Brands in Crop Protection & Pest Control

Imicide is used by the USDA , state and city governments in prevention and eradication programs for Asian and Citrus Longhorned Beetles, with over 500, 000 trees successfully protected. Since 2000, the USDA lists Imicide as the only trunk injection product in their APHIS Emergency and Domestic Program for control of the Asian Longhorned Beetle. Research shows that Imicide is one of the most effective preventative and multi-season control treatments for the Emerald Ash Borer as well as other labeled insects. Imicide is also available as Imicide Hp in high volume one liter bottles for most all liquid loadable injector equipment.

Heads Up® is a biological seed treatment that brings a new mode of action for growers to get a head start against a variety of fungal and bacterial diseases in row and specialty crops. Used alone or in combination with other fungicide / insecticide seed treatments, Heads Up® brings additional, full-season protection to help position your plants to succeed against yield robbing disease pathogens.

NatureFine products are finely micronized biodegradable waxes that impart lubricity with rub and abrasion resistance, and are ideal for high natural content coatings.

Dispex® dispersing agents are used to wet and stabilize pigments and other particles in pigmented coatings. For formulators they represent an essential component as they provide color strength, gloss, viscosity, stability and prevent sedimentation of particles. They find application in automotive & industrial coatings, furniture & floorings coatings, inks & printing, exterior & interior coatings, wood & trim coatings, and compsites. Additives like our Dispex® range of dispersing agents are used to stabilize the filler distribution within paints and coatings. For paint producers, they represent an essential component as they provide. They can also be used as agrochemical additives (dispersants) for seed treament.

Mauget’s newest tree injection insecticide product DINOCIDE Hp is a CAUTION labeled insecticide containing 12% Dinotefuran in high volume one liter and 500 mL bottles as Ready-to-Use chemistry for application with re-loadable tree injection equipment (such as the ChemJet, QuikJet or Tree IV, etc.) . Dinotefuran, its active ingredient is a translaminar that can pass from a tree’s xylem (the layer in a tree that circulates water from the roots) to its phloem (the tree layer nearest the bark which transports sugars from the plant’s leaves). This capability makes DINOCIDE uniquely effective against pests like certain boring insects that do their damage in the phloem layer. Dinocide is for use in forests, parks, and ornamental trees. DINOCIDE can yield results in as little as three (3) days.

KATOUN ® / KALIPE ® are natural desiccants that offer green space managers a new way of weed control towards biocontrol. Rethink sustainable weeding methods for green spaces.

Emulsion concentrates (EC) formulations rely on effective emulsifiers to produce spontaneous stable emulsions providing rapid and uniformed dispersion in the spray tank. Lankem offers a broad range of single emulsifiers for use in the formulation of EC’s plus a range of mixed pair emulsifiers that greatly reduce the complexity of producing an effective emulsifier system.

MagnaPearl® is a range of mica-based titanium-coated pigments that exhibit a high degree of whiteness combined with brilliance and hiding. They are available in a wide variety of particle sizes creating extraordinary optical effects ranging from a fine-grained luster to a bold silvery-white sparkle. MagnaPearl® effect pigments are pearlescent pigments that are specially engineered. They are available in a variety of particle sizes. BTC’s effect pigments find use in a wide field for the coloration of plastics. They are also suitable for a variety of other industries including the automotive industry as well as the agriculture, building & construction, electrical & electronics, packaging, and textiles & fibers industries. They find also applications in newly emerging markets.

Mauget’s IMICIDE Hp Liquid Loadable is used by the USDA, city and state governments in prevention and eradication programs for Asian and Citrus Longhorned Beetles, with over 500, 000 trees successfully protected. Since 2000, the USDA lists IMICIDE as the only trunk injection product in their APHIS Emergency Domestic Program for control of the Asian Longhorned Beetle. Research has also shown that Imicide to be one of the most effective preventative and control treatments for the Emerald Ash Borer. Imicide Hp is available in high volume one liter bottles for most all re-loadable injector equipment.

The SILRES® brand comprises a wide range of silicones for coatings, paints and construction applications. The portfolio has been developed and continuously improved since the 1950's when the first silicone resins for building protection originated in WACKER laboratories. It features not only time-tested and innovative products, but also tailored solutions for a host of applications, climates and substrates. And it is supported by a range of extensive services available from our technical centers worldwide which provide further customization and customer-specific options.

Avipel is the first scientifically proven seed treatment to stop birds—from blackbirds, crows and grackles to pheasants, sandhill cranes, starlings and more—from eating newly planted corn seed. Made from an organic chemical found in plants, Avipel is a nonlethal, nontoxic and nonsystemic corn seed treatment that can lead to greater corn crop yields, raising growers’ bottom lines.

GCiC Viscofol foliar formulations offer the best of both suspensions & powders. Significant soluble nutrient available in the VISCOFOL formulation thereby allowing immediate uptake comparable to a sulfate or nitrate, without losing any of the other SC benefits that the farmer values.