusiasmados em anunciar o estabelecimento da Plant Impact no Brasil e afirmamos nosso compromisso de longo prazo neste mercado importante e de rápido crescimento, onde nós vimos excelente desempenho de nossos produtos". Nosso corpo gerencial e conselho diretivo reconhecem a importância fundamental da presença local neste mercado extremamente competitivo, tecnicamente sofisticado e de rápido crescimento agrícola.

Complementarmente, a Plant Impact também anuncia que serão realizados ensaios pré-comerciais e avaliação do produto VeritasTM e MelioraTM, produtos com a tecnologia CaTTM para soja e horticultura, respectivamente.

VeritasTM é um fertilizante foliar inovador que gera significativo aumento de produtividade nas culturas da soja e feijão, em diferentes solos e condições ambientais. No decorrer da safra 2012/13, a PI Brasil irá realizar ensaios com produtores parceiros, além de ensaios técnicos de eficácia com o objetivo de finalizar o posicionamento técnico e mercadológico do produto.

 

MelioraTM aumenta a mobilidade do cálcio nos frutos e vegetais, conferindo benefícios econômicos para produtores que adotam alta tecnologia. Este é um produto da Plant Impact, que faz parte da família de tecnologia CaTTMe possui uma formulação que possibilita a otimização da qualidade no mercado de horticultura do Brasil. Atualmente MelioraTM está em desenvolvimento nas culturas de tomate, melão, maçã e uva.

A avaliação em área de produtores e ensaios técnicos de eficácia desenvolvidos em instituições de pesquisa renomadas, serão conduzidos em colaboração com parceiros estratégicos e empresas de pesquisa Brasileiras.

 

Dr. Steven Adams, Diretor de Desenvolvimento Técnico da Plant Impact comentou: "Dando seguimento ao bom desempenho de VeritasTM nas safras 2010/11 e 2011/12, nós estamos entusiasmados de continuar nosso terceiro ano de desenvolvimento na cultura da soja. Nós esperamos que este ano de atividade pré-comercial crie interesse no mercado através da demonstração de significativos benefícios alcançados com a utilização de VeritasTM . Nos ensaios iniciais, VeritasTM proporcionou benefícios econômicos estatisticamente significativos com aumento de produtividade nas culturas de soja e feijão"

 

O Brasil será o maior produtor e exportador mundial de soja segundo último relatório do USDA. Para a safra 2012/13, a Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab) estima que os produtores brasileiros Irão plantar 26,8 milhões de hectares de soja e 3,2 milhões de feijão. Brasil também é o maior produtor de frutas e vegetais da America Latina, tanto para consumo doméstico, como para exportação. De acordo com a FAO, a área plantada das culturas alvo totaliza 206 mil hectares em 2012.

 

For more information please contact:

 

Plant Impact plc

 

David Jones, Chairman

John Brubaker, Chief Executive Officer

 

Tel: + 44 (0) 1582 465 540

WH Ireland Limited - Nominated Adviser and Broker

 

Dan Bate

 

Tel: +44 (0) 161 832 2174

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
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