As of October 20, Willie Negroni will take over as North America Region president for Allbaugh. Most recently, Negroni was the senior vice president of supplier relations with Wilbur-Ellis.
FMC has reached a settlement agreement with Albaugh LLC resolving a patent dispute related to the manufacturing of an insecticide agreement, chloranthraniprole. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Albaugh, which is the largest privately-owned producer of off-patent crop protection products, has an agreement to acquire Rotam for $197 million. Rotam is based in Hong Kong and has a broad portfolio of crop protection products. The boards of both…