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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Nunhems inaugurates breeding station in Culiacan, Mexico
· Will feature development of new tomato, hot and sweet pepper, cucumber varietiesCuliacan, Sinaloa (Mexico).
· Breeding, evaluation and selection on an area of 17.45 hectares (43.12 acres)
From left to right: Douwe Zijp (Nunhems CEO), Ricardo Ramos (Nunhems Sales Manager for Mexico), Mario Lopez Valdez (Governor of Sinaloa), Kurt Soland (Managing Director of Bayer Mexico), and Jeff Boettge (Nunhems Country Head for Mexico).
Nunhems, the vegetable seed business of Bayer CropScience, celebrated the opening of its breeding station in Culiacan, in the Northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa yesterday. The station reaffirms Nunhems’ strong commitment to Mexican agriculture, and will help contribute a continuous supply of high-yielding vegetable seed varieties to the Mexican and international markets.
Douwe Zijp, CEO of Nunhems, welcomed close to 200 growers and representatives of major agricultural companies from across Mexico to the opening ceremony. “Mexico is at the forefront of the world’s vegetable producing countries and therefore represents a very important market for Nunhems’ global business,” Zijp said during his speech.
Kurt Soland, president and managing director of Bayer de Mexico, highlighted the importance of the new breeding station in Culiacan as an example of ongoing innovation within the Bayer Group, in this specific case in Mexico: “It is very gratifying to see that in 2011, the year we are celebrating 90 years of our own entity in Mexico, we are opening this new station that will help us safeguard food supply for generations to come. This is clearly in line with our company’s mission: ‘Science for a Better Life’.”
Douwe Zijp, CEO of Nunhems, welcomed close to 200 growers and representatives of major agricultural companies from across Mexico to the opening ceremony. “Mexico is at the forefront of the world’s vegetable producing countries and therefore represents a very important market for Nunhems’ global business,” Zijp said during his speech.
Kurt Soland, president and managing director of Bayer de Mexico, highlighted the importance of the new breeding station in Culiacan as an example of ongoing innovation within the Bayer Group, in this specific case in Mexico: “It is very gratifying to see that in 2011, the year we are celebrating 90 years of our own entity in Mexico, we are opening this new station that will help us safeguard food supply for generations to come. This is clearly in line with our company’s mission: ‘Science for a Better Life’.”
Nunhems' Edgar Toledo, Armando Amarillas and Dr. Jesus Saldivar presented the station's hot pepper breeding program to the visitors.
Together with Sinaloa’s Governor, Mario Lopez Valdez, and Kurt Soland, Douwe Zijp cut the ribbon to inaugurate the new breeding station. During a tour of the facilities, guests gained insight into the process of developing new seed varieties.
Activities at Nunhems’ new station focus on the development of new varieties of greenhouse tomato, hot and sweet pepper, and cucumber. On an area of 17.45 hectares (43.12 acres) of greenhouses and open fields, it offers plenty of room for the processes of crossing, evaluating and selecting new hybrid seed varieties with added value for vegetable growers in Mexico and beyond. New varieties are carefully examined for their performance with regard to yield, quality and growing habits, and only the best varieties are selected for commercialization.
Activities at Nunhems’ new station focus on the development of new varieties of greenhouse tomato, hot and sweet pepper, and cucumber. On an area of 17.45 hectares (43.12 acres) of greenhouses and open fields, it offers plenty of room for the processes of crossing, evaluating and selecting new hybrid seed varieties with added value for vegetable growers in Mexico and beyond. New varieties are carefully examined for their performance with regard to yield, quality and growing habits, and only the best varieties are selected for commercialization.
Accompanied by Kurt Soland (President and Managing Director of Bayer Mexico) and Douwe Zijp (Nunhems CEO) Sinaloa's Governor Mario Lopez Valdez cuts the ribbon to officially inaugurate Nunhems' new breeding station in Culiacan.
About Nunhems
The vegetable seed business of Bayer CropScience operates under the name of Nunhems. Nunhems is the global specialist in vegetable genetics and services. As a globally integrated group of teams Nunhems builds unique customer relationships and shares products, concepts and expertise with the professional horticultural production industry and supply chain. Its portfolio includes leading varieties and brands in crops such as leek, onion, carrot, melon, cucumber, tomato, watermelon, lettuce and pepper. With annual sales of EUR 240 million (2009) and an extensive range of 28 crops and some 2,500 varieties, Nunhems is among the world’s leading vegetable seed companies. With more than 1,500 people Nunhems is present in all major vegetable production areas in the world.
Contact:
Claudia Steger, phone: +31 (0)6 427 18997
E-mail : claudia.steger@bayer.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group or subgroup management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer’s public reports which are available on the Bayer website at www.bayer.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
The vegetable seed business of Bayer CropScience operates under the name of Nunhems. Nunhems is the global specialist in vegetable genetics and services. As a globally integrated group of teams Nunhems builds unique customer relationships and shares products, concepts and expertise with the professional horticultural production industry and supply chain. Its portfolio includes leading varieties and brands in crops such as leek, onion, carrot, melon, cucumber, tomato, watermelon, lettuce and pepper. With annual sales of EUR 240 million (2009) and an extensive range of 28 crops and some 2,500 varieties, Nunhems is among the world’s leading vegetable seed companies. With more than 1,500 people Nunhems is present in all major vegetable production areas in the world.
Contact:
Claudia Steger, phone: +31 (0)6 427 18997
E-mail : claudia.steger@bayer.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Bayer Group or subgroup management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Bayer’s public reports which are available on the Bayer website at www.bayer.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
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